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during the winter in Britain, the shores of the Mediterranean, India, and 
Japan. It is, however, strictly a northern bird only breeding in Scandinavia 
to the north of latitude 64 °, and in Siberia on the tundras near lakes and 
pools beyond or near the limits of forest. 
Scarlet Flamingo—The Persians gave this bird the name of ‘'red goose,” 
HERRING GULL. 
CHINESE MANDARIN DUCK. 
BOOBY. 
DARTER. 
PATAGONIAN PENGUIN. 
NORTHERN LOON. 
PUFFIN. 
RAZOR-BILLED AUK. 
although it bears a more striking resemblance to the stork. The legs are of 
great length; the neck also is extremely long and slender. The whole of the 
plumage is rosy white, with the exception of the quills of the wings, which 
are black, and the wing-coverts, which are a light scarlet. The naked skin 
around the eyes is yellow; the beak is rosy red at the base and black at the tip, 
