| 单词 | petrel |
| 例句 | They came up round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But now an’ den, I see a petrel. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, terns and Cape pigeons wheeled, and a giant snow petrel flew on snow-white wings; the birds were a sure sign that open water was near. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Flocks of Antarctic petrels and snow petrels accompanied the ship on its journey toward the continent, diving with high, wild screams when the crew threw their garbage overboard into the sea. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z All around them, too, were signs that the Antarctic winter was fast approaching: there were now twelve hours of darkness, and during the daylight hours petrels and terns fled toward the north. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Mr. Swieteck,” said Mr. Powell, “I think I can accept having the petrels smile a little bit. But that is an out-and-out grin.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They came up ’round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Fulmars, terns, snow petrels, and Cape pigeons filled the sky. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z As she looked and glided, a flock of storm petrels winged by. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The two winds were pushing them in different directions, but the petrels were using them to meet in the center of the picture. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Now fulmars and petrels swooped down and bore them away. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But no, it’s a storm petrel with its wide black wings, soft gray underbelly. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z For many miles, she flew oVer the Pacific Ocean with a flock of red-rumped storm petrels. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I’d read once upon a time that storm petrels can appear when it clears after days of rain, but I’ve never seen one. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z So he was sweating—and even shaky—when we got into the room with the petrels and the puffins and everyone else. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Overhead a lone petrel circled, watching the scene. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The cameras cut back and forth between the prowling petrel and male penguins racing back to shore after they fish. Around Town for Children for Aug. 2-8 2013-08-01T22:28:16Z She repeats the story that the petrel nests on the waves, keeping an egg under each wing, in a tone that might be envious. Poem of the week: St Brenhilda on Sula Sgeir by David Wheatley 2010-12-13T12:26:00Z She looks at gannets in Shetland, whale skeletons in Bergen, petrels in Rona, the northern lights in Greenland. Sightlines by Kathleen Jamie - review 2012-08-07T11:00:01Z Your eyes will move from the imperial woodpecker and the passenger pigeon to the Guadalupe Island petrel, among many others. Birds are going extinct: Entire species are hanging on by their wingtips 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Dee is a very candid writer, as observant about his own idiosyncrasies as he is about those of storm petrels in Shetland or peregrine falcons riding the air-currents by the Clifton suspension bridge. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z Students are accepted at the age of 7, though at this time they are considered day students and are ferried between school and home on the backs of giant storm petrels. J.K. Rowling Reveals All 11 Wizarding Schools in the Harry Potter Universe 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z White gannets and storm petrels soared over the waves; the cliffs of Pembrokeshire, important breeding grounds, are an ornithologist’s dream. Slow Travel: Walking in Wales 2013-05-24T17:03:36Z There’s an early moment in which Karin, lying outside with Max, hears the cry of a petrel and instinctively grabs her brother’s leg, as if otherwise she might be swept away. | 'Through a Glass Darkly': Under Pretty Skin, Madness Lurks 2011-06-07T02:06:38Z When giant petrels, predatory birds, arrive, the cameras follow one as it skulks with thuglike concentration, looking for a vulnerable chick. Around Town for Children for Aug. 2-8 2013-08-01T22:28:16Z The huge cast includes storm petrels, Australia’s “fire hawks” and the kea, a cheeky New Zealand parrot. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Just as the petrel appears ready to lunge at our penguin’s baby, the returning adults chase it away. Around Town for Children for Aug. 2-8 2013-08-01T22:28:16Z Southern giant petrels, big black seabirds also called Antarctic giant petrels, giant fulmars, stinkers, and stinkpots, flew in formation. In Chilean Patagonia, Following a Track to the End of the World 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z In one critically endangered petrel species that nests in burrows - the MacGillivray's prion - not a single chick survived. Gough Island: Worker sought for one of world's remotest places 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z With no terrestrial predators to steal their eggs, these islands are breeding sanctuaries for ground- and cliff-nesting seabirds like the western gull, Scripps’s murrelet and the ashy storm petrel. You can finally visit Anacapa Island — and see how it's changed in a year without tourists 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z But shearwaters, as well as petrels and albatrosses, are part of a class known as tube-nosed seabirds, with tubular nostrils and an excellent senses of smell. ‘Plasticosis’ in Seabirds Could Herald New Era of Animal Disease 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Red soil and lava rocks dominate the high-altitude landscape, which is also home to endangered and threatened species like the nene, the Hawaiian goose, and the Hawaiian petrel, an endangered seabird. Space Force vows ‘above and beyond’ cleanup of Maui spill 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The species is considered vulnerable to extinction, and the goal is for the young petrels to return to their new home when old enough to breed. Scientists move seabirds in hopes of protecting the species 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z To save storm petrels, VanderWerf said, scientists need to act before populations have crashed. Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z And King’s efforts were propelled in part by conservation groups’ lawsuit alleging that a luxury resort’s lights disoriented at least 15 endangered petrels between 2008 and 2021, resulting in at least one petrel’s death. Trouble in (avian) paradise: Maui turns off the lights for its birds 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Birders will delight in his descriptions of albatrosses, petrels and curlews. Audubon’s writings on ocean voyages and seabirds complicate his legacy 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z They have reduced the number of petrels caught in fishing lines in the hake fishery in South Africa, for example. Innovations keep unintended fish and other animals out of nets 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z To save storm petrels, VanderWerf said, scientists need to act before populations crash. Scientists move seabirds in hopes of protecting the species 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The species is considered vulnerable to extinction, and the goal is for the young petrels return to their new home when old enough to breed. Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Although often mistaken for gulls, northern fulmars have stiff wings and nostril tubes on their bills, marking them as petrels and albatrosses. Are ills of the Arctic hitting California? Hundreds of migratory seabirds wash ashore 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The white-faced storm petrels at risk there were especially charismatic—they appear to walk on water—and easily gained public support. Track New Zealand’s Bid to Take Back Nature 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The team also resighted a Leach's storm petrel banded there 31 years ago. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Hundreds of threatened species have benefited worldwide from invasive mammal removal, Kurle said, including six birds common on the Farallon Islands — among them the storm petrel, the tufted puffin and the Brandt’s cormorant. Column: Watch out, Farallon mice. Coastal Commission approves poison air drop 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z When the mice population drops, as it does seasonally, the owls then eat the eggs of the ashy storm petrel, a bird some consider a future candidate for the endangered species list. Column: The U.S. wants to air-drop poison on Farallon Islands mice. Not everybody hates the idea 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Seventeen of the 21 species studied, including Atlantic puffins, Arctic terns and Bermuda petrels, face declining populations. Newfound Ocean Hotspot Draws Millions of Migrating Birds Each Year 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Preventing albatross, petrels, gannets, boobies and other seabirds from being caught in gillnets is not easy. The Birds and the Buoys: Using Googly Eyes to Avert Extinction 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z The mega-scheme is likely to involve blasting petrel rookeries, disturbing penguin colonies and encasing a stretch of the wilderness in more than 115,000 tonnes of concrete. 'A real bad precedent': Australia criticised for Antarctica airport plan 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z The island’s beaches, heathlands, and forests also are home to sensitive species, from knots, petrels, and other birds to flying foxes, skinks, sea turtles, and wild dingoes. Another Australian wildfire ignites—in one of its most unique ecosystems 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z The organization contends the nonnative, invasive mice, likely introduced by sailing vessels in the 19th century, are messing with the natural environment and threatening the ashy storm petrel, among other seabirds. Column: The U.S. wants to air-drop poison on Farallon Islands mice. Not everybody hates the idea 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Rats are the key suspects behind the absence on Palmyra of eight other species of ground or burrow-nesting birds, including shearwaters and petrels, all found on central Pacific islands that have remained rat-free. To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Birds such as shearwaters and petrels are almost impossible to track otherwise because they are most active at night and nest in underground burrows. With bioacoustics, conservationists try to save birds through their songs 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z As well as the destruction of wildlife habitat during construction, the operation of the completed airport would bring regular disruption to breeding colonies of southern giant petrels, seals and Adélie penguins. 'A real bad precedent': Australia criticised for Antarctica airport plan 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z When the mouse population crashes, which happens cyclically each year, the hungry owls turn instead on their neighbors, the islands’ population of rare ashy storm petrels. 'Truly astounding': inside the Farallon Islands' battle against a plague of mice 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Kauai, for instance, has long been a haven for two endangered species of seabirds, the Newell’s shearwater and the Hawaiian petrel. Hawaii Wants to Lead the Renewable Revolution 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Biologists believe perhaps eight other seabird species once used the atoll, including wedge-tailed shearwaters, tropical shearwaters, Phoenix petrels, and white-throated storm petrels. To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Leach's petrels nest in burrows but five chicks - with a sixth also to be weighed and measured once it is old enough - are being raised by their parents in one of 48 nest boxes. Little balls of fluff shed light on seabird health 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z On the island of Floreana, the Galápagos penguin, dark-rumped petrel and medium tree finch are threatened with extinction by six invasive species. Cull invasive mammals to save island species, experts urge 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Almost all of the world’s roughly 10,000 ashy storm petrels live off the California coast; of those, half live on the Farallones. 'Truly astounding': inside the Farallon Islands' battle against a plague of mice 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The rats eat the eggs and nestlings of the island’s seabirds, including storm petrels and Galápagos shearwaters. Drones unleashed against invasive rats in the Galápagos 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Leach's storm petrels are found at only a handful of sites. Checks made on rare 'balls of fluff' 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z On hatching Leach's petrel chicks weigh less than 10 grams. Little balls of fluff shed light on seabird health 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Birds that normally forage far off shore, such as fork-tailed storm petrels, were observed in large numbers near the coast. Alaska seabird deaths continue trend tied to warming ocean 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z It wastes a lot of energy — not to mention birds — if you have teams of workers slaughtering storm petrels, drying them, sticking wicks down their throats, and delivering them to markets. Most paths to a clean-energy future start the same way 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The rats—brought to the island by whalers and sealers as early as the late 18th century—ate the eggs and vulnerable chicks of seabirds, including albatrosses, skua, terns, and petrels. Large Island Declared Rat-Free in Biggest Removal Success 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z However, the crustaceans are a keystone species that sit at the base of a food chain that supports higher animals including whales, seals, penguins and the region's albatrosses and petrels. Weddell Sea 'deserves protected status' 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z This year a full population survey of the Leach's storm petrels and other seabirds nesting across the St Kilda archipelago was completed for the first time in 20 years. Little balls of fluff shed light on seabird health 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z While penguins may look profoundly different from other birds, their DNA points to a close kinship to such species as albatrosses and petrels. Ancient Penguins Were Giant Waddling Predators 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Campbell identified it as Rattus rattus—the black rat, which is known to eat the eggs and hatchlings of Galápagos petrels and giant tortoises. Could Genetic Engineering Save the Galápagos? 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Storm petrels are not found where there are rats, which eat their eggs. 'Churring' sign of wreck rats dying out 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Rare petrels, shearwaters and terns are found there, as well as giant clams, reef sharks and rose-colored corals. 10 national monuments at risk under Trump's administration 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z The center says the birds were Hawaiian petrels, endangered band-rumped storm petrels and threatened Newell’s shearwaters, and that most of them died. Air Force to reduce lighting at Hawaii station to help birds 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z The team also found, not surprisingly, that the birds most attracted to the DMS odor are the albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters that are most severely affected by plastic consumption. Animals Eat Ocean Plastic Because it Smells Like Food By 2050, nearly 200 species of seabirds—from penguins to petrels—will be eating plastic. Why do seabirds eat plastic? They think it smells tasty 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Conservationists hope the sound of storm petrels' "churring" is an indication that an effort to eradicate rats on the Shiant Islands is working. 'Churring' sign of wreck rats dying out 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z An international commission is looking to safeguard a massive section of the Ross Sea, home to penguins, petrels and killer whales. Nations push to protect Antarctica's 'last ocean' - BBC News 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Project goals include restoring Crater Hill while creating a protected place for native birds that nest on the ground, like the Newell’s shearwater and Hawaiian petrel. Native birds fledge at predator-proof enclosure 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Savoca’s team decided to focus on birds already severely affected by plastic consumption: albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters. Animals Eat Ocean Plastic Because it Smells Like Food This year, the union split two — the Western scrub-jay and Leach’s storm petrel — into two and three different species, respectively. Two rivals broke American birdwatching’s biggest record — and they’re still madly racing 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z This summer, real storm petrels' churring was heard and the birds seen at a burrow by conservationists using night vision equipment. 'Churring' sign of wreck rats dying out 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z After I’d racked up thirty hours of it and tallied exactly one seabird of note, a Kerguelen petrel, I dialled back and devoted myself to the more sociable compulsion of playing bridge. A Voyage to the End of the World 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z More gruesomely, rats feast on chicks of the endangered Henderson petrel, which is being eaten to extinction. 80 Rats Exploded Into 100,000 by Avoiding Poison 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z But when he asked around for flocks of, say, cormorants or storm petrels, a park warden told him he was out of luck. Parrots Are a Lot More Than ‘Pretty Bird’ 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z But Leon Smith, the captain, was determined to have him here, his stormy petrel capable of all sorts of heroics in the past, a good luck charm now, and a loud one. Andy Murray beats Goffin to seal first Davis Cup for Great Britain in 79 years 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z He said: "Storm petrels only occur on islands without rats, which means that they are very vulnerable to the effects that arise from invasive species such as these. " 'Churring' sign of wreck rats dying out 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The Bonin petrel currently is considered a species of least concern by BirdLife International, with a worldwide population of about a million individuals. Rising Seas and Pounding Waves Will Threaten 3 Common Pacific Seabirds 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Such dismal findings point to one of the study’s patterns: open ocean birds – such as albatrosses, frigatebirds, petrels and shearwaters – are generally faring worse than birds that stick near the coasts. After 60 million years of extreme living, seabirds are crashing 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Shearwaters belong to the same family group as petrels and albatrosses. Backpacks on Seabirds Hint at Their Navigation Secret 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The New Zealand delegation said the Ross Sea, one of the most pristine natural regions in the world, is home to almost a third of the world’s Adélie penguins and Antarctic petrels. China and Russia Said to Block Creation of Antarctic Marine Reserves 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The Unesco World Heritage Site is home to puffins, manx shearwaters, storm petrels, guillemots and kittiwakes. Unesco asks for Star Wars report 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Under the worst of the scenarios 60 percent of albatross and 40 percent of petrel nests would be flooded, the analysis revealed. Rising Seas and Pounding Waves Will Threaten 3 Common Pacific Seabirds 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z “When I travel between the islands and I get to see groups of petrels flying about, I have to be quite honest,” he says. Invasive species: The 18-km2 rat trap 2013-05-15T17:20:48.780Z The large shearwaters include both mostly dark petrels as well as species with a fair bit of mottling and a lot of white on the underside. Tubenosed seabirds that shear the waves: of Calonectris, Lugensa, and Puffinus (petrels part VII) 2013-02-10T21:45:00.213Z “It supports the biodiversity in the Southern Ocean, from huge whales to tiny petrels to seals and penguins.” China and Russia Said to Block Creation of Antarctic Marine Reserves 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Recent research is now helping to rectify that; revealing new insights into the lives of petrels, puffins and penguins, and how supposed land-loving birds are secret seabirds too. Secret life of seabirds 2012-08-23T06:30:34Z European storm petrels remain in the colony they are born in throughout their life, so this site is also home to several of their family members. Birds sniff out their relatives 2012-07-19T02:02:54Z It would also make it easier to realize conservationists’ long-standing ambition of reintroducing mockingbirds and tortoises to the island, not to mention the respite it would bring for the Galapagos petrel. Invasive species: The 18-km2 rat trap 2013-05-15T17:20:48.780Z Bycatch susceptibility in pelagic longline fisheries: are albatrosses affected by the diving behaviour of medium-sized petrels? Tubenosed seabirds that shear the waves: of Calonectris, Lugensa, and Puffinus (petrels part VII) 2013-02-10T21:45:00.213Z Aiming to finish the petrel series soon, just haven’t yet found the time. Eld's deer: endangered, persisting in fragmented populations, and morphologically weird... but it wasn't always so 2012-04-19T15:45:14.640Z They are always on the wing, like stormy petrels, flying swift and low, just skimming the waters, yet darting like arrows, as if seeking for something which they could not find on land or sea. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z In a "recognition test", European storm petrels chose to avoid the scent of a relative in favour of approaching the smell of an unrelated bird. Birds sniff out their relatives 2012-07-19T02:02:54Z Did he regard her as a sort of stormy petrel, heralding bad weather and bad fortune? A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Shearwaters tend to have longer and more slender bills than other petrels, with the shearwaters having the longest and most slender bills of all tubenoses. Tubenosed seabirds that shear the waves: of Calonectris, Lugensa, and Puffinus (petrels part VII) 2013-02-10T21:45:00.213Z Indeed, it may even be said that his little, shrunk and wizened figure was a kind of stormy petrel: his very presence was a certain signal that danger and adventure were at hand. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z As a generalisation, petrels are stiff-winged soaring birds with low wing loadings. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z Polar bears, musk oxen, and caribou were there in plenty, and the party also laid low many Arctic hares and foxes, and likewise a few Arctic petrel. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z More petrels still to do – the series is not finished yet. Tubenosed seabirds that shear the waves: of Calonectris, Lugensa, and Puffinus (petrels part VII) 2013-02-10T21:45:00.213Z The chief part of their subsistence on this island appeared to be penguins, seal, young birds, and petrel which they take in a curious way. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Here multitudes of man-of-war birds, gannets, boobies, cormorants, and petrels have their undisturbed haunts. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z We saw a moment ago that petrel chicks on nests need to defend themselves from raptors and also from predatory gulls and skuas. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z The boys saw more wild geese, some ducks, and also some northern petrel, but, warned by Captain Williamson, did no more shooting. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z In previous articles, we looked at gadfly-petrels, the members of Fulmarini, and also at the evolution, biology and diversity of petrels in general: see the links below. Tubenosed seabirds that shear the waves: of Calonectris, Lugensa, and Puffinus (petrels part VII) 2013-02-10T21:45:00.213Z Having caught a small bird they tie a string to its leg and put it into a hole where blue petrels lay eggs. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z White and other petrels flew round us, with some gulls, and birds resembling sea swallows, with a forked tail. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Asio owls, caracaras and Buteo hawks are also documented predators of petrels. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z Three or four petrels, birds of the storm, rising from the distant sands, veered joyously out over the flattening waters. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z One Pliocene species, C. krantzi, was about similar in size to a Procellaria petrel, and thus gigantic for a . Tubenosed seabirds that shear the waves: of Calonectris, Lugensa, and Puffinus (petrels part VII) 2013-02-10T21:45:00.213Z She might still be in the stormy seas on the outer edge of Ross's pack with the petrels and the albatrosses like a cloud about her yards. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z A diver was shot while swimming, and flocks of black petrels hovered round us. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Obviously, some petrels produce proportionally large eggs for their body size. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z Now it so happened that among those who were discontented for one reason or another there was that stormy petrel, General Daendels. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z Having mentioned albatrosses, another interesting idea is that the diving abilities of shearwaters and other petrels may make albatross species more susceptible to death at the hands of the longline fishing industry. Tubenosed seabirds that shear the waves: of Calonectris, Lugensa, and Puffinus (petrels part VII) 2013-02-10T21:45:00.213Z Fulmar, ful′mar, n. a species of petrel inhabiting the Shetland Isles, &c., valuable for its down, feathers, and oil. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z What d'ye call those birds that fly around at sea just before a gale breaks—stormy petrels? On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z It used to be thought that the petrel nasal tube acted as a nozzle allowing the birds to squirt stomach oil as a defensive measure. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z The eggs of the stormy petrel are surprisingly large, considering the diminutive size of the bird, being as large as those of the thrush. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The albatrosses do retrieve the hooked bait fish on their own, but their stealing from the petrels does increase their susceptibility to getting hooked. Tubenosed seabirds that shear the waves: of Calonectris, Lugensa, and Puffinus (petrels part VII) 2013-02-10T21:45:00.213Z The burrowing owls, suddenly lacking a smorgasbord of mouse meat, resort to hunting petrels. The Bay Citizen: Voracious Mice Scramble Food Chain on California?s Farallon Islands 2011-10-23T00:43:24Z Klindworth?" cried the emperor, laughing, "that old stormy petrel could not keep out of a crisis which has raised such a tempest in European policy. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z Domestic cats – introduced to various islands used by nesting petrels – represent a serious threat and seem to have caused massive declines or even the local extinction of some species. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z On the deep, lone sea, too, Jack has ay a friend, should it be but in the stormy petrel, the frigate-bird, or that marvellous eagle of the ocean, the albatross itself. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z She has been called “the stormy petrel among the cities—always to the front in troublous times.” Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z Other unusual sightings were pelagic birds such as jaegers, shearwaters and petrels. City Room: After Tropical Storm Irene, a Bounty for Birdwatchers 2011-09-01T11:00:14Z Gulls and petrels darted and fluttered about us in every direction, porpoises were making swift and curving leaps, even a few whales added to the magic and apparent unreality of it all. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It may or may not be coincidental that giant petrels are unusual among petrels in exhibiting strong sexual dimorphism – perhaps the strongest dimorphism reported in any seabird. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z Well, Sarah, I half dislike having your stormy petrel in our little town. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z The Henderson's petrel, classified as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, is of particular concern. Rat eradication to save seabirds 2011-06-27T10:11:17Z No sound is heard but the shrill cries of the petrels and wild geese that haunt the edges of the pools. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Now when skies were overcast and the wind had a tooth, Bel figured in the picture as a sort of stormy petrel, forever to be seen wheeling somewhere within the vague of the horizon. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z A case of chick adoption in southern giant petrels Macronectes giganteus in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z When the petrels flew about his head and the storms dashed, he was astonishingly courageous. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z If Ralph was innocent, then he knew nothing of the trouble that was looming ahead, and she would be the petrel to announce the coming storm. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z If he succeeded, his so-called liberty would be used in coercing and plundering the dissentients; and, after all, such stormy petrels in politics must be quite unfit to form any stable government. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z On this day large flocks of wild geese and swans, with mallards and widgeon, were seen in the neighbourhood of Yarmouth, and the stormy petrel was observed. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The incidence, functions and ecological significance of petrel stomach oils. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z Anseres Ducks, geese, gulls, petrels, pelicans, penguins, loons, auks, etc. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z My cousin is the stormy petrel sort, with the best intentions in the world, but always getting herself and others into trouble. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z A stormy petrel came up from the cliff and swirled above the men as they fought, and made its direful scream over them. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The moaning accents of the spent wind, and the wailing cry of the petrel, awake thoughts of those who journey over "the great waters," amid perils more dreadful than all of man's devising. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Other species have also been oiled, including giant petrels and fur seal pups, though the penguins seem to be the primary victims of the spill. Green: A Race Against Time to Save Oiled Penguins 2011-03-25T00:54:08Z The petrel population at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge has grown exponentially since rats were eradicated over 10 years ago. Impact of the Japan earthquake and tsunami on animals and environment 2011-03-22T11:45:00.237Z Thousands of petrels and fish were also killed as the waves swept over parts of Midway atoll. Japan tsunami hits US nature sanctuary 2011-03-16T05:08:15Z Now and then the black petrel, with its piercing eye, darts across the ship's stern, while the stormy petrel flutters just overhead, yet beyond the reach of a gun. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z In the chronicles of London pageantry, the waters look calm and bright, and no stormy petrel flaps his wing as an omen of an approaching tempest. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z The birds, which have already been mentioned as very numerous, chiefly consist of penguins, ducks, petrels, albatrosses, shags, gulls, and sea swallows. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z On the way, we passed thousands of albatross adults and petrels that had been washed into the water and lost their ability to stay dry. Impact of the Japan earthquake and tsunami on animals and environment 2011-03-22T11:45:00.237Z Other birds were less lucky - thousands of Bonin petrels were buried alive. Japan tsunami hits US nature sanctuary 2011-03-16T05:08:15Z Like the petrel, it is a storm-bird, and seems to delight in the commotion of the elements. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z He was a sort of stormy petrel in the town, a forerunner of danger and despair. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z "Do you know, old fellow, that that stormy petrel of the Revolution, Cluseret of the Commune, is said to be in Madrid?" Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Fish and Wildlife Service Photo 2: Thousands of nesting Bonin petrels were buried alive. Impact of the Japan earthquake and tsunami on animals and environment 2011-03-22T11:45:00.237Z To appreciate this, it is sufficient to enumerate the birds without the critical muscle: Passeriformes and Coraciiformes, without exception; Ardeae and Podiceps; lastly various genera of storks, pigeons, parrots, petrels and auks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Soon after leaving the Cape of Good Hope, the storm-birds began to gather around us in considerable numbers—the Cape pigeon, the albatross, and occasionally the tiny petrel, so abundant in the North Atlantic. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z By gad, thou art the herald of storm on land as the petrel is at sea. The Great Mogul He disappears as does the storm petrel when the sea is quiet. The Tempering In addition, thosands of Bonin petrels were buried alive, and thousands of fish were washed ashore where they suffocated on Eastern Island. Impact of the Japan earthquake and tsunami on animals and environment 2011-03-22T11:45:00.237Z In humming-birds and petrels the trachea is partly divided by a vertical, longitudinal, cartilaginous septum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The boat went skimming over the waves as if she had been a veritable stormy petrel, sending the water churning round her bows. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story They consist of petrels, swans, geese, pelicans, grebes, auks, gulls, and divers; these last are more particularly of the duck family, of which there are over thirty distinct species in and about this immediate region. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia In the train for Southampton—Morning papers—The new 'Locksley Hall'—Past and present—The 'Moselle'—Heavy weather—The petrel—The Azores. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses "To see on the white and crest'd wave The stormy petrel float, And then to look back On the stormy track That glitters behind our boat." The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago A similar rotation and dislocation occurs in various petrels, in correlation with the indigestible sepia-bills, &c., which these birds swallow in great quantities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Their sympathy was perfect, and if taken away from the sea, she would have been as miserable as a stormy petrel in a cage. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl When the livid breakers angered Churn against my stormy tower; When the petrel flying faster Brings an omen to the master Of his vessel's fated hour— Oh, the reefs! ah, the sea! Song-Surf When it blows a hard gale of wind the stormy petrel makes its appearance. Wanderings in South America A vast number of her Majesty's subjects dart over the debater and the discussor of the newspaper, like storm petrels, and thrive upon what skimmings they retain. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Vanishing from the House of Commons, he reappeared for a while on the scene, characteristically acting the part of the petrel that heralded the storm Mr. Pigott ineffectively tried to ride. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The pilot boat was soon unmoored and flying out to sea like a stormy petrel. A Noble Woman The gulls and petrels form another association—the order Gaviæ; while the plovers, snipes, curlews, peewits, turnstones, &c., constitute the order Limicolæ. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 The stormy petrel is supposed to herald bad weather, and the great auk to tell that land is very near. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore See, love, my boat is moored for thee By ocean's weedy floor— The petrel does not skim the sea More swiftly than my oar. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The stormy petrel hardly ever goes on land except to lay her eggs. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad The inhabitants of some of the outlying Scotch islands make a peculiar use of the young petrels, which are always as fat as butter, and much more easy to catch than the old birds. Harper's Young People, October 12, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly And also, as a matter of fact, the petrel lives at sea both in fine weather and foul, because he is uncomfortable on land. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore In a few moments they could see clouds of gulls and petrels around the boats, a sure sign of plenty of fish. Smugglers' Reef Far away in the desolate South Seas there lives a large and beautiful bird called the albatross, the giant member of the petrel family. Harper's Young People, April 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly They take a dead petrel and run a wick through him. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad This preference of the petrel is explained by the fact that he is more than half nocturnal in his habits, and greatly dislikes the glare of sunshine. Harper's Young People, October 12, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The petrel is not a bird of woe, but a bird of warning. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore A similar power of suspending themselves in the air, without motion of the wings is well-known to belong to many birds,—as the vulture, the albatross, the petrels, and others. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Their numbers are beyond calculation, consisting of petrels, swans, geese, pelicans, auks, gulls, and divers. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands She told him how the stormy petrel flies far, far away from land. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad This method suggests analogy to that of the petrels, which rear their young on fish-oil partly digested after the same fashion. Birds in the Calendar One reason for associating the petrel with the Holy Mother may possibly have been found in its supposed sleeplessness. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The twisting petrels chatter, as ye drift by the waiting fleet, In your towering grim, gray Dreadnought,—a king who sneers at defeat. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure The stormy petrels had vanished with the tempest, and the flying fish were now making their clumsy leaps from wave to wave,—a sign of fair weather. The Corsair King Bobby’s mamma told him many things about the stormy petrel. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Numerous whales and penguins were now seen swimming about the vessels, whilst white petrels continually flew across them. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century The scientific name of the petrel tribe is Procellariæ, from the Latin procella—a storm. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore But the good Bishop he walked as easily as a stormy petrel, for he was a man of God. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure "Those stormy petrels suspect something wrong, too, they follow us everywhere." The Corsair King The stormy petrel is very oily, like all sea birds. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad The stormy petrel riding in safety on the crest of the wave in instinctive security, symbolizes the security of a depositor in a government savings bank. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria Why the petrels are associated with storms is thus not easily explained, seeing that they are abroad in all weathers; but a feasible suggestion was advanced by Pennant. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Another sea-bird, very different in appearance, is the little stormy petrel. The Children's Book of London The friendly demonstrations of the Fuegians, the abundance of whales, which had never before been disturbed, the immense flocks of albatross and petrels, did not change his resolve. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century There were breakers where the long dead sea had been, and the petrel outside was scudding close to the white curves, and uttering its dismal note. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 And now Tom was all agog to start for Shiny Wall; but the petrels said no. The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby It is certain that sailors, as a class, do not now know why their favourite little bird is called petrel. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The petrel is at sea all day, and scorns the quiet land and delights of home. The Children's Book of London Part of the ground over which the climbers have to pass is honeycombed with these holes, and they see the petrels passing in and out; Seagriff, meanwhile, imparting a curious item of information about them. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Among the sooty terns, whose number it was impossible to estimate, were many hundreds of tropic birds and pure snow-white petrels.' Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 So the petrels called to the mollys: but they were so busy and greedy, gobbling and pecking and spluttering and fighting over the blubber, that they did not take the least notice. The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby A fishing-schooner, if well handled, is a veritable stormy petrel in riding out a blow. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The latter days of the month of September were enlivened by the presence of numerous large birds, petrels, man-of-war birds, and damiers, flying in couples, a sign that they were not far away from home. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World A petrel it is, about the size of a house pigeon, and of a slate-blue colour. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure A number of whales were now seen sporting about the ice, and several flocks of antarctic petrels. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries Several petrels and Cape pigeons were killed; but it was necessary to haul down the sails in order to pick them up. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. Six or seven stormy petrels seen at once, and now and then a gull. A Journey to America in 1834 He called her the "stormy petrel" in reference to her birth in the wild month of March, and because she was such a fiery little person. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Then there are whale birds, and cape pigeons, and also the cape dove, which is somewhat larger than the pigeon, and is also known as the ‘fulmar petrel.’ The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Herbert Rhodes was a restless being, a stormy petrel ever on the wing seeking adventures. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Seals, penguins, petrels, cormorants, and gulls are found in considerable numbers. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Been upon deck and greatly pleased with the numerous petrels chirping on all sides of the ship. A Journey to America in 1834 Here numerous whales were seen, and flocks of antarctic petrels. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold The sun set gorgeously crimson—an angry sun; the petrels, skimming the waves about the ship, twittered excitedly, and other sea-birds seemed hastening early for land. Gold Seekers of '49 There are no sounds in nature But my moan, The shriek of the wild petrel All alone, And roar of waves exulting To make my flesh their own. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Wild bird of sea and cloud, you are a stormy petrel, but there may come a storm too many—and I am old. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida One gull seen yesterday and two stormy petrels follow us a long way. A Journey to America in 1834 On the 18th of June they first fell in with icebergs, flying amid which were numberless petrels, kittiwakes, tarns, and other winged inhabitants of the northern regions. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold The great albatrosses became few, but the gulls and Mother Carey's chickens, the nimble gray petrels that flew all day with their feet grazing the waves, were thick. Gold Seekers of '49 Here, for the first time, Morton noticed the arctic petrel,—a fact which shows the accuracy of his observation, though he had not been aware of its importance. The Ocean and its Wonders Stormy petrels hovered over it and pecked its neck and cork. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn A great many gulls to be seen, most of them with pointed tails, and few petrels. A Journey to America in 1834 Immense masses of ice were seen, and occasionally the antarctic petrels, grey albatrosses, and some other birds; but there were few other objects of interest to amuse the minds of the crew. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold “It is the procellarius, as we naturalists call it, but in English, the stormy petrel; its presence denotes rough weather coming.” The Mission; or Scenes in Africa They were in numbers flitting and hovering over the crests of the waves, like their relatives of kinder climates,—the Cape of Good Hope pigeons, Mother Carey’s chickens, and the petrels everywhere else. The Ocean and its Wonders Several flights of stormy petrels had long been following in the wake of the ship, with other birds,—such as albatrosses, cape-pigeons, and whale-birds. The South Sea Whaler Seated at the stern watching the petrels and feeding them with bits of fat mutton. A Journey to America in 1834 Farther south Cape petrels appeared; and still farther, large numbers of the powerful albatross came gliding round us on their wide-spreading wings. Mark Seaworth The stormy petrel now made its appearance; and I and Emily and Grace were delighted soon afterwards to see a magnificent white bird with outstretched wings following the ship. In the Eastern Seas The albatross, stormy petrel, and pintado are our companions; yet there is a pleasure in stemming the apparently irresistible waves, and in wrestling thus with the elements. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Several stormy petrels, which the sailors call “Mother Carey’s chickens,” were also captured. The South Sea Whaler The ground here, too, was quite honeycombed with the burrows of the little petrels, and into these their footsteps broke every moment. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes “You look a regular stormy petrel, and seem as if you wanted to spread your wings and fly.” Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea Mother Carey’s Goose, the great black petrel or gigantic fulmar of the Pacific Ocean. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The storm petrel is at home in the Atlantic, and often nests on islands off the west coast of Britain. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Though the stormy petrel shrieked, the wind still remained moderate, and the sailors continued their bird-catching and fishing. The South Sea Whaler A cursory glance was also given to the movements of the curious little rock hoppers and petrels. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes “I only wish I could, sir,” I cried, laughing at his likening me to a “Mother Carey’s chicken,” as the petrel is familiarly termed, a number of them then hovering about the ship astern. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea Porpoise were coursing the sea like greyhounds, and the stormy petrels in a clatter; but Cook was not to be delayed by storm. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward And so the stormy petrel stood alone, as he would always stand alone. Tom Slade's Double Dare But at last the powerful motors conquered and, tossed by the ever increasing swells, the155 plane rode the sea like the stormy petrel after which she had been named. Curlie Carson Listens In "Just something the stormy petrels dropped through our porthole," said Faith, gravely taking up the tale. All Aboard A Story for Girls The petrels of disorder were everywhere on the wing. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow Her father is a fool—the storm petrel of Secession. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis They call me——" "Yes, I know; they call you the stormy petrel. Tom Slade's Double Dare She was, in fact, a storm petrel in the guise of woman. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The French translation has petrels tachetes, i.e., “pintado petrels,” or cape pigeons. 101-1 More exactly, “On which it seems the Admiral had painted certain islands.” The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Not so harmless is the stormy petrel, whose advent is looked upon by sailors as a sure sign of an impending storm, accompanied by much loss of life. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter And oh, Jack! talking of burrows, of course you’re in Nova Scotia, and that’s where Cape Sable is, where the stormy petrels make their houses in the sand. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys Here and there was an occasional hole in the earth where a stick might have been pressed in, showing that the stormy petrel had sometimes used his stick as a cane. Tom Slade's Double Dare The storm petrel hovered high, swooped close, her lips parted. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story January 28 and 31, but as has just been noted “petrels” is the proper word. 231-3 An error of the transcriber for miles. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Then the brown-backed petrels began to appear, sure precursors of the pack ice—it was in sight right enough the day after the brown-backs were seen. South with Scott Meanwhile Norman and Breton fishermen went scudding across the North Atlantic every year, like so many petrels. Days of the Discoverers He was the oddest of odd numbers, a stormy petrel indeed, and they did not know how to take him. Tom Slade's Double Dare I sat at the helm and slept when they sailed from the north cape, and when I woke now and then the stormy petrels were flying about my legs. Stories from Hans Andersen "You come like the stormy petrel," the latter remarked bitterly. A People's Man We came across our first emperor penguin, a young one, and two sea-leopards, besides crab-eater seals, many penguins, some giant petrels, and a Wilson petrel. South with Scott A flock of seagulls could be plainly heard honking high overhead, and a chattering flock of stormy petrels soared down, coming to rest on the water in the wake of the sloop. The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar She had once been called a stormy petrel, and now as, racked with the agony of her resolve, she sat through the interminable dinner, she recalled the name, and smiled bitterly to herself. The Halo But my home and my business is on her, and in her worst temper she suits me better than any four-walled room, where I would feel like a stormy petrel shut up in a cage. The Measure of a Man I hate to think of you up there, the stormy petrel, the apostle of unrest and sedition. A People's Man Wilson secured some Trinidad petrels, both white breasted and black breasted, and discovered that the former is the young bird and the latter the adult of the same species. South with Scott Still I was always a bit of a stormy petrel rejoicing in a gale, and my capacity has not waned even in my eightieth year. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Yes, she was a stormy petrel, and she had no right to ruin Victor Joyselle and his family. The Halo See, love, my boat is moored for thee, By ocean's weedy floor— The petrel does not skim the sea More swiftly than my oar. Poems Strauss is the stormy petrel of modern music, and 'Salome' has aroused more discussion than anything he has written. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. We now began to see snow petrels with black beaks and pure white bodies, rather resembling doves. South with Scott At seven o'clock next morning Paul again was seen sailing along toward the sloop, his little bark skimming over the river like a petrel on the ocean's breast. Young Lion of the Woods A Story of Early Colonial Days I have myself seen petrels perched upon them; and directly one of these fish was hoisted on board the sailors looked for the parasites and found them. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 When the petrel returned from a hunting trip and discovered that his wife had gone, he followed, and flapping his great wings raised a terrible storm at sea. The Eternal Maiden It was the murmur of far-off voices, it was the whisper of the winds in the shrouds, it was the cry of the lonely gull and the stormy petrel. The Grey Cloak Also we saw great numbers of brown-backed petrels the first day in the pack, whole flights of them resting on the icebergs. South with Scott The Captain remarked to his wife, "It is a curious fact that, excepting the petrels, sea birds keep near to the land in bad weather." Young Lion of the Woods A Story of Early Colonial Days Some were shearwaters; some petrels; and there were several sorts of large fowls. A Voyage to New Holland Great numbers of petrels, gulls, albatrosses, &c. were daily seen about the ship, and a whale was seen in the afternoon of the 10th. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island It was not a demonstrable hostility; but one felt it was there, ready to break out, and overwhelm this stormy petrel of the political world. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner This bird was about the size of a pigeon, and proved to be a white-bellied petrel of the same kind as those seen in high latitudes, which are called shearwaters. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship We caught half-a-dozen of the little petrels, for stuffing, by floating lines of black cotton astern, in which they became entangled. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The petrel is a bird not much unlike a swallow, but smaller, and with a shorter tail. A Voyage to New Holland We saw some rock weed, and a great number of blue petrels and albatrosses were about the ship. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island "No other quadruped, either of the sea or of the land kind, was seen; but a great number of birds, viz. ducks, petrels, albatrosses, shags, gulls, and sea-swallows." A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Our companions in this in hospitable region were albatrosses and two beautiful kinds of birds, the small blue petrel and pintada. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship I suppose we are too far out to see anything more of our pretty little friends, the petrels. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Excessive number of birds about a dead whale; of the pintado bird, and the petrel, etc. A Voyage to New Holland In the afternoon, we passed some pieces of sea-weed, amongst which was a seal; we also saw another seal and some penguins: several whales and large flocks of blue petrels were about the ship. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island The cape petrel, or pintado bird; the small blue one, which is always seen at sea, and the small black one, or Mother Carey's chicken, are not here in great numbers. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Their estates are free from the 'poetic turbulence' in which Mr. Trench is the 'stormy petrel.' The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times The statement as to the fulmar petrel, which Professor A. Newton assures me is erroneous, has been modified. Darwinism (1889) That stormy petrel—that advance agent of events! 54-40 or Fight A great number of albatrosses, blue petrels, and sheerwaters were about the ship; a high, irregular sea caused her to labour much, and she made a deal of water in her topsides. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island All that come looking for work these days was stormy petrels, not caring if they worked or not—just asking for it out of habit. Ma Pettengill "Unquestionably," said Jack; "for instance, if you miss that bird, so much the worse for you, and so much the better for the petrel." Willis the Pilot The fulmar petrel exists in myriads at St. Kilda and other haunts of the species, yet it lays only one egg. Darwinism (1889) The group includes the stormy petrel, and the albatross. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits The first was wild game for the delicate,—bantam larks, curlews, quails, and flying weazels; with a slight sprinkling of pilaus,—capons, pullets, plovers, and garnished with petrels' eggs. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II With his pardon, love, protection and fortune, she might have defied Von Sendlingen and his league, but, alone, she was a stormy petrel flapping its insignificant pinions in the face of the God of Storms. The Son of Clemenceau "According to you, then," said Fritz, levelling his rifle at a petrel, "the misfortunes of the one constitute the happiness of the other?" Willis the Pilot Arctic petrels flew across the road with joyful cries; marmots called to one another in the grass. The Bishop and Other Stories "It is the procellarius, as we naturalists call it, but in English, the stormy petrel; its presence denotes rough weather coming on." The Mission A much battered and exhausted black-capped petrel was picked up alive in Central Park, New York, taken to the menagerie, and kept there during the few days that it survived. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The stormy petrels are not much larger than a swallow. Stories of California The skuas and the cormorants, And all the puffin clan, The stormy petrels, gulls, and terns, They hopped, and skipped, and ran With very injudicious speed To join that oily man. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 It suited well the nature of a stormy petrel like Jemal-ed-Din to find himself in Tehran at that time, and he became an inflammatory public orator of the hottest kind. Persia Revisited Incidentally he tells how the boat leaked, what heavy seas were often successfully encountered, and how "we collected and salted for food on our homeward voyage stormy petrels" and like luxuries. The Naval Pioneers of Australia To the south there were several rocky islets; and great numbers of petrels, and other sea-birds, were flying about the boat. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 "Mother Carey's chickens," and are sure a storm is coming up when petrels follow the ship. Stories of California Ah! thus does the prophet of good or ill Meet hate from the creatures he serveth still; Yet he ne'er falters—so, petrel, spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing! Voices for the Speechless The sooty petrel had appropriated a certain grassy part of the island to herself, and retained her position with a degree of obstinacy not easily to be overcome. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 On our passage across from Australia we had seen few seabirds, but now albatrosses of three or four species were very numerous, together with a few petrels, chiefly Procellaria cookii. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 A quantity of petrels had been taken on the islands, and this week of detention was mostly employed in salting them for the homeward bound voyage. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The albatross, petrel, and a gull-like bird called a shearwater belong to the "tube-nosed swimmers," on account of their curious long beaks. Stories of California What else could reveal to the petrel the coming storm? Voices for the Speechless Nothing new presented itself on the following day, but some small flights of sooty petrels. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 Among these is one which merits special notice here, a small blue petrel, closely resembling P. coerulea, from which it may readily be distinguished by wanting the white tips to the central tailfeathers. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 There was neither tree nor shrub upon it; but the surface was mostly covered with tufts of coarse grass, amongst which the seals had every where made paths and the petrels their burrows. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 He rests and sleeps on the billows at night with his little companions, the stormy petrels. Stories of California From the base of the wave to the billow's crown, And amid the flashing and feathery foam, The stormy petrel finds a home. Voices for the Speechless The bishop had become the stormy petrel of colonial politics, and nature had in truth well fitted him for just such a rôle. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 You always were a stormy petrel,” he sneered. The House of a Thousand Candles The stony parts are over-run with thick brush wood, and the sandy are mostly covered with hassocks of wiry grass, to which the sooty petrels resort. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 I see beyond the friendly vales, And grand old hills that guard my home, To where the seaward petrel sails And storm winds of the Northland moan. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland Under reduced sail the ship, like the petrel with closed wing, waited the coming blast. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea To say that a petrel resembled a kite would be of no value to one who knew nothing of either bird. Composition-Rhetoric There were white petrels here; there, other petrels, whose wings were embroidered with brown. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen These people were seven in number; and during the five weeks they had been on this desert spot, had subsisted on petrels, to which a seal was occasionally added. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Humboldt says, that in the Northern Deserta, the petrels hide in rabbit burrows. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America In turn they afford food for creatures great and small: the crab-eater or white seal, the penguins, the Antarctic and snowy petrel, and an unknown number of fish. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Soft sunny islands, far and lone, Where the shy petrel builds her nest; Deep coral caves to mermaids known— These were my visions bright and blest. Poems Like stormy petrels they rushed to the center of the swirling world. In the Claws of the German Eagle The spouting of a whale was occasionally perceived, and became more frequent on approaching the island; the number of small blue petrels was also increased, and a few Cape hens then made their appearance. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Toward the middle of February we saw a mirage of the coming sun above the horizon; there were flights of Arctic petrels and snow-buntings; and spring was with us. The Purple Cloud Seals and penguins capture these fish, as also, doubtless, the skuas and the petrels. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Yet whales and seals, petrels and albatross, are exceedingly abundant throughout this part of the ocean. The Voyage of the Beagle You are the stormy petrel of crime, Watson. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Those for which they are indebted to the sea, are seals of two kinds, sooty petrels, and penguins. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S It is pretty to see the snow petrel and Antarctic petrel diving on to the upturned and flooded floes. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I At Port St. Julian these great petrels were seen killing and devouring young gulls. The Voyage of the Beagle "I care not," she exclaimed, wringing her hands; and the black pupils of her wide-open eyes darted wildly here and there like petrels before the storm. An Outcast of the Islands The sooty petrel, better known at sea under the name of sheerwater, frequents the tufted, grassy parts of all the islands in astonishing numbers. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 A moment she lay, happy as a petrel, beaten by a tempest; a moment her thirsty heart drank in the ecstasy of the lightnings through her lips and skin and hair. The Cost The Antarctic petrel has a pretty crouching attitude. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I And over this desolate face of nature a stern silence reigned, scarcely broken by the flapping of the wings of petrels and puffins. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea He seems to have been a sort of stormy petrel, and to have turned up in any place where there was trouble. The Box with Broken Seals They burrow in the same manner as the sooty petrel; but, except in the time of rearing their young, do not seem, like it, to return to their holes every night. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The day was closing in, darkened the sooner by the mist, when Herbert, standing at the window, now rather weary, saw the little girl dart past like a petrel. Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 The birds with us: Antarctic and snow petrel—a fulmar—and this morning Cape pigeon. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The birds disappeared with the exception of the petrels, those friends of the storm. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea The objects of his boyish idealization had been Cumbrian shepherds—a race whose personality seems to melt into Nature's—who are united as intimately with moor and mountain as the petrel with the sea. Wordsworth They sometimes get into the burrows of the sooty petrel, and probably destroy the young. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 They were able to get a few petrel's eggs, but digging these out of the nest-holes was wet and muddy work. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Wilson shot a number of Antarctic petrel and snowy petrel. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I From the saloon, where I was taking notes of incidents happening during this excursion to the polar continent, I could hear the cries of petrels and albatrosses sporting in the midst of this violent storm. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea It is enough to break both girds and petrel. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Besides these, the islet is inhabited by geese, shags, penguins, gulls, and sooty petrels; each occupying its separate district, and using its own language. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 When it blows a hard gale of wind the stormy petrel makes its appearance. Wanderings in South America We passed one small berg on the starboard hand with a group of Antarctic petrels on one side and a group of snow petrels on the other. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The lull in Cabinet troubles was only momentary: 'On December 10th, Chamberlain, the stormy petrel, came to stay. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Flinders' calculation regarding the sooty petrels has already been quoted. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders The largest is covered with tufted grass and brush wood; and the whole appeared to be much frequented by shags, sooty petrels, and other sea birds. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Maritz was the stormy petrel of a far more serious disturbance. A Short History of the Great War A flight of Antarctic petrel accompanied the ship for some distance, wheeling to and fro about her rather than following in the wake as do the more northerly sea birds. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The stormy petrels, driven in from the Atlantic, are skimming like black swallows over the bay beneath us. Prose Idylls, New and Old For five weeks the wretched men had subsisted on petrels and occasional seals. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Battery Island; so named from four rocks upon it, resembling mounted guns; sooty petrels, and large hair seals were found there. 3rd. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 He at length received help from the petrels, who are Mother Carey's chickens, and so reached Shiny Wall. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction The most interesting example of Polar colouring here is the increased proportion of albinos amongst the giant petrels found in high latitudes. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Penguins were swimming about, filling the air with their discordant cries, while there was literally no end of the cape-pigeons and petrels. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers The sooty petrel, better known to us under the name of sheerwater, frequents the tufted grassy parts of all the islands in astonishing numbers. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders A party was sent on shore at dusk to collect petrels, and in less than two hours returned with sufficient to give four birds to every man in the ship. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 By and by there came along a flock of petrels, who are Mother Carey's own chickens…. Mother Carey's Chickens He did not care a fig for the condition of "his people!" but like the long-winged petrel, he is a bad weather bird, and here was his opportunity. The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief Cape pigeons, gulls, petrels, and albatross were wheeling about in the air, while the rollers that still came in on this noble sea-wall were really terrific. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers On January 8th the Babel Isles were marked down, and named "because of the confusion of noises made by the geese, shags, penguins, gulls, and sooty petrels." The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders On September 29th another unrefutable sign of spring appeared in the arrival of a flock of Antarctic petrels. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Before many Saturdays the Admiral's lap had superseded all other places as a gathering ground for the little Careys, whom he called the stormy petrels. Mother Carey's Chickens Sea-gulls, wild duck, albatross, and petrels flew in a circle round the top of the berg with a shrill screaming, and made a terrible uproar. An Antarctic Mystery THE DUCK.—This bird belongs to the order of Natatores, or Swimmers; the most familiar tribes of which are ducks, swans, geese, auks, penguins, petrels, pelicans, guillemots, gulls, and terns. The Book of Household Management Anyone who has camped near a rookery of sooty petrels is aware that they are quite capable of maintaining a sufficiently "babelish confusion"—the phrase is Camden's—without any aid from other fowls. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders All his life he has been one of the stormy petrels of diplomacy. The Sowers He might have been a real stormy petrel, breasting the billows in his birthday suit and expecting his feathers to be dried when and how the Lord pleased. Mother Carey's Chickens I was walking between the fore and main masts, watching the great flights of birds wheeling about the ship with deafening clangour, and the petrels occasionally perching on our yards. An Antarctic Mystery He consoled himself later, however, by shooting a beautiful little snow petrel, which he stuffed and mounted and presented to Ben Stubbs, who was quite mollified by the kind-hearted, if erratic, professor's gift. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic Una flew around like a petrel; only that her hair floated golden in the sunshine, and the petrel's feathers are gray. Memories of Hawthorne What mischief are you about?" she enquired, "you stormy petrel! The Sowers She would be left behind, like Charlestown and all the old life, when Mother Carey and the stormy petrels flitted across unknown waters from one haven to another. Mother Carey's Chickens Great flocks of clangorous birds, breasting the wind and hardly moving their wings, passed us in the midst of the fogs, petrels, divers, halcyons, and albatross, bound landwards, as though to show us the way. An Antarctic Mystery Everywhere in a monotonous waste the vast white field seemed to stretch, with only a few albatrosses and petrels dotting its lonely surface. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic The pleasantest and most constant of these visitors was the small snow petrel, with its dainty snow-white plumage relieved only by black beak and feet, and black, beady eye. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition I begin to think," said Steinmetz, coming to the point in his bluff way, "that you are a sort of beautiful Jonah, a graceful stormy petrel, a fair Wandering Jewess. The Sowers "Come, come!" said the petrels to the molly-mocks in "Water Babies." Mother Carey's Chickens A few shots fired from our schooner had no effect but to drive away the crowd of petrels and divers, and to startle the rows of stupid penguins on the beach. An Antarctic Mystery It was like a farewell concert, and nothing else, and the seagulls and stormy petrels came in crowds to listen to it. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales Some might ask why the stormy petrel, a bird which just skims and floats on the topmost wave, should bear this name? On the Study of Words Some Antarctic petrels were shot and examined for external and internal parasites. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 "You three are the family as well as I.—Come in!" she called, for she heard the swift feet of the youngest petrel ascending the stairs. Mother Carey's Chickens Above this strange flotilla we traced the incessant flight of petrels, pigeons, black puffins, divers, grebe, sterns, cormorants, and the sooty-black albatross of the high latitudes. An Antarctic Mystery So the petrels called to the mollys; but they were so busy and greedy, gobbling and packing and spluttering and fighting over the blubber, that they did not take the least notice. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 Funeral bells were tolling, and their knell echoed through the air like the hoarse cry of gulls and petrels above the shipwrecked. Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian By October 13, when a stray silver-grey petrel appeared, every one was on the qui vive for the coming of the penguins. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 They are stormy petrels, and are supposed to go out over the seas and show good birds the way home. Mother Carey's Chickens You have given me now and again a dish of petrel, seasoned by your own hand, and very acceptable when one has a fine healthy appetite. An Antarctic Mystery "Come, come," said the petrels, "you lazy, greedy lubbers, this young gentleman is going to Mother Carey, and if you don't attend to him, you won't earn your discharge from her, you know." Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 Because many of his personal bills aren't paid, and the political stormy petrels are not yet heading his way. Guns of the Gods We came across several giant petrel rookeries, and were treated to a display of the "stinker's" ability to make himself objectionable. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Pray give my regards to your mother, whom I envy, and all the "stormy petrels," whom I envy too. Mother Carey's Chickens I also saw—but beyond aim—a giant petrel; its dimensions were truly astonishing. An Antarctic Mystery "Old Parnassus is quite a stormy petrel," he said. Parnassus on Wheels The petrels and skua-gulls were swooping down and picking them up like sardines off toast. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Blake and Hamilton went out early on a photographing excursion, and, later on, the latter shot and skinned a white giant petrel. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 On September 29 a still more certain sign of spring appeared -- a flight of Antarctic petrels. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 As for the usual Antarctic birds, petrels, pigeons, and cormorants, they passed in screaming flocks, and legions of penguins, ranged along the edges of the icefields, watched the evolutions of the schooner. An Antarctic Mystery But among the sailors, he looked like a land-crane blown off to sea, and consorting with petrels. Omoo Occasionally the ghostly shadows of silver, snow, and fulmar petrels flashed close to us, and all around we could hear the killers blowing, their short, sharp hisses sounding like sudden escapes of steam. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Hoadley, on his first visit to the island, had seen Antarctic petrels flying about, and a search revealed a large rookery of these on the eastern side. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 If she did not walk on their surface like the petrels, she could like the eagles find calm and sunshine in the higher zones. Robur the Conqueror The birds which we saw, and which came from every point of the horizon, were those I have already mentioned, petrels, divers, halcyons, and pigeons in countless flocks. An Antarctic Mystery Then Gneisenau has come, too," exclaimed Blucher; "he is the petrel that heralds the storm. Napoleon and Blucher In addition to the Cape pigeons an occasional stormy petrel flashed overhead. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Ordinarily their food is obtained from the water, but at Macquarie Island they live almost entirely upon the carcases left by the sealers, and are usually seen defending their rights against skuas and giant petrels. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 On September 29 a still more certain sign of spring appeared — a flight of Antarctic petrels. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1 French, the stormy petrel of the war, had flitted on from Cape Town to Modder River, where a larger prize than Colesberg awaited him. The Great Boer War He found his vein in weekly journalism, and for nearly forty years was the stormy petrel of Canadian politics. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor White-rumped terns, Antarctic petrels and snow petrels were numerous, and there was a colony of adelies on a low berg. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition They visited Caroline Cove where is established a giant petrel rookery containing about four hundred birds, and gathered a large number of eggs—purely specimens, as they are no use otherwise. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Ah! thus does the prophet, of good or ill, Meet hate from the creatures he serveth still; Yet he ne'er falter,—so, petrel, spring Once more o'er the waves on thy stormy wing! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 The ticking of the death-watch would replace The baby's prattle, for the over-wise; The breeze's murmur would become the cries Of stormy petrels where the breakers race. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 Every bird had disappeared except a few petrels, friends of the storms. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Numerous whales and killers were blowing between the floes, and Cape pigeons, petrels, and fulmars were circling round our berg. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The gentoo penguins, as well as the giant petrels, had hatched their eggs, and the parent birds were shouldering full responsibilities. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 We were all alone there, a pair of storm petrels perched in mid air on a steel stick that arose out of snow and that vanished above into snow. The Mutiny of the Elsinore The only specimens of quadrupeds, birds, fish and cetacea were a few wild boars, stormy petrels, albatrosses, perch and seals. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant From the lounge, where I was writing up the incidents of this excursion to the polar continent, I could hear the calls of petrel and albatross cavorting in the midst of the turmoil. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Antarctic, snow and stormy petrels, fulmars, white-rumped terns, and adelies were around us. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Near the landing-place there were at least sixty seals and snow petrels; skua gulls and Wilson petrels soon betrayed their nests to the biologists. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition And the petrels, surprised in their flight, clung with their feet to the hair of the holy man. Penguin Island These were petrels, cape pigeons, or puffins, and their calls were deafening. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea No pieces of egg-shell were seen, but the petrels and skuas had been there in force and probably would have taken all scraps of this kind. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Penguins soon began to splash around; Wilson petrels came glancing overhead and we could descry great flocks of Antarctic petrels wheeling over cliff and sea. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 She had learned, to her cost, that the whistle of her husband, more surely than the shriek of the stormy petrel, announces the storm.—And she had that evening more reasons than usual to fear. Other People's Money Just as the petrel foresees the storm, she knew by imperceptible signs when an inward tempest shook her husband; and at such times, to use an expression of her own, she "feigned dead." Eugenie Grandet Beyond, a stark silence reigned in this desolate natural setting, a silence barely broken by the flapping wings of petrels or puffins. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Flying fish skimmed the water like thick spray; petrels were so few that I could count them; another shark swam round me for an hour. Dead Men Tell No Tales Over the first ridge of rocks we walked suddenly into the home of the Antarctic petrels! The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 This was as a protection to the hut in the periods of the great gales when all the island was as a tiny petrel in the maw of the hurricane. The Jacket (Star-Rover) And yet the petrel was alone!—What a baby I was, I told myself, to be scared to the verge of tears just by loneliness! The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle Moreover, the war, so far as it pertained to the border, seemed to be sweeping toward the northeast, and it bore many stormy petrels upon its crest. The Scouts of the Valley Suffice it that a petrel wheeled somewhere between deepening carmine and paling blue, and it took my thoughts off at an earthy tangent. Dead Men Tell No Tales Snow petrels had been seen coming home to their nests in the beacons, which were weathered out into small caves and crannies. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 I was at peace, and drank your beams As they were life to me; And revelled in my changeful dreams, Like petrel on the sea. Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Like the petrel, he could apparently play with the sea in all her moods. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle And now Tom was all agog to start for Shiny Wall; but the petrels said no. The Water-Babies The sea to the north is glazed with freezing spicules, and over it sweep the petrels—our only living companions of the winter. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Almost daily for a fortnight a Wilson petrel had visited us, the only form of life seen on the return journey. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Snow petrels flew in great numbers about the rocks in the evening, seeking out their old nest-crevices. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Skua gulls mysteriously appeared, snow petrels hovered along the rocky ridges and odd seals landed on the wind-raked harbour ice. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 “Come, come,” said the petrels, “you lazy greedy lubbers, this young gentleman is going to Mother Carey, and if you don’t attend on him, you won’t earn your discharge from her, you know.” The Water-Babies Silver-grey and Antarctic petrels flew along the shore with occasional Cape pigeons. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Hundreds of snow petrels flew about and some stray skua gulls were seen. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Jones' party at our western base had the previous summer at Haswell Island happened upon the first rookery of Antarctic petrels ever discovered. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Skuas, snow and Wilson petrels were all in their accustomed haunts. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 So the good-natured petrels said that they would show him part of the way themselves, but they were only going as far as Jan Mayen’s Land; and after that he must shift for himself. The Water-Babies Cape Hunter had been the home of the Antarctic petrels, and on this occasion we were singularly fortunate in finding a resort of the Southern Fulmar or silver-grey petrels. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 These birds, properly called giant petrels, are usually known as "nellies" or "stinkers"; the latter title being thoroughly justified on account of the disagreeable smell which comes from them. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Albatrosses followed in our wake, accompanied by their smaller satellites—Cape hens, priors, Lesson's and Wilson petrels. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 In going over to the meteorological screen one morning I saw a giant petrel flapping about in the tussock, gorged to such an extent that it could not rise. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 And it’s a shame of those black imps of petrels to call us so; but because they’re her grace’s pets, they think they may say anything they like.” The Water-Babies Far up the face of the cliff snow petrels fluttered like white butterflies. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 As may be inferred from the name, they are the largest of all the petrels, and measure about seven feet from tip to tip when on the wing. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The biologist found various kinds of petrels on Shoe Island, where the turf was riddled in all directions by their burrows. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Cape pigeons, the rare silver-grey and snow petrels were all present. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 So the petrels called to the mollys: but they were so busy and greedy, gobbling and peeking and spluttering and fighting over the blubber, that they did not take the least notice. The Water-Babies After hoosh, a friendly little Wilson petrel came flying from the northern sea to our tent. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 With the exception of a few Antarctic and snow petrels flying over the sea on the calmer days, no life had been seen round the Hut during June. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 At 11 A.M. four snow petrels visited us, circling round in great curiosity. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 While outside we suddenly observed two snow petrels. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 In his shooting excursions McLean happened on a small rocky ravine to the east where, hovering among nests of snow and Wilson petrels, a small bluish-grey bird,* not unlike Prion Banksii, was discovered. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Tiny Wilson petrels flit by like swallows; seals shove their dark forms above the placid surface; the shore is lined with penguins squatting in grotesque repose. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 After lunch there was a hunt for snow petrels. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The silver-grey or Southern Fulmar petrels were present in large numbers, especially about the steep north-eastern side of the island. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The small Wilson petrels were found living in communities under slabs of rock, and Hoadley one afternoon thought he heard some young birds crying. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Skua gulls frequently flew about the hut, as well as Cape pigeons, Antarctic, snow, Wilson, giant and silver-grey petrels. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 McLean was busy collecting biological specimens, managing to secure a large number of parasites from penguins, skua gulls, giant petrels, snow petrels, Wilson petrels, seals and an Emperor penguin, which came up on the harbour-ice. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 In the summer they flew for weeks from the west—a never-ending string of snow, silver-grey and Antarctic petrels, and Cape pigeons. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 There were hundreds of snow petrels pairing off, but no eggs were seen in any of the nest-crevices. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 While I was cooking the others climbed up the rocks and brought back eight snow petrels and five eggs, with the news that many more birds were nesting. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The nesting-place of this species of petrel had never before been discovered, and so we were all elated at the great find. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Although many snow petrels were seen flying about, we found only one with an egg. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Four Antarctic petrels flew above our heads: a sign of returning summer which was very cheering. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 |
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