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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-Swallows— Anecdote of.— Gulls — Capacity for 

 enduring Cold — 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 



Index 417 



