. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. STORKS, HERONS, AND PELICAN TRIBE 6r. Phot, hy D. Li Soufi [M'.lhmrn- YOUNG AUSTRALIAN PELICAN Fclicam^ /ikr' gan/icli and cormGratm^ arg hatched perfcctls and rpaie ht'nid Pelicans are natix'cs of the tropical and temperate regions of the Old and New Worlds, and live in flocks often numbering man)' thou- sands. The nest is placed on the ground, and therein are deposited two white eggs. The \'0ung are helpless for some time after hatching. In all some six-and-thirt\' species of
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. STORKS, HERONS, AND PELICAN TRIBE 6r. Phot, hy D. Li Soufi [M'.lhmrn- YOUNG AUSTRALIAN PELICAN Fclicam^ /ikr' gan/icli and cormGratm^ arg hatched perfcctls and rpaie ht'nid Pelicans are natix'cs of the tropical and temperate regions of the Old and New Worlds, and live in flocks often numbering man)' thou- sands. The nest is placed on the ground, and therein are deposited two white eggs. The \'0ung are helpless for some time after hatching. In all some six-and-thirt\' species of CuRMORAXTS arc known to science, of which two are commonl}' to be met with round the British coasts, one of which also tra\'els inland to establish itself on such lakes and rivers as may aftord it support. In various parts of the world cormorants are taken when young and trained to catch fish: sometimes for sport, orâas in Chinaâto fiu'nish a livelihood for their owners. At one time the Master of the Cormorants was one of the officers in the Royal Household of England, the post having been created in 1611 by James I. The method of hunting is as follows:âAfter fastening a ring around the neck, the bird is cast off into the water, and, diving immediately, makes its way beneath the surface with incredible speed, and, seizing one fish after another, rises in a short space of time with its mouth full and throat distended by the fish, which it has been unable to swallow by reason of the restraining ring. With these captures it dutifully returns to its keeper, who deftl)' removes the fish, and either returns the bird to the water, or, gi\'ing it a share of the spoil, restores it to its perch Cormorants nest either in trees or on the ground ; the)- la}' from four to six eggs, and the young feed themselves by thrusting their heads far down the parents' throats and helping themselves to the half-digested fish which the}' find there. The cormorant has a certain sinister appearance equa
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