. Half hours with fishes, reptiles, and birds . Fig. 129. — Shearwater. petrels nest on the ground, forming long tunnels sixinches in diameter at the end of which is a small roomwhere the nest is built. The giant petrels prey upongulls, and certain ones are famous divers. The shearwaters(Fig. 129) are hand-some birds. AtTristan da Cunathey honeycomb thesoil with their bur-rows. In certainparts of Europethey deposit theireggs in rabbit burrows. Resembling them is the fulmar,often the attendant of fishermen, following their boats. Among the really beautiful sea birds is the yellow-billedtropic b
. Half hours with fishes, reptiles, and birds . Fig. 129. — Shearwater. petrels nest on the ground, forming long tunnels sixinches in diameter at the end of which is a small roomwhere the nest is built. The giant petrels prey upongulls, and certain ones are famous divers. The shearwaters(Fig. 129) are hand-some birds. AtTristan da Cunathey honeycomb thesoil with their bur-rows. In certainparts of Europethey deposit theireggs in rabbit burrows. Resembling them is the fulmar,often the attendant of fishermen, following their boats. Among the really beautiful sea birds is the yellow-billedtropic bird (Fig. 130), with its long tail and graceful Fig. 130. —Tropic Bird. SOME OCEAN FLYERS 165 Those who havevisited Florida willrecall the verystupid and ungainlybird called the boobywhich permits theman with the gunto approach it soclosely that it canalmost be allied form isthe gannet, whichbears some resem- Fig. 131. —Snake Bird. blance to a goose, and possesses the latters stupidity. In the swampy regions of Florida is found the snake bird, or water turkey (Fig. 131), its long and slender neck suggesting a snake. It is adanger- g^ ous creature, the bird invariably striking a vicious blow at the face when wounded Fig. 132. — Cormorant. .. or resisting capture. Near relatives, and resembling them, are the cormorants (Fig. 132). They have long necks, stout bodies, and hooked
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