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tory : Nests in hollow trees Eider-duck Surf-ducks or 

 Scoters 239-251 



CHAPTER XIII. 



PELICANS, CORMORANTS, AND PETRELS. 



Pelican : No longer found in Middle States, but at one time 

 common White Pelican Brown Pelican Cormorants 

 Snake-bird or Water-turkey Petrels Giant Fulmar- 

 Noddy Gannet Shearwater Mother Carey's Chickens 

 Albatross 252-265 



CHAPTER XIV. 



GULLS AND TERNS. 



Familiar birds of our sea-coast and along our principal rivers 

 and lakes : Their harmlessness, that should insure protec- 

 tion, but does not: Many varieties: Habits not materially 

 different Skuas, Jaegers, and Kittiwakes: Gull-like 

 birds, that are strictly marine : All are scavengers Laugh- 

 ing or Black-headed Gull Herring Gull Terns or Sea- 

 swallows Wilson's account of nesting habits of terns 

 Skimmer, Razor-bill, or Cut-water 266-276 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE DIVING BIRDS. 



Auks Murres Guillemots Puffins Loons Grebes : 

 Mostly marine species Loons, or Divers, and Grebes also 

 inland birds, common to rivers, creeks, and ponds Great 

 Auk : Now extinct Little Auk : Lockwood's account of 

 one kept in confinement Puffin : Its curious box-like 

 beak Loon : Its strange cries : Sudden appearance on 

 mill-ponds and rivers: Migratory Dabchick or Devil- 

 diver : Very common 277-281 



