. Vögel von North Carolina . s im Sommer. Whiletrolling für Makrele vor der Küste nahe Cape Lookout der Schriftsteller sah mehrere der Thesebirds im Juli 1899. So nahe an den Wellen fliegen sie, und oft mit ihrem Feethanp;in<i:, dass es wenig verwunderlich ist, dass die Idee entstand vor langer Zeit, dass Sturmvögel tatsächlich die Wellen wie Peter von alten gehen. Ich habe sie häufig am Meer beobachtet, das über das Schiff schlägt, jetzt den Bogen umkreist, jetzt weit iiehinii fallend, um einige Frag-ments der Nahrung zu untersuchen, die über Bord geworfen wird, und wieder nahe akjngside erscheinend. Sie erinnern mich immer an Jiurple martins mit weißen Stöcken. Während des

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. Birds of North Carolina . s in summer. Whiletrolling for mackerel off the coast near Cape Lookout the writer saw several of thesebirds in July, 1899. So close to the waves do they fly, and often with their feethanp;in<i:, that it is little wonder the idea arose long ago that petrels actually walkthe waves like Peter of old. I have frequently watched them at sea beating aboutthe vessel, now circling the bow, now dropping far iiehinii to examine some frag-ments of food thrown overboard, and again appearing close akjngside. They alwaysremind me of jiurple martins with white rumps. During the severe storm whichraged on the North Carolina coast August 28, 29, and 30, 1893, many thousands ofthese birds were driven antl washed ashore along the line of beach extending fromthe mouth of Beaufort Harbor to Cape Lookout, a distance of ten miles. I havethis information from several reliable parties. The exact dates of the storm Isecured from the log-book of Capt. William H. Gaskin of the Cape Lookout LifeSaving Station.. Fia. 24. WiLsoxs Pktrel. yir. James Davis, formerly a well known business man of Beaufort, who hadoccasion to go along the beach to a wreck just after the storm, says: Every twoor three yards lay a IMother Carys chicken; many were dead, others were alive, but too weak to fly. Li places two or three would be lying together; at certainpoints for a distance of many feet the ground would be completely covered with thebodies, sometimes piled two or three deep. This was freciuently the case until Ireached the bight of the cape. Here in the cove the slaughter hatl been tremen-dous. Thousands of birds sat or lay on the ground, covering the beach like ablanket, extending from the waters edge up into the grass on the higher grotmd.The fishermen of the neighborhood carried home with them baskets filled with thesebirds to eat. Mention of this remarkable occurrence was made in the ^!/A-, vol. 16, p. 247.—Pearson. Tlie Leachs Petrel, Occnnndrnma leurorhoa (Vieill.), some

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