. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . As it is called by Willoughby, is something emaller tlian the precedingThe head and aU the upper part of the body are of a sooty blackness; anathe under part, and inner coverts of the wiugs, white. These oirds arefound in the Isle of Man, and the Scilly islej. In February, they take ashort possession of the rabbit burrows, and thea disappear till April; theylay one egg, and in a short time the young are fit to be taken. They arethen salted and barrelled. During
. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . As it is called by Willoughby, is something emaller tlian the precedingThe head and aU the upper part of the body are of a sooty blackness; anathe under part, and inner coverts of the wiugs, white. These oirds arefound in the Isle of Man, and the Scilly islej. In February, they take ashort possession of the rabbit burrows, and thea disappear till April; theylay one egg, and in a short time the young are fit to be taken. They arethen salted and barrelled. During the day, they keep at sea, fishing, andtowards evening return to their young, whom they feed, by discharging thecontents of the stomach into their mouths. THE STORMY PETREL!. Is about the size of a house swallow. The general color of the plumage isblack, except about the rump, which is white. They are always to be foundon the shores of Britain, and seem to be diffused all over the world. Theys>otaetimes hover over the water like swallows, and sometimes appear to * fraeellaria An^lorum, Tem. ^ Proccllariapclag-ica, Lin. AVES—ALBATROSS. 659 run on the top of it, they are also excellent divers. It skims along thehollows of the waves, and through the spray upon their tops, at th f astonish-ing rate of sixty miles in an hour. They are very clamorous, and are calledby the sailors Mother Carifs Chickens, who observe they never settle or situpon the water but when stormy weather is to be expected. They arefound in most parts of the world; and in the Feroe islands, the inhabitantsdraw a wick through the body of the bird, from the mouth to the rump,which serves them as a candle, being fed by the vast proportion of oil whichthis little animal contains. Wilson su
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