CONTENTS XV 



the depths — Plankton — Lantern fishes with photo- 

 phores — Grotesque quality of deep sea fishes^Oceanic 

 pressure — Effect on fishes — Peculiar design of sea fishes 

 — Voracious appetites — Defense and attack — The 

 dismal existence — Coloring of bottom fishes — Surface 

 fishes — ^The bluefish — Herrings and porpoises — Men- 

 haden and mackerels — Movement of the schools — 

 Flying fish — How they fly — Vibration and sailing — 

 Chased by the albicore — The capture — Bird enemies 

 — ^The coryphene — Swiftness of porpoises — Speed of 

 the sea rovers — Fitness to their element — Tarpons and 

 tunas — Coloring of school fishes — Protective colorings 

 — Changeable colorings — Coloring of the mackerels and 

 coryphenes — ^The whales and their colorings — Enemies 

 of the whale — The sea turtle — Seals — ^Their habits and 

 growth— Killed for their beauty — All sea life destroy- 

 ing and is destroyed — Endurance of the type — What 

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Chapter XI. Gray Wings. — The sea as the source 

 of all — Sea birds and their voracity — The pelicans — 

 The cormorants, shags, and divers — Chasing fish under 

 water — Penguins, auks, and puffins — Long-legged 

 waders — Flamingoes — The scarlet ibis — Storks — Danc- 

 ing cranes — Shore birds — Turnstones and sand pipers — 

 Sand pipers lost at sea — Finches and warblers in the 

 shrouds of the ship— Land birds at sea — Equipment 

 of the true sea wanderer — Muscling and feathering of 

 sea birds — Enormous endurance — Gray coloring of sea 

 birds — ^Tems, gulls, and their flight — How gulls live — 

 The frigate bird — The wonderful sailer — A sea pirate — 

 Catching flying fish — Frigate bird's bad reputation — His 

 fitness for long flight — The wandering albatross — Flight 

 feathers of the albatross — His sailing qualities — Where 



