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again till 1 p.m^ when we got the same breeze till midnight; 

 it then left us rolling in a calm, with a very heavy swell oflf the 

 westernmost point of the island of Ischia. With occasional 

 light puffs of wind we crept into the port of Naples about 

 4 P.M., February 7. Except the Gulls above mentioned, the 

 only birds seen during this ru.n were two flocks of some small 

 species of Tringa coming from the westward, some fifteen 

 miles from the Italian coast, many Shearwaters {Puffinus 

 kuhli and P. yelkouan), and one Razor-bill {Alca torda). 

 Just south of Ischia we saw a very large Seal, and a large Ce- 

 tacean, probably a Thrasher, which for a long time kept lash- 

 ing the water with its tail, making the spray fly to a great 

 height with a report like the discharge of a small field-gim. 



We remained at Naples till March 4, being detained by 

 the loss of our rudder in a sudden furious squaU of wind, 

 which caused the yacht to drag her anchor and go stern on 

 to the Mole, fortunately sustaining no greater damage than 

 the loss above mentioned ; but the weather generally speaking 

 was so bad, wet and cold, that, as the shipwright worked in 

 the open aii*, the new rudder took a long time making. The 

 officials of the dockyard sent me in a longish bill, but showed 

 me every attention and civility; and as we were most 

 cordially and hospitably received in the house of a relative, 

 our time passed quickly away in spite of constant bad weather 

 and the contretemps just mentioned. 



In the market of Naples I saw the following species of birds — 

 Common Jay, Chaffinch, Serin Finch, Goldfinch, Italian Spar- 

 row, Stonechat, Sky lark, Woodpigeon, GreekPartridge, Barbary 

 Partridge, Grey Partridge, Spotted Crake, Lapwing, Golden 

 Plover, Little Bustard, Black-tailed Godwit, Rufi", Wood- 

 cock, Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, Wild Duck, Pintail, Gad- 

 wall, Shoveller, Teal, Wigeon, Red-headed Pochard, and one 

 Smew. In our drives about the country we noticed very few 

 birds ; I think, besides those mentioned above, we only saw a 

 few common Kestrels, a Sparrow-Hawk or two, some Robins, 

 and now and then a Blue Rock-Thrush. In the garden of 

 the house in which we were living I observed White Wag- 

 tail, Grey Wagtail, Blackbird, Song-Thrush, Chiffchafl", 



