2f)0 rm mrAtwm. 



uniigTatiiig, huwevcr, with its yuung, to a mow 

 c<mgenial ^qtimte tm tibe npji^ipdi^h t3f witi- 

 tet. It ^bm i^ttliey are m^^ vA&. sea, 



percliiiig', ill an cxliaiisti'd condition, on the Tig- 

 ging ;ind decks of Beiiin- interrupted by 

 adverse winds, they waver in their course, spent 

 with famine and fatigue, until the ship affortls 

 "Qyem a ^sm^mtf mtittg-^place ; from wlneh, 

 refreshed l)y a few hours' rest, they renew tlu ir 

 fliglit. Thev are said to arrive in Africa almiit 

 the coninient'einont ot'Oetober, having pert'ornied 

 their fatiguing journey in tlie space of seven 

 days. 



fmm^B £rotn Engird i6 l^m South 



Wales, on the 27th of September, 1828, several 

 of tliese birds alighted in an exlnuisted condi- 

 tion on the rigging and deck of the ship, and 

 ivsere mdily captjij^. Wi& w«3f<y at time 



-wmt. They wer6 the Sirmdo rusfika. of Lin- 



These "birds einigra t e from on l- tropical eo uii t ry 

 toanotliei' ; an^ dttring a passage fiwIilimiH^^ 

 ihmigli the China sea, nm ihe gOth of 



October, 1830, for several days a number of these 

 birds were Hying about the ship ; and I am in- 

 clined to suppose, derived at tliat period suste- 

 nance frOjE tiie -vrfeicll infested the ship^ a^t 



