. An illustrated manual of British birds . that the parents had theircheeks distended with a reddish substance, consisting of immensenumbers of minute crustaceans, which were evidently food for theyoung ; in winter the bird feeds on animal offal, and is then fond ofstaying close to fishing-vessels at anchor. The adult has the beak leaden-black ; the irides hazel; a smallwhite spot over the eye; the head and upper parts chiefly black ;chin and throat black in summer, white in winter, and mottled withblack and white in spring and autumn ; breast and belly white ; legsand toes livid-brown, webs d
. An illustrated manual of British birds . that the parents had theircheeks distended with a reddish substance, consisting of immensenumbers of minute crustaceans, which were evidently food for theyoung ; in winter the bird feeds on animal offal, and is then fond ofstaying close to fishing-vessels at anchor. The adult has the beak leaden-black ; the irides hazel; a smallwhite spot over the eye; the head and upper parts chiefly black ;chin and throat black in summer, white in winter, and mottled withblack and white in spring and autumn ; breast and belly white ; legsand toes livid-brown, webs darker. Length S5 in., wing 4*5 young bird resembles the adult in winter-plumage. Albinoand isabelline varieties are sometimes met with. In the Southern Hemisphere there is a genus of small oceanicPetrels {Pelecanoidcs), the members of which bear a strong super-ficial resemblance to the Little Auk in size, form, colour, and modeof flight; but on close examination, they may at once be recognizedby their tubular nostrils. 691. ^^,■■ /\vV ^ THE PUFFIN. Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus). The Puffin is the sole representative in the Atlantic of a well-marked genus, whose three other members are confined to theNorth Pacific—the head-quarters of the Aldda. Even in winter itis seldom absent altogether from British waters ; while from theend of March to early in April or May—according to latitude—itbegins to return to its breeding-places, which it leaves with greatregularity in the latter part of August. At the present day com-paratively few nest in the Isle of Wight, Dorsetshire, Devon orCornwall ; but numbers breed in the Scilly Islands, and m\iiadsburrow in the slopes of Lundy Island, which received its name [liifidcpuffin, ey island) from the Scandinavian rovers who formerly residedthere. Many haunts exist in Wales, as well as a few in the Isleof Man ; but on the east side of England the cliffs near Flam-borough, and some of the Fame Islands, are the only resort
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