WATER BIRDS. 



The Gannet. 



The Booby. 



The Booby is a bird of which many curious tales were related by the old voyagers. He is a fish-eater, 

 but, it seems, he is sadly persecuted by another bird, named the " frigate pelican," who robs him of many 

 of the fishes he has caught. The flesh of this bird is black and unsavory. 



The Gannet is common to both sides of the Atlantic. In summer, they are found in the Bay of St. 

 Lawrence, and on the United States coasts as far south as Cape Hatteras. Bass Island, among the Hebrides, 

 is said to be so covered with nests and young birds in the breeding season, that one cannot walk there 

 without treading upon them. They lay but one egg, and this upon inaccessible rocks on the sea-shore. 

 They are three feet long, and six feet across the wings. 



The Black-necked Stilt is common to various parts of both North and South America. Their favorite 

 abode is great salt marshes, where they find their food, consisting of larvae, spawn, flies, and insects. They 

 make their nests early in May, and their eggs, four in number, are of a dark, yellowish-drab color. 



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Little Auk. 

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Great Auk. 



Black-necked Stilt 



27' 



