See also:

• ALBATROSS (from the Port. Alcatraz, a pelican)

ALBATROSS (from the See also:

• PORT

Port. Alcatraz, a See also:

• PELICAN (Fr. Pelican; Lat. Pelecanus or Pelicanus)

pelican)  , the name of a genus of aquatic birds (Diomedea), closely allied to the petrels, and belonging; like them, to the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Tubinares . In the name Diomedea, assigned to them by See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus, there is a reference to the mythical See also:

• METAMORPHOSIS

metamorphosis of the companions of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• WARRIOR

warrior See also:

• DIOMEDES

Diomedes into birds . The See also:

• BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)

beak is large, strong and See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp-edged, the upper mandible terminating in a large See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

hook; the wings are narrow and very See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long; the feet have no See also:

• HIND

hind toe, and the three anterior toes are completely webbed . The best known is the See also:

• COMMON

common or wandering See also:

• ALBATROSS (from the Port. Alcatraz, a pelican)

albatross (D. exulans), which occurs in all parts of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern Ocean . It is the largest and' strongest of all See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-birds . The length of the See also:

• BODY

body is stated at 4 ft., and the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight at from 15 to 25 lb . It sometimes See also:

• MEASURES

measures as much as 17 ft. between the tips of the extended wings, averaging probably from to to 12 ft . Its strength of wing is very See also:

• GREAT

great . It often accompanies a See also:

• SHIP

ship for days—not merely following it, but See also:

• WHEELING

wheeling in wide circles See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round it—without ever being observed to alight on the See also:

• WATER

water, and continues its See also:

• FLIGHT

flight, apparently untired, in L"^=100_ tempestuous as well as in moderate See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather . It has even been said to See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep on the wing, and See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore alludes to this fanciful " See also:

• CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud- rocked slumbering " in his See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

Fire Worshippers . It feeds on small See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish and on the See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal refuse that floats on the sea, eating to such excess at times that it is unable to See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly and rests helplessly on the water . The See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of the See also:

• BIRD

bird is See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, the back being streaked transversely with See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black or See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown bands, and the wings dark .

Sailors See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture the bird for its long wing-bones, which they manufacture into See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco-See also:

• PIPE

pipe stems . The albatross See also:

• LAYS

lays one See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg; it is white, with a few spots, and is about 4 in. long . In breeding-See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the bird resorts to solitary See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups, like the Crozet Islands and the elevated See also:

• TRISTAN
• TRISTAN, or TRISTRAM

Tristan da Cunha, where it has its See also:

• NEST

nest—a natural hollow or a circle of See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth roughly scraped together—on the open ground . The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early explorers of the great Southern Sea cheered themselves with the See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion-ship of the albatross in its dreary solitudes; and the evil hap of him who shot with his See also:

• CROSS

cross-See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow the bird of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• OMEN (a Latin word, either connected with os, mouth, or more probably with auris (Gr. ois, ear; apparently, meaning " a thing heard " or " spoken ")

omen is See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar to readers of See also:

• COLERIDGE, HARTLEY (1796-1849)
• COLERIDGE, JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE, 1ST BARON
• COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834)
• COLERIDGE, SARA (1802–1852)
• COLERIDGE, SIR JOHN TAYLOR (1790-1876)

Coleridge's Rime of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient Mariner . Several See also:

• SPECIES

species of albatross are known; for the smaller forms see See also:

• MALLEMUCK

MALLEMUCK .