88 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
It can fearcely get upright on its legs; and then ? 
it cannot ftand, unlefs its tail be fupported by a 
ftone. It makes i its nett i in hollow places in the 
rocks ; ; and fometimes, in an evening, it will fly 
~. on board: thips, and may ee be taken with the — 
hand. 
The Perroquet Auk is found at ‘Raintchatee 
and on the weftern fhores of America. It makes 
no neft; 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 man hides himfelf 2 
under a loofe fur cloak, among 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 
one evening takes as many as he can carry away. 
The Pufinis another bird of the Auk kind. 
* Its cheeks ate white, and fo full of feathers, that 
its head appears large, and almoft round. There 
isa broad collar-ef black round his neck; and 
> Big legs, are fmall, 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 longers In Kamfchatka, the natives — 
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