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particulars not given in my text — namely, 

 that the whole group differs from common 

 ._chicks, not only in the lobed feet, but in these 

 being set so far back, (becoming almost a 

 fish's tail indeed, rather than a bird's legs,) 

 that they are quite useless for walking, and 

 could support the bird only on land if it stood 

 upright: but that it "dashes through the 

 waves" (i.e., the larger varieties through sea 

 waves), and " runs on the surface " ? (i.e., the 

 smaller varieties on pools,) with surprising 

 rapidity; its motions are said to be never 

 quicker and brisker than when under water. 

 It pursues the fish to a very great depth, and 

 is often caught in fishermen's nets. It dives 

 deeper than the scoter duck, which is taken 

 only on beds of shell-fish left bare by the ebb- 

 tide ; while the Grebes are taken in the open 

 sea, often at more than twenty feet depth. 



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151. TITANIA ARCTICA. ARCTIC FAIRY. 



Tringa Fulicaria. L. 



(No French name given in my edition of 

 Buffbn !) 



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