SHEATHBILL  , a See also:

• BIRD

bird so-called by T . See also:

• PENNANT, THOMAS (1726-1798)

Pennant in 1781 (Gen . Birds, ed . 2, p . 43) from the horny See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case 4 which ensheaths the basal See also:

• PART

part of its See also:

• BILL

bill . It was first made known from having been met with on New-See also:

• YEAR

Year See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, off the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Staten See also:

• LAND

Land, where See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook anchored on New Year's See also:

• EVE

eve 1774.5 A few days 1 Meaning, no doubt, skimming or " hovering," the latter the word used by See also:

• BROWNE
• BROWNE, EDWARD HAROLD (18,1–1891)
• BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS (1705-1760)
• BROWNE, JAMES (1793–1841)
• BROWNE, MAXIMILIAN ULYSSES, COUNT VON, BARON DE CAMUS AND MOUNTANY (1705-1757)
• BROWNE, PETER (?1665-1735)
• BROWNE, ROBERT (1550-1633)
• BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
• BROWNE, SIR THOMAS (1605-1682)
• BROWNE, WILLIAM (1591–1643)
• BROWNE, WILLIAM GEORGE (1768-1813)

Browne in his See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of Birds found in See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk (See also:

• MUS

Mus . Brit . MS . See also:

• SLOANE, SIR HANS (1660-1753)

Sloane, 183o, fol . 5 . 22 and 31), written in or about 1662 . See also:

• EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
• EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
• EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
• EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
• EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
• EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
• EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
• EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
• EDWARDS, T
• EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)

Edwards (Gleanings, iii .

315) speaks of comparing his own See also:

• DRAWING

drawing " with 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's old See also:

• DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught of it, still preserved in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum," and thus identifies the latter's " See also:

• SHEARWATER

shearwater " with the " See also:

• PUFFIN

puffin of the Isle of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man." 2 Lyrie appears to be the most See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• LOCAL

local name for this bird in See also:

• ORKNEY, EARL OF
• ORKNEY, ELIZABETH HAMILTON, COUNTESS OF
• ORKNEY, GEORGE HAMILTON, EARL OF (1666–1737)

Orkney and See also:

• SHETLAND, or ZETLAND

Shetland ; but Scraib and Scraber are also used in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . These are from the Scandinavian Skraape or Skrofa, and considering See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat's remarks (Etym . See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary) as to the See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance between the words shear and scrape it may be that Browne's hesitation as to the derivation of " shearwater ' had more ground than at first appears . ' The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief exception would seem to be the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal and thence throughout the W. of the See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

Archipelago, where, though they may occur, they are certainly uncommon . 4 A See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange See also:

• FALLACY (Lat. fall-ax, apt to mislead)

fallacy arose that this case or sheath was movable . It is absolutely fixed . 5 Doubtless some of the earlier voyagers had encountered it, as See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster suggests (Descr. animalium, p . 330) and See also:

• LESSON (through Fr. lecon from Lat. lectio, reading; legere, to read)

Lesson asserts later he discovered the islands that now See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the name of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, and there the bird was again found—in both localities frequenting the rocky shores . On his third voyage, while seeking some land reported to have been found by Kerguelen, Cook in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1976 reached the cluster of desolate islands now generally known by the name of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French explorer, and here, among many other kinds of birds, was a Sheathbill, which for a See also:

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

long while no one suspected to be otherwise than specifically identical with that of the western See also:

• ANTARCTIC
• ANTARCTIC (Gr. &vri, opposite, and apKTos, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Antarctic Ocean; but, as will be seen, its distinctness has been subsequently admitted . The Sheathbill, so soon as it was brought to the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of naturalists, was recognized as belonging to a genus hitherto unknown, and J . R . Forster in 1788 (Enchiridion, p .

37) conferred upon it, from its snowy plumage, the name Chionis, which has most properly received See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance, though in the same year the compiler See also:

• GMELIN

Gmelin termed the genus Vaginalis, as a rendering of Pennant's See also:

• ENGLISH

English name, and the See also:

• SPECIES

species See also:

• ALBA

alba . It has thus become the Chionis alba of See also:

• ORNITHOLOGY

ornithology . It is about the See also:

• SIZE

size of and has much the aspect of a See also:

• PIGEON

Pigeon;' its plumage is pure 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, its bill somewhat yellow at the See also:

• BASE

base, passing into See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale See also:

• PINK

pink towards the tip . See also:

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

Round the eyes the skin is See also:

• BARE

bare, and beset with cream-coloured papillae, while the legs are bluish-See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey . The second or eastern species, first discriminated by G . Hartlaub (Rev. zoologique, 1841, p . 5; 1842, p . 402, pl . 2)2 as C. See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor, is smaller in size, with plumage just as white, but having the bill and bare skin of the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face See also:

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

black and the legs much darker . The See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the bill's " sheath " in the two species is also quite different, for in C. alba it is almost level throughout, while in C. minor it rises in front like the See also:

• POMMEL (through O. Fr. pomel, from a diminutive pomellus of Lat. pomum, fruit, apple)

pommel of a See also:

• SADDLE (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

saddle . The western and larger species gathers its See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food, consisting chiefly of 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-weeds and See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell-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, on rocks at See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• WATER

water; but it is also known to eat birds' eggs . As to the flavour of its flesh, some assert that it is wholly uneatable, and others that it is palatable .

Though most abundant as a See also:

• SHORE

shore-bird, it is frequently met with far out at sea, and has once been shot in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland . It is not uncommon on the See also:

• FALKLAND
• FALKLAND, LUCIUS CARY

Falkland Isles, where it breeds . C. minor of Kerguelen Land, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Island, See also:

• MARION
• MARION, FRANCIS (1732-1795)
• MARION, HENRI FRANCOIS (1846-1896)

Marion Island and the Crozets, is smaller, with pinkish feet . The eggs of both species, though of See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, bear an unmistakable likeness to those of See also:

• OYSTER

oyster-catchers, while occasionally exhibiting a resemblance to those of the tropic-birds . The systematic position of the sheathbills has been the subject of much hesitation, but they are now placed in a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• FAMILY

family, Chionidae, amongst Charadriiform birds (see BIRDS), not far from the curious little See also:

• GROUP

group of " See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed-snipes " of the genera Thinocorys and Attagis, which are peculiar to certain localities in S . See also:

• AMERICA

America and its islands . (A .