264 THE Birps Asout Us. 
“Like the Fulmar, the constant attendant upon the whale, the 
Albatross, no less adventurous and wandering, pursues the tracks of 
his finny prey from one hemisphere into another.” 
Dr. Moseley, already frequently quoted, found 
these birds nesting on Marion Island (South Pacific). 
The nests were on the ground, made of grass, moss, 
and earth, well compacted. The birds while sitting 
are extremely tame. They remained in this case 
when approached, and needed some stirring up with 
a stick to induce them to move. 
Much has been written concerning the flight of 
the Albatross, and, indeed, this feature of its habits 
is much the most attractive, judging from what has 
been observed of the birds when not on the wing. 
Collingwood, in his ‘‘ Rambles in the China Seas,” 
says of the yellow-billed albatross, that they 

Albatross. 
“are singularly graceful in their flight. They swim well and 
rapidly, and when leaving the water assist themselves to rise by their 
feet, running quickly for some distance along the surface until they 
are fairly above the water. How they propel themselves in the air 
