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A Suppliant.. 2.0... 0.200 we ccec eens ere c ences cones 145 
Poverty and Contentment. ........sscecccceccccees. 17 
Hard Paress:sscisevecaisswivraeisin a wiess cimneiessiewivin's cise vee es es LET 
A Citizen of the World. .........ceecccccccescereee 148 
Eggers of Labrador.........scecseccscccccccesees © 149 
Cruel Habits of the Eggers......ccsceevecccccsveces 149 
Probable Extinction of Birds..........eeeesscecceee 151 
Coast of Newfoundland. ... ....cscecceerescccceces 152 
A Serenade and Balk. ........ccsecccccccoeneveceee 153 
Modesty of the Belles.......ceccceeccccececcsneces 155 
Visit to Pictou... .. cece cece cece cece necerenseeces 155 
Audubon returns to New York.........-seeseseeess+ 156 
Revisits London and Edinburgh........eeececccsseee 157 
CHAPTER XIL 
Audubon’s untiring Zeal........0..ccccscceccccvcces 158 
Oceasional Dejection..........020 sreccvesccevcsces 159 
The Highlands of Scotland..........csceeeseesccees 160 
Volume of “ Water Birds”........0.cscceeevcceccces 161 
Solitary Retreats of Water Birds...........eeeeeee+- 161 
The: Cormorants ec cersiseaiasinsviesesiveice se ecaseaeeetess 16L 
Double-crested Cormorant of Labrador............-- 162 
The Florida Cormorant.......csccceeesceccccoes oss 162 
Flight of the Cormorant...........cccceceeeseccees 168 
The Great Blue Heron,......ccceccccsccsvccccscess 168 
Tts Solitary Habits. ........ccccccccecccccccecccees 164 
Enormous Appetite.........cccecee coccnceccnecnee 164 
Nest of the Cormorant..,...ccsccccscescccecesscees 165 
The “Lady of the Waters”, ......c.cccceeeecceenees 165 
Herons: ii ewie researc seeeineee ce eva wie wise we weeen ee JOB 
The Brown Pelican. ......-cscececscnccccscrsccceee 166 
Its great Powers of Flight... ........ccscceceesceees 166 
The Frigate Pelican. .......c.csceccesceaccccccsces 167 
Sve resemblance to the Vulture.......... aed tices a's 16" 
