WHITE'S JOURNAL OF A 
forming two bars of the fame acrofs it. The general colour of 
the bird otherwife is brown, changing to vinaceous red on the 
breaft, in the manner of our domeftic fpecies. The fore part 
of the head and chin are buif colour, with a ftreak of 
brownifh red pafling on each iide through the eye. The 
quills and tail are darker than the reft of the plumage, but 
all the feathers of the laft, except the two middle ones, 
incline to lead colour, with a bar of black near the tip. 
The bill and legs are of a dull red. 
This fpecies is a native of New South JVales^ feveral of 
them having been fent from Port yackfon, 
2 2d. On the morning of this day the governor, accom- 
panied by the fame party, with the addition of Lieutenant 
CrefTwell of the marines and fix privates, landed at the 
head of the harbour, with an intention of penetrating into 
the country weftward, as far as feven days provifions would 
admit of ; every individual carrying his own allowance of 
bread, beef, rum, and water. The foldiers, befide their 
own proviHons, carried a camp kettle, and two tents, with 
their poles, &c. Thus equipped, with the additional 
weight of fpare flioes, fhirts, trowfers, together with a 
great coat, or Scotch plaid, for the purpofe of fleeping in, as 
the 
