8 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
At can fcarcely get upright. on its legs; and then 
it cannot ftand, unlefs its tail be fupported by a 
-ftone. It-makes its neft in hollow places in the 
socks ; and fometimes, in an evening, it will fly 
on board fhips, and may eafily be taken with the 
hand. 
The Perroquet Auk is found at Kamchatka, 
_and on the weftern fhores of America. It makes 
no heft ; but lays its egg on the bare rock, or 
fand. Like the reft of the Auks, it is very ftupid. 
‘The people on the coaft where they are found, 
catch them in this manner: A manvhides himfelf 
under a loofe fur cloak, ameng the rocks, ‘in the 
-evening ; the birds, as they return to rooft, run 
up the fleeves, or under the fkirts, for fhelter 
during.the night; and the man, who has hid him- 
felf, kills them as faft as they enter; and perhaps in 
cone evening takes as many as he can carry away, 
The Puffin is another bird of the Auk kind. 
Its cheeks are white, and fo full of feathers, that 
its head appears large, and almoft round. There 
js a broad collar of black round his neck; and 
‘his legs are fmal!, and orange-coloured : when he 
ftands, he refts on the whole length of his legs. 
‘The Puffin with great difficulty rifes from the 
ground; but when he once begins to fly, few 
‘birds can fly longer. In Kamfchatka, the natives 
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