The Puffin or Coulternib. Pica marina.
Numb, LXXVIII, LXXIX.
r T is not ib big as the tame Duck its Length, from the Point of the Bill to the End o f the
I Feet twelve Inches •, Breadth, when the Wings are extended, twenty fix Inches s its Bill is fhort,
bro^d^and compreffed fide-ways, co n tra ry fo the Bills Sj-flgg«flH |g
S e d S ;n B a W S i S nBr eth e
MThev8M d nokNeft but lay their Eggs upon the bare Ground 5 they breed in Holes under
WhIaethe Summer Time they abide in the Places mentioned, being bufy | bref ‘"Sn^ f / “ d‘"g
th e ir Young In the beginning of Autumn they.fly. away, returning again the next Spring.
i i B i t h - come over^rfilbme
to be ftormy, or tempeftuous, and the Sea troubled, there are aounuai r M M f f l i WtmmMm m m. where about our Coaiis till the next Spring»
