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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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e furious waves without imminent danger. On that occasion, how-ever, I was enabled to observe some of their habits. They flew wildlyabout, yet with much grace, moving rapidly to and fro, now strugglingagainst the blast, now bearing off and drifting to a considerable distance.Many Gulls were flying about, having also made for the harbour to obtainsome shelter from the storm. The Lestris chased the smaller species witheffect, but never approached the Great Black-backed Gulls, nor even their3roung, which were also flying with the rest. The Kittiwakes and the Ring-billed Gulls were the species which we saw them attack, although they didnot procure much food from them, the weather being such that they couldnot fish. They were therefore contented, as was the Lestris, with the fishesthat had been thrown on shore. At times the Jagers would ramble overthe land, flying close upon the rocks, and proceeding at a rapid rate evenagainst the wind. They remained in our neighbourhood until the tempest
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THE POMARINE JAGER. 187 abated, when they went off to sea, and I saw no more of them until wereadied St. Georges Bay in Newfoundland. There, on a squally afternoon, two or three of them were observed flyingaround, but keeping at such a distance that we could not shoot any of them.The following day, after setting sail, we encountered a heavy gale, which,although foretold by me from the appearance of the birds in the harbour,our good captain would not believe as likely to happen. We were obligedto lie-to, and were tossed about for three nights and clays, but escaped withlittle other damage than the loss of a pet Gull, which was washed overboard. On our return to Eastport, Captain Emeky told me that he had seen agreat number of these Jagers near Cape Sable; and at Halifax, in NovaScotia, I was assured that they breed on Sable Island, which is sixty orseventy miles distant from the coast. I never observed one of these birdsalong the shores of the United States, although some of the genus

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