The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports . ^ In the speciesunder consideration, the whole plumage is white, withthe exceptions we have already noticed. The nail of themiddle toe is smooth. In fact we should be more inclinedto consider it as a variety of the onocrotalus than of thefuscus. But it differs from both these in its habits. Thelatter soar over the water and take their prey by plunging,whilst the Rough billed obtains its food in swimming, scoop-ing up mullets and other fish as with a net; it also occursalong rivers far in the interior, the other species beingalmost excl
The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports . ^ In the speciesunder consideration, the whole plumage is white, withthe exceptions we have already noticed. The nail of themiddle toe is smooth. In fact we should be more inclinedto consider it as a variety of the onocrotalus than of thefuscus. But it differs from both these in its habits. Thelatter soar over the water and take their prey by plunging,whilst the Rough billed obtains its food in swimming, scoop-ing up mullets and other fish as with a net; it also occursalong rivers far in the interior, the other species beingalmost exclusively confined to the coast. THE CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY. SKATING. The present winter has afforded ample opportunityfor indulgence in this delightful exercise. The Delawarehas been fast bound for nearly a month, with a clear andextensive sheet of ice, upon which many of our citizenshave displayed their skill in the art. Skating is both amanly and innocent amusement: it recommends itself insuch a variety of pleasing shapes as to be diligently pursuedby the young, and much talked of by the old: its remines-censes are of a character every way agreeable to the mind,and gratifying to the heart, and it may well be rankedamong the noblest of pastimes. The art of Skating is of comparatively modern introduc-tion. It can only be traced to Holland, and seems to havebeen entirely unknown to the ancients. Some traces ofthe exercise in England, are to be found in the thirteenthcentury, at which period, according to Fitz-Steven, it wascustomary, in the winter when the ice would bear them,for the citizens of London to fasten tlie leg bones of ani-mals under
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