. Our own birds; a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States. Birds. THE PETREL. 257 showing only a single spot of white, its dusky form darts in every direction along the swelling waves. Never fatigued, the tiny Petrels seldom alight, though they seem now and then to walk upon the foaming crests of the water. When the gale approaches, and the little wanderers are unable to bear up against its. Wilson's Petrt;!. (Mother Carey'.s Chicken.) fury, they retreat for shelter to the stern of the near- est vessel, where they remain until the blue sky over- head again tempts them to fl
. Our own birds; a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States. Birds. THE PETREL. 257 showing only a single spot of white, its dusky form darts in every direction along the swelling waves. Never fatigued, the tiny Petrels seldom alight, though they seem now and then to walk upon the foaming crests of the water. When the gale approaches, and the little wanderers are unable to bear up against its. Wilson's Petrt;!. (Mother Carey'.s Chicken.) fury, they retreat for shelter to the stern of the near- est vessel, where they remain until the blue sky over- head again tempts them to fly forth to pick up the floating fragments on the sea. There are three va- rieties of this interesting bird. We will notice but one, Wilson's Petrel, which is sometimes confounded with a smaller kind, both being familiarly called Mother Carey's Chickens, Of their migrations but little is known. The range is stated by Audubon not to extend eastward beyond the Azores, nor lower than 22 * R. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baily, William L; Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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