The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 14
oss, that wanderer of the seas, sooften referred to in prose and poem, is neverthe-less a stranger to the average person, and bysome is even considered a myth. In ColeridgesThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner the albatrossplays a leading part, and one sorrows for thepoor bird which, after following the… … AN ALBATROSS.Notice the nostril tube extending about a third of the way down. mendous stretch of wing, averaging from ten totwelve feet. The wings are, however, extremelynarrow, being about nine inches in breadth. TheN.&O.L. II. i. body is about four feet in length, and the weightis from…
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