. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. eyes; under l(irc than rucli- Inics at a con- Bee no nest, led with green, lo. the highest Itinct amidst the horrors of ;i region coveretl with eternal ice. Here it is eounnonly fonnd upon the Ho-itinj,' masses of the j^ehd ocean, far from land, to which alone it resorts in the season of procreation. Deprived of the nse of wings, degraded as it were from the feathered ranks, and almost nmnhend with the ami»hii»ioi
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. eyes; under l(irc than rucli- Inics at a con- Bee no nest, led with green, lo. the highest Itinct amidst the horrors of ;i region coveretl with eternal ice. Here it is eounnonly fonnd upon the Ho-itinj,' masses of the j^ehd ocean, far from land, to which alone it resorts in the season of procreation. Deprived of the nse of wings, degraded as it were from the feathered ranks, and almost nmnhend with the ami»hii»ioiis monsters of the deep, the Aiik seems condemned to ilwdl alone in those desolate and forsaken regions of the e:irl!i; yet aided by all-boimiiful Nature, it findi means to subsist, and triumphs over all the ph\si( al ills of its (onditioii. As a diver it remains imrivalled, proceeding beneath the water, its most natural element, almost with the \elocity of many birds in the air. It thus contrives to vary its situati(jn with the season, migrating for short distances, like the fmny prey on which it feeds. In the I'anie Isles, Iieland, (Ireenlaml, .and Newfoundland these birds dwell and breed in great numbers. They nest among the steepest cliffs of islands, remote from the shore, in the vicinity of tloating ice, taking possession of cav- erns, and the crannies and clefts of rocks ; or they ilig for them- selves deep burrows in which they lay their only egg, about the size of that of the Swan, whitish yellow, marked with numerous lines and spots of black, which j)resent to the imagination the idea of C'hinese characters. They are so unjjrolific that if this egg be taken away they lay no other that season. Their time of breeding is Jime and July. The -Vuk is known sometimes to breed in the Isle of St. Kilda, and in Fapa Westra, according to Mr. lUillock, for sev- eral years past no more than a single pair had made their appearance. It feeds on large fish, and also on some ma- rin
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