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tory: Nests in hollow trees—Eider-duck—Surf-ducks or 
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CHAPTER XIII. 
PELICANS, CORMORANTS, AND PETRELS. 
Pelican: No longer found in Middie States, but at one time 
common—White Pelican—Brown Pelican—Cormorants— 
Snake-bird or Water-turkey—Petrels—Giant Fulmar— 
Noddy—Gannet—Shearwater—Mother Carey’s Chickens 
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CHAPTER XIV. 
GULLS AND TERNS. 
Familiar birds of our sea-coast and along our principal rivers 
and lakes: ‘Their harmlessness, that should insure protec- 
tion, but does not: Many varieties: Habits not materially 
different—Skuas, Jaegers, and Kittiwakes: Gull-like 
birds, that are strictly marine: All are scavengers—Laugh- 
ing or Black-headed Gull—Herring Gull—Terns or Sea- 
swallows—Wilson’s account of nesting habits of terns— 
Skimmer, Razor-bill, or Cut-water . . . ... .. . . 266-276 
CHAPTER XV. 
THE DIVING BIRDS. 
Auks — Murres — Guillemots — Puffins — Loons — Grebes: 
Mostly marine species—Loons, or Divers, and Grebes also 
inland birds, common to rivers, creeks, and ponds—Great 
Auk: Now extinct—Little Auk: Lockwood’s account of 
one kept in confinement—Puffin: Its curious box-like 
beak—Loon: Its strange cries: Sudden appearance on 
mill-ponds and rivers: Migratory—Dabchick or Devil- 
diver.) Very.;common. :) . 6 6s 3 ss ee so  277=281 
