. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . rd,being the sure har-oingers of severeweather, as theyseldom proceed farfrom their inclementnatal regions, exceptwhen accidentallydriven to shore bygtoims. In the UnitedStates their appearance ^^^ ^^^^ is always solitary, beino: mere wanderers, as they are also along the iniLler coasts o
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . rd,being the sure har-oingers of severeweather, as theyseldom proceed farfrom their inclementnatal regions, exceptwhen accidentallydriven to shore bygtoims. In the UnitedStates their appearance ^^^ ^^^^ is always solitary, beino: mere wanderers, as they are also along the iniLler coasts ofEurope. Their uniform predilection is for the hyperboreal regionsof their nativity, and they even fatten in storms when not over-whelmed by their fury; as, at these times the small Crustacea, andmarine insects on which they feed are cast up and brought to thesurface in great abundance. At times they appear to fly well, asappears by their extensive accidental migrations, having sometimesbeen met with considerably inland. The water, however, being theirmore natural element, they dive with great facility, and are oftenobserved dipping their bills into the water as if drinking. Those which have been obtained in the vicinity of Boston, usuallyin the depth of winter, have sometimes been found in Fresh Pond. THE PARROQUET AUK THE RAZOR-BILL AUK. o5. and so leaa ani exhausted, by buffeting weather and fatigue, as toallow themsalves to be quietly taken up by the hand. THE PARROQUET AUK. This bird is about the size of a blackbird. The bill ia much com-pressed, and convex both above and beneath. The nostrils areplaced in the middle of it, and pervious, and above these there ia afurrow that reaches from the base to the middle. The color of th^bill is deep red. From the hinder part of the eye springs a slendeituft of white feathers, which hangs loosely on the neck. The upperparts of the plumage, and the neck, are black; and the under parts,from the breast, white. The wings are short. The l
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