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an itinerary of the voyage. Mr. Moore, as a naturalist, frequently 

 narrates most interesting observations. Thus, at Tahiti, " a 

 little Kingfisher is always found along the streams and their dry 

 beds, apparently depending more upon insects, which it catches 

 on the wing, than upon the usual food of its kind." At the 

 village of Hihifa, on the island of Tongatabu, there is a remark- 

 able rookery of Fruit-Bats, occupying about fifteen adjoining 

 trees, and estimated to contain upwards of six thousand indi- 

 viduals. Although these animals destroy considerable quantities 

 of fruit, they are " tapu," and under the immediate protection 

 of the chief of Hihifa, and are not permitted to be shot or 

 molested in any manner. 



Mr. C. H. Townsend has supplied a " Chronological Biblio- 

 graphy relative to the Work of the Albatross," in which no 

 fewer than some two hundred and forty-four memoirs are 

 enumerated, relating wholly or in part to the results of this 

 voyage ; a long list is also given of papers still to be published 

 on the same subject. 



