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of the ulna-bone and the humerus, to regulate the direc- 

 tion of its plunge. Mr. O. G. Pike's camera has caught 

 one just as it was in the act of drawing in its wings, 

 preparatory to dropping, and this snap-shot at the same 



[0. Q. Pike, Phot. 

 GANNET ABOUT TO PLUNGE. 



time shows the use M'hich is made of the tail as a rudder. 

 Until the falling bird is within about three yards of 

 the sea the wings are half-extended, and then, at the 

 moment before cleaving the Avater, they are drawn in close 

 to the body, which enters the water like a cone. What 



