Towards the end of May this Shearwater commences to lay.
St. Kildans say that the Manx Shearwater is one of their first bird visitors in spring, and amongst the last to leave in autumn.
The Manx Shearwater comes next in size, but it is a dark-plumaged bird on the upper parts, only white below.
The Manx Shearwater can only be considered as an occasional wanderer to the Channel Islands, and never by any means so common as it is sometimes on the opposite side of the Channel about Torbay, especially in the early autumn.
The Manx Shearwater is not included in Professor Ansted's list, and there is no specimen in the Museum.
The Great Shearwateris not mentioned in Professor Ansted's list, and there is no specimen in the Museum.
The Dusky Shearwater in Micronesia nests in holes on high, and usually isolated, coral cliffs.
Osbert Salvin received two specimens of this shearwater from H.
On migration this shearwater probably reaches most parts of Micronesia.
This shearwater was taken by Kubary either at Lukunor or at Truk in the Caroline Islands.
Aspects of the population ecology of the short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris.
In the eastern Bering Sea, murres appear to prefer the Pacific sand lance, whereas the slender-billed shearwater consumes mainly euphausiids (Ogi and Tsujita 1973).
The effects of sheep on the breeding success and habitat of the short-tailed shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) (Temminch).
Had there been no vested interests to preserve the 'birding islands' as such, many of them would in the course of time have been 'improved' as sheep stations and the shearwater populations would have declined and vanished.
He found, however, that on Big Green Island and Phillip Island, sheep were not responsible for declines in shearwater breeding success, nor did they prevent expansion of colonies.
The winds on the Brazilian coast; and Abrolho Shoal; fish and birds: the shearwater bird, and cooking of sharks.
The Manx Shearwater is a somewhat late breeder, its eggs being laid towards the end of May, or during the first half of June.
Like its allies, the Petrels, this Shearwater is closely attached to the open sea, living for the most part away from shore, and only frequenting land during its nesting period.
The Manx Shearwater is, so far as is known, a resident in the British seas, and widely distributed along our coasts during the season of reproduction.
Throughout the summer the Manx Shearwater is nocturnal, and at the approach of darkness becomes very garrulous.
The upper parts of this Shearwater are black, the lower parts white.
So far as my experience extends, the food of the Manx Shearwaterconsists entirely of cuttle-fish and sorrel, but the bird will pick up various scraps thrown from vessels.
At St. Kilda this Shearwater is regarded as a delicacy.
The Manx Shearwater is, during the greater portion of the year, an ocean-bird, and only ventures on shore during the breeding season.
The Great Shearwater is far less abundant than the preceding species, and may indeed be considered a rarity.
In the Scilly Islands the Shearwater is called a Crew, from the harsh note uttered by the bird when its burrow is invaded; in the north, a Lyrie or Scrabe.
The Great Shearwater differs little in habits, as far as they are known, from the other species.
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