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THE REASON WHY. 



' Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion : bless the Lord, 

 my soul." PSALM cm. 



Cation into immense flocks is a distinguishing feature of several species, espe- 

 eially of the aquatic order, which form separate colonies, building their nests in 

 the same state, though other spots equally adapted are at no great distance. 



Fig. 84. 



FEEDING. 



Ilenoc the Vogel-bergs, or bird -rocks of the northern seas, one of which at West- 

 niannsharn in the Faroe group of islands, seldom intruded upon by man, pre- 

 sents a most extraordinary spectacle to the v isitor. The Vogel-berg lies in a 

 frightful chasm in the precipitous shores of the island, which rise to the height 

 of a thousand feet, only accessible from the sea by a narrow passage. Hero con 

 jjrejfate a host of birds. Thousand* of guillemots and auks swim in growpi 



