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Chapter VIII. Duck Tribe — Management of — Chinese 
mode. — Wild Ducks building in trees — Affection of. 
— Eider Ducks — How caught. — Duck-Shooters.— 
Danger attending Decoys . . . . .188 
Chapter IX. Pinnipedes — Swimming feet.' — Pelican — 
Fable of drawing its blood explained — Mode of fish- 
ing. — Sea-Birds feeding on fish thrown up by Whales. 
— Cormorants — Voracity of — May be tamed — 
Fierceness of. — Frigate-Bird. — Solan Goose — Light- 
ness and buoyancy of — Nests. — Anhingas or Darters. 207 
Chapter X. Longipennes — Long-winged. — Skimmers 
— Singular bill. — Terns, or Sea-Swallows — Anecdote 
of. — Gulls — Capacity for enduring cold — Voracious 
feeders — Breeding-places. — South Stack described. 
— Albatross — Roaming habits. — Tristan D’Acunha, 
Resort for breeding — Voracity. — Petrels — Nests — 
Feed at night — Superstition of sailors respecting. — 
Brevipennes — Short-winged. — Divers. — Crested 
Grebe — Great destroyer of fish. — Guillemots. — 
Razor-Bills. — Puffins and Auks .... 222 
Chapter XI. Penguins — Fin-winged. — King Penguin 
of the southern regions described — Breeding-places 
— Valuable for oil. — Sea-fowler’s perilous occupation 
— Description of, in Shetland, St. Kilda, &c. — 
Singular escapes — Fatal accidents .... 255 
