. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Chequered Petrel {P. capensis), commonly called theChequered Pintado, which is a native of the southern seas ; theFulmar Petrel (P. glacialis), which inhabits the Arctic seas ; theStormy Petrel (P. pelagica), commonly called the Storm-bird,which frequents the seas of Europe, and after a hurricane appearson the northern coasts of France; the Forster or Blue Petrel 312 THE LAEID^. (P. Farsteri or carulea), Fig. 112, commonly called the BluePetrel, wliicli inhabit
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Chequered Petrel {P. capensis), commonly called theChequered Pintado, which is a native of the southern seas ; theFulmar Petrel (P. glacialis), which inhabits the Arctic seas ; theStormy Petrel (P. pelagica), commonly called the Storm-bird,which frequents the seas of Europe, and after a hurricane appearson the northern coasts of France; the Forster or Blue Petrel 312 THE LAEID^. (P. Farsteri or carulea), Fig. 112, commonly called the BluePetrel, wliicli inhabits the Antarctic seas. Under the name of Puffins those species of Petrels are includedwhich have bills as long, and sometimes longer, than their heads,and their nostrils in two distinct tubes. Among these are theGrey Puffin [Pufinus cinereus), which is very common in theMediterranean, and builds its nest in Corsica; the English Puffin{Puffinus anglorutn), which inhabits the northern regions of ourhemisphere; the Brown Puffin {Procellaria cequinoctialis), which in-habits the Southern Ocean, and is frequently met with at the Fig. 113.—The Common Albatross (Diomedea cxulans, Linn.). The Albatross * is the largest and most bulky of all the birds which fly over the surface of the sea. It belongs principally to the southern hemisphere. The sailors know it under the names of Cape Sheep and Man-of-war, which they give it on account of its enormous size. Its extended wings measure as much as five * From the Portuguese word Alcatraz, applied by the early navigators of thatnation to Cormorants and large sea-birds.—Ed. THE ALBATEOSS. 313 metres across.* Its plumage is generally white, with the exceptionof a dark back. Courage is not measured by size. This ruleholds good in these birds, for, notwithstanding their wonderfulstrength and their large, strong, sharp, and hooked bills, theyexhibit the most unaccountable cowardice. Even a poor weak SeaMew will attack an Albatross, and en
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