t'vcd it again, pcrlinps £iii>|)icious ot" its ap]>ear- 

 imco, wipnUl mfuse it, and % off. Perhaps He 



being in a daiiity nioofl, did not like the bit of 

 skiiiuv p(irk tliat was offorrd for Iii^^ accc}>taiiee. 



These birds are tlie greatest part of their 

 cxifitCDCe on tlic wing ; but there are other 

 jof the oee&Tiie bM& wMeh niereljseeklli^r food 



(hirinji,' the (hiv, retiiriiiii<i- to iliv hmd to rOOSt &t 

 uiulit ; hut, from sniiietirncs being blown away 

 by lieavy gah'^, thoy ;ire obliged to hear away for 

 the nearest port, and take refuge, much exhausted, 

 oa- Hie rigging of ships. The hooby h caie of 

 these I and from the ciicuwtance of being 

 easily capton-d at night on the rigoinp;', lias 

 reecived its connnon name, whcn'eas it is as niueli 

 gifted with sense as any of the oceanic tribe of 



Wipd% whi^jh, at tfee ijesi^ fe a0t«n lm% 

 Nature^ m dmibti givnn them m ramh as 



they reqmre for their existence in this world. 



So marked is llic {brni of the snperorbital de- 

 juvssion in aquatic birds, that 1 have no doubt, 

 judging from my limited series of observations, 

 th« i^nm may }^ determiatsd byit aldn©. 



marked is it in the Albatross genus, tliat from it 

 the >kHll uf tliat l.iird m;iv Iil' easilv reeognizod, 

 The Petii'l tribe bavr it onlv half bonv, the 

 nicnihruiiousi portion proji-eting frt>m the outer 



