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when they resort to the sea-side, and pick up the 
large fish which are sometimes thrown ashore in a 
storm. They appear on the beach about evening, 
w here they pass the night, and return to their proper 
haunts in the morning. In this situation one of 
these birds was found not far from the island Mocha, 
in the South Seas, in the year 1691. The seamen 
shot it on a cliff by the sea-side, and, taking it for a 
kind of turkey, they, according to their usual custom, 
made a meal of it. We find by their account, that 
the colour was black and white like a magpie, and 
the crest, or comb, sharp like a razor. 
We have but little more to add respecting this 
bird, as its habits have not been very well ascer- 
tained. It is said to make its nest among the most 
inaccessible rocks, and that the female lays two 
white eggs, of a larger size than a turkey’s. 
