168 cook's voyage to dec. 



We met with some of the same sort at the island of 

 Georgia, in our late voyage. 



"The Cape petrel, or Pintado bird; the small blue 

 one, which is always seen at sea; and the small black 

 one, or Mother Carey's chicken, are not here in 

 great numbers. But we found a nest of the first 

 with an egg in it, about the size of a pullet's; and the 

 second, though scarce, was met with in some holes 

 like rabbit-burrows. 



" Another sort, which is the largest of all the petrels, 

 and called by the seamen Mother Carey's goose, is 

 in greater numbers; and so tame, that at first we 

 could kill them with a stick upon the beach. They 

 are not inferior in size to an albatross, and are car- 

 nivorous, feeding on the dead carcasses of seals or 

 birds that were thrown into the sea. Their colour 

 is a sootty brown, with a greenish bill and feet; and, 

 doubtless, they are the same that the Spaniards call 

 quebrantahuessoSy whose head is figured in Pernetty's 

 Voyage to Falkland Islands. 



"Of the albatrosses, none were found on shore ex- 

 cept the grey one, which is commonly met with at 

 sea in the higher southern latitudes. Once I saw one 

 of these sitting in the cliff of a rock, but they were 

 frequently flying about the harbour; and the common 

 large sort, as well as a smaller with a black face, 

 were seen farther out. 



" Penguins form, by far, the greatest number of birds 

 here; and are of three sorts: The first, or largest, I 

 have seen formerly at the island of Georgia.* It is 

 also mentioned by Bougainville t ; but it does not 

 seem to be so solitary as he represents it, for we found 

 considerable numbers flocking together. The head 

 is black, the upper part of the body a leaden grey, 



* Pennant's Patagonian penguin. See his Genera of Birds* 

 Tab. 14. p. 66. 



f Voyage autour die Monde, p. 69. 



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