24 Ocean between Europe and America, 



Within the American gulph wedifcover- 

 ed a fea-bird at a little diftance from the 

 fhip, which the failors called a Sea-hen. 



Land-birds are now and then feen at. 

 fea, and fometimes at a good diftance from 

 any land, fo that it is often difficult, to 

 account for their appearance in fo uncom- 

 mon a place. Auguji the 1 8th. we faw a 

 bird which fetled on our fhip, and was per- 

 fectly like the great c Tit/?iouJe, ( Par us major 

 Linn: ) upon an attempt to catch it, it got 

 behind the fails, and could never be caught. 



September the ift. We oblerved fome 

 Land-birds flying about our fhip, which 

 we took for Sand Martins (Htrundo riparia 

 Linn.) fometimes they fettled on our fhip, 

 or on the fails ; they were of a greyifh 

 brown colour on their back, their breafr. 

 white, and the tail fomewhat furcated ; a 

 heavy mower of rain drove them afterwards 

 away. September the 2d. a Swallow flut- 

 tered about the fhip, and fometimes it fet- 

 tled on the maftj it feemed to be very 

 tired ; feveral times it approached our cabin 

 windows, as if it was willing to take melter 

 there. Thefe cafes happened about forty 

 deg. north lat. and between forty-feven and 

 forty-nine deg. weft long, from London, 

 and alfo about twenty deg. long, or 



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