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of the breaft, forming tliereon a broad bar; behind the black ^ ^^^^ ^• 

 bar on the top of the head is a circle of a rufty iron-colour ' — - — ' 

 furrounding the back part of the head as a wreath ; the January. 

 crown of the head within this, as well as all the upper 

 parts of the body and v/ings, are cinereous brown, except 

 the greater quills and tail, which are black : the legs are 

 alfo black. 



Sunday 15. 



The female is gready fimilar to the male in colour, but 

 wants the rufty-coloured wreath at the back part of the head. 



Cinereous lark. — This fpecies is fmaller than the fky- 

 lark ; length fix inches ; the bill and legs are black ; the 

 plumage and upper parts of the body are afh-colour, and 

 the under part the fame, but much paler, inclining to 

 white near the vent ; the quills and tail are black, the 

 outer edges of the feathers of both margined with white. 

 This fpecies is a variety of the lark found at New Zealand, 



Every neceffary bufinefs being now completed, it was 

 my determination to get to fea immediately, although we 

 had frefh gales at South Weft, attended with rain; but 

 having occafion to fend one of my mates on board the 

 Speedwell, he returned with a meilage from captain Coftin, 

 informing me that captain HuiTey had on board the United 

 States, fix or feven thoufand fur feal fkins, and that he had 

 reafon to fuppofe they would be difpofed of at a moderate 

 price. An opportunity of procuring fuch a quantity of 

 ftcins was by no means to be loft, efpecially as there was a 

 great probability of their felling well in China ; I there- 

 fore fent for captaia Dixon immediately, and confuited 



him 



