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mage ; it was a new ipecies of fwan, a little 

 larger than ours. It had the lame fine fhape ; it* 

 colour, of a ihining black, was as remarkable 

 as the white colour of our fwan ; it had only fix 

 large white feathers in each wing ; a character 

 which I have conftantly remarked yi feveral 

 others that were killed afterwards. The bill at 

 the upper mandible is of a red colour, with a 

 tranfverfal whitifli flripe towards the extremity. 

 On the bafe of the male's bill is to be obferved 

 a fwelling, forming two protuberances hardly 

 perceptible in that of the female. The lower 

 mandible is red on the edges and whitifh un- 

 derneath. The feet are of a dark gray. (See 

 Plate IX.) 



On the 24th, it was ten o'clock in the morn- 

 ing before I could defcribe and prepare the fpeci- 

 mens which I had collected the day before. I 

 then went to vifit the country fituated to the 

 eaftw r ard of our anchorage. 



After having gone feveral times into the 

 woods a kilometer at moft from the fea-fhore, I 

 was obliged to return towards the beach, it was 

 lb difficult to penetrate into thefe forefts. Not 

 only did the underwood prevent my entrance, 

 but the paffes were often barred by large trees 

 fallen to the ground. The direction from fouth- 

 weft to north-eafl:, which they have generally 

 taken in their fall, proves that they had been 



blown 



