388 Capt. Taylor on Birds 



One young specimen, agreeing well with birds of the same 

 age, obtained by A^ndersson in Damaraland. 



95. Ardetta flavirostris (Wagl.) ; Hartl., Journ. f. Orn. 

 1855, p. 361 ; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 220. 



One specimen. 



96. Parra africana, Gmel. ; Hartl., Journ. f. Orn. 1855, 

 p. 361 ; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 240. 



One specimen. This species is apparently plentiful all over 

 Guinea. 



XXXV. — Birds observed during two Voyages ac7-oss the North 

 Atlantic. By George Cavendish Taylor, F.Z.S. 



Last year I made two voyages between Liverpool and New 

 York. The weather experienced was, with the exception of several 

 days passed in dense fog, most favourable for the observation of 

 oceanic birds, and in this respect was a great contrast to former 

 voyages. I regret not being able to record the latitude and 

 longitude to illustrate my remarks ; but in neither voyage was 

 the position of the ship ascertained at noon, posted up, or 

 published. 



I left Liverpool in the ' Scotia,^ on the 16th of May. The 

 following evening about sunset we passed Cape Clear. On the 

 18th there were but few birds to be seen, and none came near 

 the ship. When we left the land we left the Gulls. On the 

 19th, the wind was strong and cold and the sea rough. Shear- 

 waters were seen, and Stormy Petrels, but the latter were not 

 near the ship. The two following days the wind was strong, 

 with a rough sea, and I made no observations. 



On the 22nd the weather was the same, but much colder, 

 the effect probably of the arctic current ; for we were now near- 

 ing the coast of Newfoundland. The birds most abundant 

 were Fulmars, and in a less degree Greater Shearwaters, 

 Puffinus major, easily distinguishable by their size and the 

 quantity of white on the head and back. The 23rd was fiue 

 and bright, and the sea had gone down. We crossed the banks 

 of Newfoundland, passing the longitude of Cape Race about 



