towariU lilt' ship, and \vr tV'lt rotitiJL'ut tliat she 

 would come onboard ; approacliing- the ship, her 

 flight beeaiim lower and more unsteady, imt^l 



she fell dead iiit(t tlie water, qui^ dose to the 

 sliip, near tlie niizeii ehaiuf;, just as we were in 

 exijectatioii tlmt she would have fallen upon the 

 poop. 



aiild brown boobfes flew ahont the as we 

 apprnaehed nearer the land ; tlie former fi:?]i- 

 in<i' in siroiips. After the toil of the day, they 

 rotnrn in small flocks to the island, usually ahout 

 the chm ol* th^ eyenin^y (a$ well ti^ &e gaitnetd 

 and other birds that do a-ot waiider far from 

 the hmd,) reposing and breeding among the 

 ledges of the huge masses of sterile volcanic 

 rocks.* 



fi%ttebirdS}Or (sea^awks, as they atn^ alsQ 

 iim«d,) are seldom or ]ieV^ Me&i^d^taiit &^ 



land : the malr liirds are black, and have a red 

 poiieli ; the fenndes havt- a white breast, and 

 are destitute of the pouch, lii procuring fish for 

 tlteir food, tliese birds prefer seizing it froift illie 

 boobies aaid g^^, instead of cateliiiif It tibm- 



*■ Three lazy ftigate-birds, too indolent to fish for them- 

 selvei^, were seeii* pursuing an unfortunate sea^wallow^ 

 which had probably succeeded in capturing a fish. It i» 

 usual im* these birds to purSttift |jie|5«»ttietai awl others, when 

 returning IVoni tlieir fi^Uinjf eHcttvsl(«iis^ cotopeUing thew to 

 ilisgorpe their fish. 



