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All were adult birds in full plumage, and all the tempera- 

 tures were taken in the same manner, and under the same 

 conditions. 



Mutton birds (Neonectris Tenuirostris brevicaudus). The 

 temperature of eight birds was taken. They were all young 

 birds still showing traces of down, they were all taken under 

 the same conditions :— No. 1, 99.8 F. ; No. 2, 99.4 F: ; No. 3, 

 100.2 F.; No. 5, 100.4 F. No. 6, 100.0 F.; No. 7, 101.0 F.; No. 8, 

 100.8 F. The record of No. 4 has been mislaid. I am unable 

 to account for the variation in the temperatures of the pen- 

 guins, and to a less degree on the mutton birds ; all the birds 

 naturally struggled when captured, but none appreciably 

 more than another. 



The temperatures of three leghorn laying hens were taken 

 for comparison. Thev are in the order taken: — No. 1, 107 F. ; 

 No. 2, 107.8 F.; No. 3, 10S.4 F. The birds had to be caught 

 in a small yard, so that the one that was chased the most had 

 the highest temperature. This would seem to show that the 

 thermo-taxic mechanism of these birds was unstable, and 

 readily upset by excercise or excitement. The temperature of 

 a Hooded Dotterel, about one minute dead, was 107. 



I hare not access to any literature on this subject, nor do 

 I know where any is to be obtained, so would be glad if any 

 reader could tell me where such is to be had. 



A Sketch of the Life of Samuel White — 

 Ornithologist, Soldier, Sailor, and Explorer. 



By His Son, (Capt.) S. A. White, M.B.O.U. 



IX.— THE ORNITHOLOGIST AND SAILOR. 



Sandy Cape was rounded before daylight of May 28. The 

 wind during the night had been light, and very little headway 

 had been made. A lit'tle after sunrise Lady Elliots Island 

 was abeam of the vessel, and soon afterwards the wind 

 dropped. At 2 p.m. the yacht was rolling about in a dead 



