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is almoll the only mufical one here, but is fufiicient by itfelf 1777- 

 to fill the woods with a melody, that is not only fweer, but '^"^'^^' 

 fo varied, that one would imagine he was furrounded by a 

 hundred different forts of birds, when the little warbler is 

 near. From this circumftance we named it the mocking 

 bird. There are likewife three or four forts of fmaller 

 birds ; one of which, in figure and taraenefs, .exactly re- 

 fembles our robin, but is black where that is brown, and 

 white where that is red. Another differs but little from this» 

 except in being fmaller ; and a third fort has a long tail, 

 which it expands as a fan on coming near, and makes a 

 chirping noife when it perches. King-fifhers are feen, 

 though rare, and are about the fize of our Englifli ones, 

 but with an inferior plumage. 



About the rocks are feen black fea-pies with red bills ; and 

 crefted fliags of a leaden colour, with fmall black fpots on 

 the wings and (lioulders, and the reft of the upper part, of 

 a velvet black tinged with green. We frequently fliot both 

 thefe, and alfo a more common fort of fliags, black above 

 and white underneath, that build their nefts upon trees, on 

 which fometimes a dozen or. more lit at once. There are 

 alfo, about the fliore, a few fea-gulls; fome blue herons; 

 and fometimes, though very rarely, wild ducks ; a fmall fandy 

 coloured plover, and fome fand larks. And fmall penguins 

 black above, with a white belly, as v/ell as numbers of 

 little black divers, fwim often about the Sound. We like- 

 wife killed two or three rails of a brown or yellowifli co- 

 lour, variegated with black, which feed about the fmall 

 brooks, and are nearly as large as a common fowl. No 

 Giber fort of game was feen, except a fingle fnipe, which was 

 ihot, and differs but little from that of Euro-pe. 



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