Curlews, wandering albatrosses, ptarmigans, cormorants, and ospreys were also observed, besides some birds of beautiful plumage whose names were unknown to us.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
The captains of the guarda-costas redoubled their vigilance, and sailed in chase of not a few albatrosses and whale-spouts, such was the zeal that animated them.
"An Old Sailor's Yarns"
Nathaniel Ames
The captain told us of a case he knew of where a man had fallen overboard, when the albatrosses swooped down upon him, and pecked out his eyes and brains.
"Six Letters From the Colonies"
Robert Seaton