AMONG THK FLAMINGOES. 



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of a sea-cliff, what man of even moderate vision cannot 

 distinguish with equal ease the movements of the black- 

 backed gull from those of the pale herring- gull and paler 

 tern '? And Iwth eagles and surface-swimming fish are 

 infinitely keener of vision than the sharpest-ej^ed of our 

 kind. 



These remarks are penned from no love of argument, 

 nor inspired l)y invidious motive, but simply with a view 

 to get a,i facts and thereby advance the interests of science : 

 that is, of true knowledge. 



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