THE STORY OF THE BIRDS. 501 
sel of food it has espied, and on such occasions will dive readily. It also 
throws up its tail after the manner of a duck, and thus fishes up bits of food 
from slight depths. When caught and placed on deck, it has to run some 
distance with outstretched wings before being able to rise; and when first 
GREAT PELICAN. SOOTY TERN. WHITE ALBATROSS. CAPE PIGEON. SCOTER DUCK. 
HOOPER SWAN. MUTE SWANS. IVORY GULL. 
EUROPEAN TEAL. LITTLE GREBE. CRESTED GREBE. 
hauled in or handled, invariably ejects from its mouth or nostrils a reddish 
oily fluid. These petrels breed on Tristan da Cunha and Heard Island, and 
also on some of the Antarctic Islands; on Heard Island their nests are made 
in holes in low cliffs. 
