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in the latitude of Cape Farewell and Staten Hook, and 

 somewhat farther eastward during the summer months ; fre- 

 quenting NeAvfoundland in the latter season. — Bill and legs, 

 black ; nostrils, tubular ; throat, breast, and belly, white ; 

 crown, nape, back and wings, sooty brown ; tail, brown, 

 with a white band across ; ends of the quill-feathers, touched 

 with white ; band on the eyes, black ; wings, very long. 



The usual length of this bird is nineteen inches ; and, 

 like the others of the genus, it can exert amazing velocity ; 

 seldom striking downwards with the wing, particularly in a 

 strong wind, when it sails about with the utmost facility. 

 It is a heavy, stupid bird, and sleeps much upon the 

 water. An accurate figure of the cape hen is given in 

 Plate XIII., Fig. 1. 



Pelecanus Carbo (the common corvorant) appeared only 

 on one occasion, in a tlock of six. It is thought to be rare 

 hereabouts. 



Larus Maximus (burgomaster, or the white-winged gull). 

 — Bill, pale yellow, with a blackish band across near the 

 tip ; body, wings and tail, snowy white, with a dash of 

 pearly grey on the interscapular region and tertials ; legs 

 and feet, pale tiesh colour ; hind toe, small ; claws, horn- 

 colour ; length, when full grown, thirty-two inches. See 

 Plate XIII. in which this bird is depicted. Being now 

 for the first time described, I have adopted the English 



