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ZOOLOGT. 



feet palmated, tlie membrane deeply indented ; hind 

 toe not connected. 



These Birds are gregarious, being generally found in very 

 considerable numbers ; they feed on fish, and aquatic insects ; 

 the flesh of the young birds and the eggs are accounted good ; 

 they build their nests in shallow pools, composing them of a 

 large quantity of decaying vegetables and sticks, these are 

 piled up so high, that the birds sit on the eggs w^ith their feet 

 hanging over the sides of the nest. They are natives of 

 Africa, and South America ; are rather a stupid racCg as 

 they do not use the powers they are possessed of, either to 

 avert or resits attacks. 



4. Diomedia. Albatross, or Man-of-War Bird. Bill 



strait, upper mandible hooked at the point, lower one 

 truncate ; nostrils prominent, oval, lateral, pervious ; 

 tongue very small ; feet palmated ; toes four, all 

 placed forwards. 



This genus inhabits isolated rocks, situated in the ocean ; 

 they are gregarious, feed on fish and moluscse • their flesh is 

 rank, and unfit for food. 



5, Alca, Puffin or Awk. Bill strong, thick, compressed, 



furrowed; nostrils linear, placed in a furrow, near the 

 edge of the mandible ; tongue nesiTly the length of the 

 bill ; toes three, palmated. 



The Awks are all oceanic birds ; they feed on fish, 

 and moluscae, and lay only one egg, either in burrows, 



