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Tin: AU*Aritt>s«, 



we passed, rlio yovmg birds were more than half 

 growjij and covered a irMtish down. There 

 ym mm^Mng^ extremely gmmim H ti»€ t^p- 

 pearance of tliese birds, standing, on their re- 

 spective liillocks, niotiordcss like f^o niaiiv statues, 

 until we approached close to them, when they 

 set up the strangest clattering with their beaks, 

 mi a yre imthed ihmi f Bqnirted <mm'^ 'dduge 



of fetid oily flind iVoiii the stomacli. 



" Tlie D. (■Ifionfrf/ticJnft; builds its ^:olit!irv nest 

 in some sheltered corner, selecting, in particular, 

 |he small drains that draw the water off the land 

 iato Ihe t$.ihm, Thme it mi^ up Us m&t to 

 the height of ten or twelve inch^^ of a^i^iia- 

 drical fornij with a small ditch around tlie ba-^e. 

 A curious circumstance with re<>Tird to this liird 

 is, that when irritated, the h-nthers of its cheeks 

 »epaj»<?ei, 80^ to display a beatfctifttl «ti»ipe 

 of naked otaj^e Mtti tmiemg ftom ^immm 



of the mouth towards the back of the head* All 

 these birds nourish their vouufi: l>v disiroru-inor 

 the contents of their stomach. They are never 

 observed to carry any artide of food iii ^h^^ Mil : 

 these ittatte«s iiadeedt ^£&m wMck tbey derive 

 the chief part of their sustenance, tlfc^ jjhibber of 

 dead whales, seals, and sea Hons, would iitelt 

 away if carried in the bill to any distance. We 

 could not heJp admiring the uttet tmconscious- 



