In the air there passed sooty albatross with four-meter wingspans, birds aptly dubbed "vultures of the ocean," also gigantic petrels including several with arching wings, enthusiastic eaters of seal that are known as quebrantahuesos, and cape pigeons, a sort of small duck, the tops of their bodies black and white--in short, a whole series of petrels, some whitish with wings trimmed in brown, others blue and exclusive to these Antarctic seas, the former "so oily," I told Conseil, "that inhabitants of the Faroe Islands simply fit the bird with a wick, then light it up."
Láttam kis kacsához hasonló, fehér-fekete hátú galambhojszát is s mindenféle viharmadarat: egyesek tolla fehér, szárnyuk barnával szegélyezett, mások kék színűek - ezek csak a délsarki tengeren élnek. A viharmadár tolla annyira olajos - mondtam Conseilnek -, hogy a Farö-sziget[16] lakói kanócot kötnek hozzá, s máris ég.