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was univerfally of the fame {hade, but inclining to black : round 

 the eye the fkin was blueifh ; and the fides of the head, as well as 

 all the under parts, white : legs black. 

 Place. The above fpecies inhabits New Zealand, and was met with 



frequent in Queen Charlotte's Sound. It builds in trees, on which 

 a dozen or more are feen at once*. The egg is two inches and 

 and a half long, rather fmaller than that of a Hen, and of a pale 

 blueifh white. 



22. 



TUFTED SH. 

 Description. 



Place. 



T ENGTH two feet ten inches. Bill two inches and a half 

 long j colour dufky yellow : round the eye bare : the head, 

 and fides above the eye, the hind part of the neck, and all the 

 upper parts of the body, wings, and tail, black: the feathers on 

 the top of the head very long, forming a pointed upright tuft or 

 creft, fomewhat tending forwards : on the wing coverts is an ob- 

 long patch of white : and the under parts, from chin to vent, are 

 alfo white : the tail is four inches and a half in length, rounded 

 in fhape, and compofed of fourteen feathers : the legs pale yel- 

 low brown. 



This was brought with the others from Queen Charlotte's S.ound, 

 and is in the Hunterian Mufeum. 



AFRICAN SH, 

 Description. 



Br. Muf. 



CIZE of a teal i length twenty inches. Bill hooked at the tip: 



round the eyes bare : colour of the upper mandible of a 



brown black ; the reft of the bill dirty yellowifh white : the plu- 



* Thefe are mentioned as being more common than the fpotted fort. — Cook't 

 laji Voy. i. p, 151. 



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