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7Vjt' Oanntfs Mode of Fifhinij. Many w attn- fow 1. Wkt^ 

 \\w ^\\o\c\cv Piu'lv auil [\\c I'Maniiu^v^. obtain tlioir fooil by 

 l\\c souso of touch ; \\\c \\ ovuloock. w hioh has a vory sousitivo 

 and iK^wbU' bt\ik. dors thi> sanu\ On \\\c oihtM- hand, 

 thm-t^ avo a tew. but not many, whu-h vi^ly on thoir oUai'tory 

 lU'gans : wlulo tlio Owls ai"t> jmo\ idrd with lar^o oars and 

 uoiscU^ss wiu>:;s. biwiuso thoy sov'uro tluMV pvoy by liiwring. 

 Hut the Oannot is tyjuoal of thoso birds whirli ^ot thoiv 

 food sololy through thi^ luodium oi sioht. wuh whii'hit is 

 onilowod lo a wondorful do^roo. whonoo, probably, tho origin 

 of its naino front tlio Irish suii ^ tin oyo.* Lot us watoh its 

 ootu'so Hs It ihos along, upwind. \\'ith boak jHuntod slightly 

 tlownwards. it Kn^ks vH'oasionally to tho right or tho loft, but 

 prnotioally all tho tuno is oooupiod in soanning tho so;v 

 bonoath. Suddonly it is soon to y^anso; for ono ntoinont it 

 ivniains tixod in tho air. and in anothiM- instant from a 

 hoight attainntii to oighty foot, but nioro ofton only tifty 

 it has niado its plungo. Tho pluitgo n\ay boiliroot. or it 

 may bo obliquo : soinotimos a Oannot oomos down straight 

 as a plummot intv> tho bosom of tho oooan. and its fall 

 is aooompaniod by a splash. .V diagram will oxpross 

 bottor than wvn-ds tho variotis anglos of dosoont whioh 

 (.tauuots aiv oixltuarily soon to omploy, w hon oooupiod 

 in tushing. Somotimos a (.wtnnot bogins by asoonding four 



