. The birds of Iona & Mull . ry small bits of fish, crammed down on the end of a little stick ;they took their food in this manner with great reluctance, but Isoon discovered that they had a great partiality for cod-liver oil,and would suck a stick dipped in oil very willingly, clatteringtheir beaks and shaking their heads with evident satisfaction. Ishould conclude from this that the Petrels feed their young withthe oil, which they have the power of ejecting from their bills. The young birds made very rapid progress, and soon became tired of confinement, and were only pleased when allowed to
. The birds of Iona & Mull . ry small bits of fish, crammed down on the end of a little stick ;they took their food in this manner with great reluctance, but Isoon discovered that they had a great partiality for cod-liver oil,and would suck a stick dipped in oil very willingly, clatteringtheir beaks and shaking their heads with evident satisfaction. Ishould conclude from this that the Petrels feed their young withthe oil, which they have the power of ejecting from their bills. The young birds made very rapid progress, and soon became tired of confinement, and were only pleased when allowed to walk about upon the table, though they could not rise off their knees. During the last few days that I had them they became quite Hedged, though still retaining a great deal of wool upon their bodies ; and they also became exceedingly active and restless, and very much dissatisfied with confinement in the box. Night and day their long powerful wings were 1 in incessant motion in their attempts to escape from the box. As soon.
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