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CHAPTER VIII. Duck Tribe Management of Chinese 

 mode. Wild Ducks building in trees Affection of. 

 Eider Ducks] How caught. Duck-shooters. 

 Danger attending Decoys . . . . .192 



CHAPTER IX. Pinuipedes Swimming feet. Pelican 

 Fable of drawing its blood explained Mode of fish- 

 ing. Sea-Birds feeding on fish thrown up by Whales. 

 Cormorants Voracity of May be tamed 

 Fiercenessof. Frigate-Bird. Solan Goose Light- 

 ness and buoyancy of Nests. Anhingas, or Darters 212 



CHAPTER IX. Longipennes Long-winged Skimmers 

 Singular bill. Terns, or Sea-Swallows Anecdote 

 of. Gulls Capacity for enduring cold Voracious 

 feeders Breeding-places. South Stack described. 

 Albatross Roaming habits. Tristan D'Acunha, 

 Resort for breeding Voracity. Petrels Nests 

 Feed at night. Superstition of sailors respecting. 

 Brevipennes Short-winged. Divers. Crested 

 Grebe Great destroyer of fish. Guillemots. 

 Razor-Bills. Puffins and Auks . . . .227 



CHAPTER XI. Penguins Fin-winged. King Penguin 

 of the southern regions described Breeding-places 

 Valuable for oil. Sea-fowler's perilous occupation 

 Description of, in Shetland, St. Kilda, &c. 

 Singular escapes Fatal accidents .... 267 



