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bags, which are as pretty as they are useful. Its plaintive and
melancholy cry is sometimes Uke the scream of a man in distress.
At sunset, the time of nature's extreme beauty, the echoes of
the forest impart a power and expression to their cry, to which it is
impossible to be indifferent. Of all our birds the Great Northern
Diver is the most difficult to kill ; not only does it dive with great
ease, but it swims under water with great swiftness, and, in a few
seconds, re-appears a long distance away from the spot where the
sportsman at first expected to shoot it.
Divers are numerous on all the lakes in this country.
The Guillemots are entirely sea-birds. The Arctic ocean
appears to be neither beyond their reach, nor too cold for them.
The second family of our swimmers, the Longipennes, or large
sailors (grands voiliers) is divided into three genera, including the
following nineteen species :
The Greater Tern祐terna Hirundo.
The Arctic Tern祐terna Arctica.
The Black Tern祐terna Nigra.
The Burgomaster Gull有arus Glaucus.
The Arctic Silvery Gull有arus Argentatoides.
The White-winged Silvery Gull有arus Leucopterus.
The Ivory Gull有arus Eburneus.
The Mew, or Common Gull有arus Canus.
The Ring-billed Mew-Gull有arus Zonorynchus.
The Short-billed Mew-Gull有arus Brachyrynchus.
The Kittiwake Gull有arus Tridactylus.
Franklin's Rosy Gull有arus Franklinii.
The Bonapartian Gull有arus Bonapartii.
The Little Gull有arus Minutus.
The Cune-ate tailed Gull有arus Rossii.
The Fork-tailed Gull有arus Sabinii.
The Pomarine Jager有estris Pomarini.
The Arctic Jager有estris Parasitica.
Richardson's Jager有estris Richardsonii.
There is nothing more pleasant on a voyage than to see these
gulls, wagels, or mews flying all round about, as if to amuse the
passenger. Their flesh is generally excellent ; their eggs are also
.very good, and found in such quantities as to be a valuable resource ;