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cutter I hardly liked to attempt landing any of our boys ; 

 yet we had, for the very short time we were away, 

 great success. We ran back with a fresh breeze to our 

 anchorage of Monday 25th, i.e. the first bay on the west 

 side of the Bay of Palmas, inside an old watch tower." 



"Off Toro we shot two very fine specimens of Larus audouini 

 and a good dark Falco eleonorce, of which we saw a great many. 

 The gulls (L. audouini) do not make much noise, and their cry is 

 not so hoarse as that of Z. lettcopkasus" 



VACCA. TORO. SAILING FOR PORT MAHON 



" May iqth. About 6 a.m. we stood away for Vacca, 

 with many volunteers in the cutters, to explore the island. 

 Some success. Came on board again and went away for 



Toro. Landed M and the captain, with many of 



the men. 



" On Vacca we got two F. eleonor* in the hobbyish 

 plumage, fine specimens, and recovered by aid of a rope 

 the remains of the specimen lost on the 26th ; this 



had been picked to pieces by the ravens. M shot a 



fine male raven, and the men got a nest of these birds 

 containing three callow young. There were a good many 

 Eleonora falcons and rock doves about on the south and 

 south-west sides of the island. The men got a tin box 

 full of lizards (Gougylus ocellatus] alive, and a shearwater 

 and egg. Tait found the wing feathers of a common 

 nightjar in a little cave. We bagged 2 F. eleonor*, 

 3 rock doves, i raven, i shearwater, and the young 



