SEA-BIRDS.
Their Vast Numbers.--Strand-Birds.--Artifices of the Sea-Lark to
protect its Young.--Migrations of the Strand-Birds.--The Sea-Birds
in General.--The Anatidæ.--The Eider Duck.--The Sheldrake.--The
Loggerheaded Duck.--Auks and Penguins.--The Cormorant.--Its Use
by the Chinese for Fish-catching.--The Frigate Bird.--The Soland
Goose.--The Gulls.--The Petrels.--The Albatross.--Bird-catching on
St. Kilda.--The Guano of the Chincha Islands 142