Feathers axd Flight. 



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instance — the flight 

 is generally rapid 

 and impetuous : but 

 where the tail is 

 lono^ and the wings 

 are short and 

 rounded, as in the 

 Magpie, the flight 

 is a laborious 

 flutter. 



The noise made 

 b y the wings of 

 some species is very 

 great. For instance, 

 that produced by a 

 flock of Golden 

 Plover flying close 

 to one's head on a 

 dark night is some- 

 t h i n Of like that 

 made by a draper 

 tearing^ linen. When 

 a Great Skua at- 

 tacks the head of 

 an intruder upon its 

 nestinof-crround, the 

 roar of its swift 

 wino'S throu<>'h the 

 air is like the rush 

 of an express train. 



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SANDWICH TEKNS OX THE \>']NG (/^. ITjiSj. 



