BIRDS, 



s the only animal that I can with any certainty add to the lift of 

 thofe of this vaft extent of country. 



An animal refembling a wolf, was feen by fome of the crew 

 of the Endeavour, but they never were able to kill one, fo as to 

 form the defcription. 



BIRDS. 



The Birds of N'^zyiJo//^;^^ are extremely numerous. Belidcs 

 thofe to which I can give claflical names, are feveral of New 

 Zealand, which, from the fhort intervening diftance between each, 

 country, are probably common to both, at leaft I might venture 

 to place here many of the water fowl, but certainly the PelagiCy 

 of w hich I may fay, as Plmy does of the Cypfelli, " Hafunt qua 

 " ioto jnari cernuntur^'' But to avoid too great an extenfion of 

 fubjedt, I fliall confine myfelf only to thofe which inhabit the 

 land, or hover near the coaft, fymptomatic of its vicinity. 



Rapacious. 



White Eagle, Latham,\. 40. White, 250. tab. 35. This hardly FALco>r. 

 defcrves to be dignified with that name ; it does not exceed in 

 lize our hen harrier, and has, like that bird, very flender legs. 

 The plumage is of a fnowy whitenefs. 



Brown Eagle, a large fpecies, mentioned in CoolCi laft Voyage, 

 i. 109, but not afcertained. 



Tied Hawk, Parkin/on, 144. The Black and White Falcon, 

 Indian Zool. 33. tab. 11. Hawks are very numerous m Nezv Hol- 

 land \ whenever our navigators made a fire in the night, mul- 

 titudes appeared, probably to catch any birds that might be at- 

 tra^ed by the novelty. 



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