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The Wandering Albatross, or Man-of-tvar Bird, 

 (Diomedea Exulans). 



This bird is frequently mentioned by navigators, as 

 being met with several hundred leagues from land ; 

 in its figure and manner it bears a strong resemblance 

 to the Gulls, but is of such an extraordinary size as 

 to measure 1 3 feet from the tip of one wing to the 

 other.*— Presented by the Marquis of Buckingham. 



PELICANS (PELICANUS). 



The whole of these are extremely expert in catch- 

 ing fish, and are sometimes tamed for that purpose, 

 when their labours amply repay their keeper for the 

 trouble of their education. 



The Great White Pelican (Pelicanus Onocrotalus)^ 

 is a native of Asia, Africa, and South America ; it 

 is five feet long, of a white colour, slightly inclining 

 to rosy; it is said to build its nest in dry sandy 

 deserts, where it carries water in its immense pouch 

 for its young, from which probably arose the fabulous 

 account of their feeding their young with their blood, 

 and of their being made an emblem of parental aiiec- 

 tion by the ancients. 



The Lesser Frigate Pelican (Pelicanus Minor). 



The length of this bird is about two feet eight 

 inches^ the extent of wing more than seven feet; 



