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FAMILTAR WILT) BIRDS. 



sea on the banks of seaweeds in hundreds, and adds, ^' they 

 proved excellent eating/' 



Mr. Kumlien nientions seeing several flocks of Grey 

 Phalaropes about two hundred miles off the coast of 

 Labrador, at which place they were known as the Whale 

 Bird, from the habit they have of following the whales, 

 and approaching closely when thev blow, in order to catch 

 the small insects that are disturbedjX 



