Penguin and pelican I'm doubtful about; I can't imagine a boat for either. Skua or jaeger would, of course, be a lovely symbol for a pirate vessel, as would frigate bird; both are birds that practice the stand-and-deliver method of getting food from weaker fisherfolk. The petrels called shearwaters are among the hardiest seagoing birds, but the name has little association for most people beyond wondering if they feed around breakwaters. Petrel itself isn't a bad name, though one might think of the storm petrels, which are also called Mother Carey's chickens, and have been considered the souls of drowned sailors, though their name perhaps refers to Peter, and his attempt to walk on the water, as these birds are continually trying to do. Phalaropes are snipes of sorts that have taken up a periodic seagoing habit, and their name might often be appropriate. Even their habit of spinning quickly about as they sit on the water might still agree. A Chicago man named his Chris-Craft _Sandpiper_, after, as he said, the bird that goes hopping along the beach before the waves. _Sula_ is a good sort of a word, and the name of birds that are strong, swift fliers of the tropics. But in English they're usually called booby, which is an English word meaning simpleton (which name the birds got from stupidly perching on ships). _Alle_ for the little auk or dovekie would do for a tiny boat in northern waters, and I knew of one boat called the _Alca_, after the razor-billed auk, while _Cepphus_, the name of the black guillemots, is equally good, as is both _Lunda_ and its equivalent puffin. Some names have a stark simplicity that would attract few, like shag, used for the cormorant, and muttonbird for a petrel. The cahow people might shy from because for many years we were not sure whether this West Indian petrel was extinct or not. Myself, there are two names I rather like and I've been saving for the last: for a small sailboat I'd say the _Wideawake_, as the sooty tern is called in its tropical home, and the other, for a larger seagoing boat, is the _Mollymawk_, a sailor's name for the albatross. WEAVERS AND TAILORS IN THE BIRD WORLD [Illustration] One can imagine the consternation in trade-union circles when it becomes known that there are, among birds, those who weave and those who sew. Their products are entirely for home consumption and there are no minimum wage, no maximum hours, or any fair-trade or quality agreements. None of the Audubon societies have even touched on the matter.