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other eminences, with extended wii%$, 
drying themselves in the wind ; in this po- 
sition they remain sometimes nearly an 
hour without once closing their wings ; and 
as soon as they are sufficiently dry to enable 
the feathers to imbibe the oil, they press 
this substance from the recepticle on their 
tails, and dress their feathers with it. 
The skins of the Corvorants are very 
tough, and are used by the Greenlanders 
(when sewed together) for garments. And 
the skin of the jaws or pouch, serves these 
people for bladders to buoy up their small- 
er kind of fishing darts. 
This species is found in Europe, Asia, 
and America 
