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at the same time, and wlien on the wing were 

 mistaken for the species spadicea or the chloro- 

 rynchus. On being placed in the hen-coop the 

 bird did not scream, make any noise, or flutter 

 about to regain its liberty, but quietly settled 

 itself, occasionally pecking with the sharp 

 crooked point of the upper mandible against 

 the rails of the coop, but did not continue this 

 for any length of time. It remained during the 

 whole time of its confinement always sitting 

 down, excepting once or twice (the first time it 

 was placed in the coop) walking the length of 

 its prison, and had a perfectly contented ap- 

 pearance. The first two or three days, the bird 

 refused any meat that was given it, but that 

 being lean fresh meat, I do not think it was re- 

 lished, for soon after giving it a fine fat lump of 

 salt-pork it was eagerly devoured. In three days 

 it was very quiet and tame, pecked its fea- 

 thers, and seemed to be in good health, having 

 a lively, bright, and beautiful eye ; it uttered 

 no cry when caught, nor has it done so during 

 its confinement. After entering the Straits, 

 these, and almost the whole of the oceanic birds 

 which had before been following the ship, had 

 forsaken us. I arrived with it safe at Sydney, 

 on the 25th ; it survived until the 29th, 

 when it was found dead in the coop in the 



