THE FULMAR PETREL.

Tue Petrels are large birds, living
mostly far out at sea, or on barren islands,
among rocks and icebergs, in the coldest
regions of the Arctic and Antarctic circles.
They venture further on the ocean than
any other birds, and seem aroused to
greater activity on the approach of the
tempest. They fly, rest, and walk upon
the waves. Steadily driven by the blast,
their wide-spread wings seem scarcely to
require any exertion. Their food is fish,
shell-fish, and sea-wrack. The Petrels
associate in great flocks to breed in the
clefts of rocks, or in holes burrowed in the

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