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Our Bird Friends. 



day, and when I have put m}^ head over the edge 

 of that side struck by the breeze, instead of feehng 

 it on the top of my head, it came straight upwards 

 into ni}^ face in a strong and ahnost steady blast. 



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Upon striking the perpenchcular wall of the crag the 

 wind was forced upwards, and the Gannets inhabiting 

 it appeared to lie literally on the upward rushing 

 currents of air with outstretched wings. 



When taking wing, birds rise against the wind 

 because the solidity of the air enables them to 

 strike it with their wings. By pushing themselves 

 forward against the breeze they make it lift them 

 in the same way that a boy does his kite whin he 



