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the bill to the tail, was exceedingly plump and in full con- 

 dition. The long, tapering feathers of its crown were 

 evidently of young growth, the base of each being soft and 

 vascular, from which I conclude that it had not attained 

 its full vernal plumage. It proved a female. Another 

 Heron, supposed to be its mate, was seen at the same time 

 and place. 



Mr. Wedderburn also showed me a Cormorant, which he 

 had killed at Grace's Island, which proved to be the 

 Double-crested Phalacrocorax dilophus, similar to Mr. 

 Orde's specimen of October nth last, and probably a 

 young bird, as its plumage was somewhat lighter on the 

 wings and upper parts of the body. 



February gth, 1848. — Was shown a specimen of the 

 Night Heron {Ardea nycticorax), in the spotted plumage 

 of what is supposed to be the young of that bird. It was 

 shot by Mr. Fozard, at Hungry Bay, and another bird of 

 the same description was seen in its company. May not 

 these be the Herons seen by Mr. Wedderburn on Decem- 

 ber 29th last? This was a male bird and measured 

 twenty-four inches in length. The whitish spots very 

 distinct on the wings. Irides bright carmine. 



February nth, 1848.— Another Kittiwake Gull, killed 

 to-day. It was nearly in mature plumage, the bill greenish 

 yellow, and the tail feathers pure white, but the head still 

 tinged with bluish grey. 



The Rev. H. B. Tristram had another of these Gulls sent 

 to him alive, from St. George's, which he brought to me 



