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the third, according to Captain Hutton, being pronounced the quickest." We learn from Tschudi
and Gould that this species breeds on rocky islands at no great distance from the shore; but with this exception we are without reliable particulars respecting its nidification.
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STORM PETRELS.
THE BROAD-BILLED PRION, OR DUCK PETREL.
The Broad-billed Prion, or Duck Petrel (Prion vittatus), together with another species, which like itself is peculiar to the southern hemisphere, constitute a little family apart, to which the
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