20? 
The Rev. Mr. Adams favoured us last 
Spring with a fine specimen, taken in the 
manner just described. 
It at first appeared very shy, and en- 
deavoured to hide itself in any dark corner ; 
when a person approached it, it made a 
strange hissing, not very unlike the snor- 
ing of the White Owl. This bird was 
turned upon a lawn near a small pond, 
wherein was kept some tame Ducks, and 
although so recently taken, began to eat, 
and continues in good health. 
This species is dispersed in greater or 
less numbers, over the warm, as well as the 
cold climates, in various parts of the Globe. 
They are found as far north as Iceland in 
the spring, and in Sweden and the Ork- 
neys in the winter. They are also found 
on the borders of the Caspian Sea, on the 
Salt Lakes of the Tartarian and Siberian 
Deserts. Capt. Cook noticed them, among 
other sea-fowl on the coast of Van Diemen's 
Land, and they have been seen in great 
numbers, at the Falkland Islands. From 
their having been seldom observed at a re- 
mote distance from the Coast, it has been 
