even with regard to captures made at sea

such persons are now commonly called reasonists and rationalists, to distinguish them from true reasoners or rational inquirers

I prefer to think that birds have a sufficiently developed sense of humour to enjoy the spectacle of a human being hunched beneath a bush kissing the back of their hand.

The apparent disjunct distribution may be an artifact of no collections made in northernmost Gansu and the A-erh-t’ai shan (Mongolian and Chinese Altay).