AMONG THE WaTER-FowL 
squealing and biting at one another with every 
possible exhibition of passion. If the liver is car- 
ried under by the tide, several birds at once dive 
after it, and, emerging amid the excited crowd, will 
bear up on their backs others that happen to be 
over them,—as is shown in the illustration. While 
resting on the water, they often extend their wings, 
perhaps i in readiness to flutter and paddle after the 
food they are expecting to be thrown out. It is 
rather hard work for them to start in flight, unless 
there is a good breeze, and they have to run patter- 
ing with chee feet over the water for some distance 
before they are fully awing. 
The fishermen had told me that the Haglets are 
readily caught with hook and line, and I now tried 
the experiment. Baiting a small hook on a light 
line, | tossed it over. A Shearwater immediately 
pounced down, dove after the sinking hook, and 
cleverly bit .off “the {bait:| .Istried again wathaa 
larger piece, but jerked it out of the bird’s mouth. 
Next time I waited until the thing was half swal- 
lowed, and then slowly drew the Ble taut. ~“Ehe 
hook caught in the bill, and, despite frantic flapping 
and bracing the feet against the water, I drew the 
victim, a Greater Shearwater, into the boat. No 
sooner was the line slacked than the hook dropped 
out, having held only slightly in the horny part of 
the arouehe not injuring ‘hie bird in the least. 
Finding that the bird could not rise from a 
hard surface, I gave it the freedom of the deck. It 
ran into a corner, and squealed and bit when I 
attempted to handle it. It was awkward in gait, 
and now and then would fall down, evidently being 
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