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Adventure account of the author's expedition Spring 1869 to fall 1870.

The Natural History Library makes available in paperback format books of enduring interest in the life and earth sciences. Published in co-operation with The American Museum of Natural History by Doubleday Anchor Books, this series introduces the student and the general reader to the "study of man—his origins, his nature, and his environment— and to the whole natural world, from sub-microscopic life to the universe at large. SHEARWATERS A deceptively drab sea-bird that performs dazzling feats of navigation and endurance, the Manx shearwater breeds in underground nests on islands off the west coast of Great Britain. On the island of Skokholm, R. M. Lockley, noted British naturalist and author, studied the Manx shearwater in twelve years of meticulous observation. The outcome of this now famous research is Shearwaters, a faithful, painstaking record of the breeding and migration habits of this incredible bird. Delightfully written and scientifically scrupulous, Shearwaters is a major contribution to ornithology.

I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scientific person on board, accompanied by an offer from him of giving up part of his own accommodations, that I volunteered my services, which received, through the kindness of the hydrographer, Captain Beaufort, the sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty.

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