THE ALBAlTtOSS 



ready assembled on the poop of tlie vessel ta 

 tmdv^ the ^ttangear ; ^liere, oti its arrivrf, ft 



i"t'iiiai!i> tlu' [);ificnl, stiij)iil-lookiiio' ^uUji'Ct of a 

 liumlrcd ]>;»ssiiig' remarks : tlio ladies give tlieir 

 due share of praise to large bright eyes, fine 

 sleek and elean plumage ; the expansion of 

 wfngs 18 duly iiie^]!<ed, UtA^ iijJftiig^ tte 

 tim^ remciiiiliif mMxi^ hii & qtiiet m&m^Ti 

 pearing very sulky, and apparently nnrnindW 

 of all around, until a few practical jokes keep 

 its brig-lit eyes on the alert against all per- 

 slmd attacks* AHer having beeii a^anait^dL sand 

 pitied (as tamk ad ii& ^itoatloa may 1^ eem- 

 sidered to require) by the fair sex, and having 

 satisfied the curiosity of both sexes, it is con 

 signed either to the anatomist to be dissected 

 jaaid stuffed for the benefit of science, or ^ ferm 

 ft skeleton ic^ ^^mM some of the mnsettim m 

 England ; or sonu'times i-e(>;ains its liberty, with 

 a piece of ri!>lK>n tied around the nock, by which 

 it nuiy be readily recognised should it continue 

 to follow the ship^ which it usually does for a 

 long tinm ^k^f. B^toMm^ -th^ p&B^g&H im 



sounds aud that whtcU sometimes proceeds from them is-^ 

 riiuiiCHitf hut nbt M Itittd s&mtid. Ntin&of the otre&iii6liii!d$ 

 seem to have a very loud note, that of the tropic l)ir<l seems 

 the most slirill ; tlie Storm Pptrel, or " Mother Carey* 

 duckcn,'" lias a pleasing twitKriDg iWrte. 



