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1776. The third fort of penguin met with here, had never been 



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feen by any of us before. Its length is twenty-four inches, 

 and its breadth twenty. The upper part of the body and 

 throat are black ; the reft white, except the upper part of the 

 head, which has a fine yellow arch, looking backward, 

 and ending on each fide in long foft feathers, which it can 

 erecT: as two crefts. 



The two firft forts were found together on the beach; the 

 large ones keeping by themfelves, and walking in finall 

 flocks amongft the others, which were more numerous, and 

 were fometimes feen a confiderable way up the fides of the 

 hills. The third fort were only found by themfelves, but 

 in great numbers, on the outer fhores of the harbour. 

 They were breeding at this time ; and they lay, on the 

 bare ftones, only one white egg, larger than that of a duck. 

 All the three forts of penguins were fo tame, that we took 

 as many as we pleafed with our hands. 



The fliags of this place are of two forts ; the lefl^er corvo- 

 rant or water crow, and another, which is black above, with 

 a white belly ; the fame that is found in New Zealand, Ter- 

 ra del Fuego, and the illand of Georgia. 



We alfo met with here the common fea-guU, fea-fwallow, 

 tern, and Port Egmont henj the laft of which were tame 

 and numerous. 



Another fort of white bird, flocks of which flew about 

 the bay, is very fingular ; having the bafe of the bill co- 

 vered with a horny cruft *. It is larger than a pigeon, with 

 the bill black and the feet white, made like thofe of a cur- 



* The {heath-bill. See. Pennant's Genera of Birds, p. j^.^- 



lew. 



