NEAR JAVA. 1 75 t. i* 9 



fpottedwith a reddiili yellow: the middlemen: 

 feather in the tail is the longeft : the toes and 

 legs are red : the reft the fame with the male : 

 Whether this is the female of the firfl: de- 

 fcribed bird, I leave to others to examine. It 

 may be compared with the Anfer BaJJ'anus of 

 Albin, vol. i. p. 86. I found a black k Hip- 

 pobofca upon it. 



Both thefe birds were exceedingly lean, 

 and not eatable on account of their oily tafle. 

 In flying they fpread their tails like a fan, and 

 bend their long necks towards the iide they fly 

 to. They fettle upon fhips, and fometimes 

 Hay on them (if not feared away) whilfl they 

 fail many miles. They are much plagued with 

 lice, and for that reafon are not agreeable to 

 keep. Thefe lice run very fwiftly, and foon 

 creep upon the men. They are fmall and white, 

 and black on the middle : fome are brown j 

 and fome have four long feet. 



At five o'clock in the afternoon, W'mcopers 

 point was N. by W. and the middle of the ifie 

 N. N. E. to us. Flying-fijhes were to be met 

 with here. 



k Hippobofc ^abound on the Hirunde apus, or fvvift. 



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