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'The Puffin, like others of
the same genus, takes wing with great difficulty, and walks upon the
whole length of the leg and foot, with a wriggling awkward gait. In
tempestuous weather it takes shelter in caverns and holes in the nearest
rocks, or in those made by the rabbit on the beach, among the bent
grass, in which it sits dozing, in snug security, till the return of
calm weather; for these birds cannot brave the storm, and it is not
uncommon, when they have been overtaken by it, to find them drowned or
cast on shore... The bite of these birds is very severe: one sent to the
author in a box covered with netting caught hold of the finger of a poor
man and carried away the fleshy part, as if it had been cut out with a
knife; but they may be tamed and soon become familiar.' — History of British Birds, Thomas Berwick, 1804 |
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