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turned with some dozens in the fold of his shirt ; with these 

 he attempted to jump into the frail little bark as it rose 

 upon a sea, but missing his footing, fell into the water, and 

 was in danger of being drowned. Mr. Smith, in his endea- 

 vours to save the boy, was carried on the rock, the dingy 

 was upset, and stove, and the whole of the specimens and 

 eggs lost. How the parties got back to their sail boat 

 I did not learn, but they did so in safety. The Cahows, 

 Mr. Smith describes as being two beautiful birds, one of 

 them in particular, which he took to be a male. They were 

 both together in the same nest — were about the size of a 

 a common duck — white below, and beautifully mottled 

 with dark colour about the head and upper parts of the 

 body. The old birds were not seen. This is all the infor- 

 mation I could obtain upon this interesting subject, and 

 the " Cahow " will probably remain unknown to us for 

 another season. 



September i8t/t, 1847. — Mr. Fozard presented me with a 

 fine specimen of the Solitary Sandpiper (Totanus soli- 

 tarius) shot by him in the Governor's Marsh, this morning. 

 It measured full eight and a half inches in length, and in 

 other respects agreed with Wilson's description. Sent to 

 the Rev. H. B. Tristram. 



Killed a couple of Golden Plover on the North Hills. 

 — Wilson is correct in stating the length at ten and a half 

 inches, i.e., for the finer specimens — the lesser ones 

 generally measure half an inch less. Sir William Jardine 

 is therefore wrong in supposing nine and a half, and eight 

 inches nearly the true length. 



September \gth, 1847. — Saw a fine young Tropic Bird, 

 alive, which was captured Burgess' Point, on the 17th, by 

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