. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 7!i(i THE TIJDi'IC lUUD. I!X tho Caspian Trkn {Stmio Cnsj>iii), » line s|ioci('s, twenty iiu-lios long; tlio Roskatk Ti;i!> (Stcniii piirfn/isf'i), ]vwi\vh\]\]i' lur tlic n/sy wliifc liiinof its umlcr suiiaco; niul aevora otlicr s]ii'('i('H, 111! n'sciiililiii^' each oilier in liiiliit-< and ^^cniTal I'oiin. WlO now iirrivi! at tlic last i'aniily of liinls. llie I'clicans, a is seldom to Ik? seen ontside tlu; tro))ies unless driven l)y storms. It is wonderlidly imwertiil on the win;,',
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 7!i(i THE TIJDi'IC lUUD. I!X tho Caspian Trkn {Stmio Cnsj>iii), » line s|ioci('s, twenty iiu-lios long; tlio Roskatk Ti;i!> (Stcniii piirfn/isf'i), ]vwi\vh\]\]i' lur tlic n/sy wliifc liiinof its umlcr suiiaco; niul aevora otlicr s]ii'('i('H, 111! n'sciiililiii^' each oilier in liiiliit-< and ^^cniTal I'oiin. WlO now iirrivi! at tlic last i'aniily of liinls. llie I'clicans, a is seldom to Ik? seen ontside tlu; tro))ies unless driven l)y storms. It is wonderlidly imwertiil on the win;,', heinj,' ahlu to sour lor u consideral)lo ])eri()d, and |;,' whole days in tlie air without needing,; to settle. It is u lieinitiful and delieately fjraeet'nl bird, and always ealls forth tlie admiration of the lielioldi'vs, as it hovers atiove the vessel or darts into the water in pursuit of prey. Whil(« on the winn' it utters a loud, slirill, and j^ratinj,' cry, wlii(;h often indicates its presenee iit. ,^-V/^//S/-( Tnorte nnu>.—/'/»>; ..«,.,,»,s m ni^ht as well as hy day. On account of this shrill cry, the .sailors call it the Boatswain Bird. They also call it hy the name of Startaii, on account of the lony piojectiiig tail- feathers. As a evurral fact they do not lly tti very great distances from land, three hundred miles heing aliout the usual limit; but Dr. I'ennett ol)served them on one occasion when the nearest land was about one tiiousand miles distant. The long tail-shafts of the Tropic ]5ird ai'e much valiu'd in many lands, the natives wearing them as ornaments, or weaving them into various im]ilements. The feathers of a closely allied sjwcies, the lioSEATE 'J'lioiMC I>ii;i) {I'liarhin p/.o-iiicitrHn), arc used in the Soutii Seas for various purposes, and are obtained by visiting the l)irds during the time of incubation, when they sit closely in their ni\sls. and (piielly ]ilucking out the coveted plume. Dr. liennett observes, " The
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