﻿SOUTH 
  GEORGIA, 
  AN 
  OUTPOST 
  OF 
  THE 
  ANTARCTIC 
  

  

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  A 
  PAIR 
  OE 
  SOUTH 
  GEORGIA 
  TEAL 
  IN 
  THE 
  TUSSOCK 
  GRASS 
  

  

  2. 
  Thirteen 
  species 
  of 
  Tubinares, 
  the 
  

   group 
  comprising 
  petrels, 
  fulmars, 
  alba- 
  

   trosses, 
  etc. 
  

  

  3. 
  One 
  shag, 
  belonging 
  to 
  a 
  widely 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  Antarctic 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  cor- 
  

   morant 
  family. 
  

  

  4. 
  A 
  teal 
  and 
  a 
  goose, 
  the 
  latter 
  having 
  

   been 
  introduced 
  from 
  the 
  Falklands 
  by 
  

   man. 
  

  

  5. 
  A 
  skua, 
  a 
  sea-gull, 
  and 
  a 
  tern. 
  

  

  6. 
  Chiouis, 
  the 
  sheath-bill, 
  an 
  aberrant 
  

   member 
  of 
  the 
  snipe 
  and 
  plover 
  family. 
  

  

  As 
  would 
  appear 
  from 
  this 
  list, 
  the 
  

   Tubinares 
  are 
  far 
  and 
  away 
  the 
  domi- 
  

   nant 
  sea-birds 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  Hemi- 
  

   sphere. 
  In 
  their 
  evolution 
  they 
  have 
  

   adapted 
  themselves 
  wonderfully 
  to 
  every 
  

   life 
  condition, 
  and 
  the 
  existing 
  species 
  

  

  show 
  wide 
  differences 
  in 
  external 
  struc- 
  

   ture, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  unusual 
  range 
  in 
  size 
  

   illustrated 
  by 
  a 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  A 
  I 
  other 
  

   Carey's 
  chickens 
  with 
  the 
  wandering 
  al- 
  

   batross. 
  

  

  The 
  titlark, 
  sheath-bill, 
  teal, 
  and 
  goose 
  

   of 
  South 
  Georgia 
  are 
  wholly 
  or 
  in 
  part 
  

   vegetable 
  feeders. 
  The 
  cormorant 
  and 
  

   the 
  tern 
  eat 
  fish. 
  The 
  gull 
  subsists 
  chiefly 
  

   on 
  limpets 
  and 
  other 
  shell-bearing 
  mol- 
  

   lusks. 
  The 
  penguins 
  and 
  Tubinares 
  cap- 
  

   ture 
  cuttlefish 
  and 
  pelagic 
  crustaceans, 
  

   the 
  giant 
  petrel, 
  or 
  "breakbones," 
  alone 
  

   obtaining 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  food 
  on 
  shore, 
  since 
  

   it 
  has 
  a 
  relish 
  for 
  carrion. 
  The 
  skua 
  

   feeds 
  on 
  any 
  kind 
  of 
  animal 
  food, 
  dead 
  

   or 
  alive, 
  especially 
  upon 
  other 
  birds 
  and 
  

   their 
  eggs. 
  

  

  