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other birds, become cautious from expe- 
rience, but suffer themselves repeatedly 
to be shot at, as if they did not know dan- 
ger, or care for life ; for notwithstanding 
they have seen their assosiates drop at 
every fire, they still continue to wheel 
about in the same circle, and to alight again 
on the same place whence they were first 
disturbed. The second division contains 
the Divers. These birds chiefly frequent 
the great northern lakes, have a strong 
beak, less pointed, cylindrical, the edge of 
the mandible turned in, the upper longer; 
nostrils divided in the middle by a mem- 
brane ; tongue long, sharp, serrate at the 
base each side ; legs slender, a black band 
between [the thighs; tail feathers twenty; 
they are monogamous, fly with difficulty, 
and in breeding time frequent fresh waters. 
The third division contains the Grebes ; 
these birds are without a tail, have a 
strong beak, lores naked ; tongue a little 
cleft at the tip ; body compressed, thickly 
covered with soft, shining plumage ; wings 
short ; legs compressed. The Grebes are 
almost continually upon the water, where 
