. Bird lore . he wind was a little fresher,than earlier with less wind. September 22. Towards evening watched a small Albatross come close tothe ship, and then fly off into the distance. I watched it as continuously as I could,and did not see it flap its wings at all. I believe it was sailing all the time. Therewas a strong wind blowing. October 29. In the afternoon there was a strong wind blowing. I was watch-ing carefully the flight of some CapePigeons, a few Mollies and a Cape Doveor slender-billed Fulmar. The flight of thethree was very similar and illustrated wellthe sailing, Petrel fligh
. Bird lore . he wind was a little fresher,than earlier with less wind. September 22. Towards evening watched a small Albatross come close tothe ship, and then fly off into the distance. I watched it as continuously as I could,and did not see it flap its wings at all. I believe it was sailing all the time. Therewas a strong wind blowing. October 29. In the afternoon there was a strong wind blowing. I was watch-ing carefully the flight of some CapePigeons, a few Mollies and a Cape Doveor slender-billed Fulmar. The flight of thethree was very similar and illustrated wellthe sailing, Petrel flight at its highest devel-opment. Occasionally they gave their wingsa few flaps, but only occasionally, and thegeneral impression was that they were sail-ing, sailing, sailing always. The birds weresometimes horizontal, but often one wingwas lower than the other, and frequentlythe bird was thus tilted far over to noticed that they turned toward the downMOLLYHAWK wing, and probably this is a, if not the. 248 Bird- Lore •chief, factor in their steering method. Occasionally, I saw a bird flapping itswings often, as though it were for the moment tired of sailing, or found difficultyin getting properly started, but this was exceptional. The Cape Dove seems to be much like the Cape Pigeon in flight and habits,•coming about the ship with equal fearlessness and being equally eager for foodwhich may come from her. The light mark near the end of the wing also suggeststhe stronger though not dissimilarly placed mark in the Cape Pigeon, and I findit very useful in recognizing the species. Later I had a chance to watch a few Phcehetria and one or two large Alba-trosses. The flight is the same as- that just described. Perhaps Phcehetria is moreinclined than the other birds to half flap its wings, a tremor, which it is hard to■decide to have been flapping, or simply adjustment of the wings in sailing. October 31. At sunset watched a Phcehetria sailing about, back andforth, at ti
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