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watch ; but they always disappear about 4 a.m. On the night 

 of June 2nd^ I estimated that there were about a dozen Cape- 

 Pigeons flying round the ship at midnight, while during the 

 day there had been between fifty and sixty of them, besides 

 other birds. I have also seen many bright moonlight nights 

 when no birds were to be seen after 9 p.m. 



AVith regard to the flight of these birds I have little to add, 

 except that I have sometimes noticed them use their feet in the 

 air both for propulsion and steering; but I do not attribute 

 much importance to this. 



The Storm-Petrels certainly keep up their velocity by striking 

 the water with their feet ; and I have seen both D. exulans and 

 D. fuliginosa rise from the water without once flapping their 

 wings, the impetus being obtained by the feet alone. 



I have seen the Albatros in all temperatures between 46° 

 and 73° Fahr., and could detect no difi'erence in its flight from 

 this cause. 



Auckland, New Zealand, 1866. 



XI. — Notes on Birds collected near Hakodadi in Northern Japan. 

 By Henry Whitely, Junior. 



(Plate III.) 



I LEFT England in the month of March 1864 to join Captain 

 Blakiston at Hakodadi in the island of Yesso, in the north of 

 Japan, my intention being to remain there several years and 

 work up, as far as lay in my power, the fauna of that little- 

 known part of the world. Circumstances, however, happened 

 which shortened ray stay, and must therefore be my excuse 

 that the list of birds now presented to the readers of ' The 

 Ibis' is not more extensive. Among them, however, will be 

 found several that are of much interest, and many that have 

 never been recorded from that locality before. As Captain 

 Blakiston has already written an account of Hakodadi and the 

 surrounding district*, it is unnecessary for me to say anything 

 on that subject. 



In the winter large numbers of Gulls frequent the bay; but 

 * Ibis, 1862, pxo. 312-314. 



