WHITE'S JOURNAL OF A 
1788. thought more prudent to return. We, accordingly, after 
April. expeditious walk, reached the ftream from whence we 
had fet out in the morning, and taking up the tents and 
provifions which we had left, proceeded a little farther 
down, to the flowing of the tide, and there pitched our 
tents for the night ; during which it rained very heavily, 
with thunder and lightning. The Wattled Bee-eater, of 
which a plate is annexed, fell in our way during the courfe 
of the day. This bird is the fize of a mijfel thruJJjy but much 
larger in proportion ; its total length being about fourteen 
inches. The feathers on the upper part of the head, longer 
than the reft, give the appearance of a crefl: ; thofe of the un- 
der part are fmooth ; the plumage for the moft part is brown, 
the feathers long and pointed, and each feather has a ftreak 
of white down the middle ; under the eye, on each fide, is 
a kind of wauk, of an orange colour ; the middle of the 
belly is yellow ; the tail is wedge- lliaped, flmilar to that of 
the magpie, and the feathers tipped with white ; the bill 
and legs are brown. 
This bird feems to be peculiar to JVew Holland, and is un- 
doubtedly a fpecies which has not hitherto been defcribed. 
1 8th. We began our progrefs early in the morning, 
bending 
