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from the name chic gavotte , which it bears in the 

 part of the country formerly denominated Provence, 

 where it is likewise known by the name of chic- 

 moustache, from the black iillets which surround the 

 bill *. These last birds fiy about in pairs amidst 

 the shrubbery, in the cultivated fields which sur- 

 round the bastides ; they are far from being wild, 

 and their flight is short, not very lofty, and a good 

 deal resembling that of the sparrow. 



The impetuosity of the east wind continued to 

 increase till it blew quite a storm, and we dropped 

 a second anchor. We remained in this state till 

 the 2d of May, when the wind coming round to 

 the north-west permitted us to weigh. 



At day-break, the ^ of May, we perceived 

 the island of Corsica at the distance of six or 

 seven leagues, and as we approached, had an op- 

 portunity of examining the coasts of it. Those 

 which lie between cape Calvi and cape Corse, the 

 northernmost of the island, are lofty mountains, of 

 a barren and rocky appearance, with deep inci- 

 sions. The mountains of cape Calvi, under the 

 shelter of which is a large and safe harbour, are the 

 highest on this part of the coast ; their summits 



^ ( t * Buffon, Hist. Nat. des Ois. art, Gavoue, & pi, enlum. Np. 

 626, fig. 1. Gavoiit de Provence.— Mustacoe Bunting, Latham, 

 Syn. ii. p. 175. — Embcrisa provincialis.lSuu 



were 



