no A YEAR OF SPORT AND NATURAL HISTORY. 



floundering on its way. If pursued, it always prefers making its 

 escape by diving into the water, although its flight is remarkably 

 strong and rapid. The bird is remarkable for making the most 

 weird and unearthly noises that can be conceived. If it is shot 

 and wounded, it utters the most mournful cries. Young specimens 

 that have been captured after some time become exceedingly 

 docile, and will even come and take food from the hand, proceed- 

 ing along the ground like a seal by jerks, rubbing the breast 

 against the ground. The wings are too large for the bird to fly 

 under water, as is the case with the Puffin, which belongs to a 

 totally different family of aquatic birds. 



