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circle of minute white feathers ; three toes full webbed, the 
fourth toe behind very small, and quite free ; bill and legs 
black. This specimen on examination proved to be a full 
grown male. 
The second specimen, which was found to be a young 
female, was somewhat less than the first ; the dove colour 
on the crown of the head was deeper, nearly mixing with 
the general brown ; and the circle of minute feathers round 
the eye was black ; it differed in no other respects from the 
male. ‘These birds were observed generally in pairs; they 
fly close to the water with the neck stretched out and the 
tail spread. 
On the 16th, at day-light, Prince’s island was in sight, 
bearing S. E. 12 or 14 leagues ; our approach to it the pre- 
ceding day haying been denoted by great numbers of  fish- 
ing birds, apparently different species of gulls. 
The swarms of albicore round the ship were now such 
as almost to justify the hyperbole of their obstructing the 
ship’s way ; and twenty a day was the usual success of our 
fishery with hook and line, the flying-fish found within them 
serving as bait. ‘The proportion of bonito appeared to be 
small, not one being taken to 10 albicores. The flying fish, 
in endeavouring to escape from their cruel enemies, 
skimmed the surface like flights of birds, and it was ob- 
