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CHAPTER XVIII. Pinnipedes, Swimming Feet. Pelican Fable of 

 Drawing its Blood explained Mode of Fishing. Sea-birds feeding 

 on Fish thrown up by Whales. Cormorants Voracity of May 

 be tamed Fierceness of. Frigate-bird. Solan Goose Lightness 

 and Buoyancy of Nests. Anhingas, or Darters . . . . 366 



CHAPTER XIX. Longipennes, Long- winged. Skimmers Singular 

 Bill. Terns, or Sea-SwallowsAnecdote of. Gulls Capacity for 

 enduringCold Voracious Feeders Breeding-places. South Stack 

 described. Albatross Roaming Habits Tristan d'Acunha, 

 Resort for breeding Voracity. Petrels Nests Feed at Night 

 Superstition of Sailors respecting. Brevipennes, Short-winged. 

 Divers. Crested Grebe Great Destroyers of Fish. Guillemot. 

 Razor-bills. Puffins and Auks 377 



CHAPTER XX. Penguins, Fin-winged. King Penguin of the Southern 

 Regions described Breeding-places Valuable for Oil. Sea- 

 fowler's perilous Occupation Description of, in Shetland, St. 

 Kilda, &c. Singular Escapes Fatal Accidents . ',. ' . . 406 



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