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1776 . and its breadth twenty. The upper part of the body and 
ec ! 1 °_ tr *i throat are black; the reft white, except the upper part of 
the head, which has a fine yellow arch, looking backward, 
and ending on each fide in long foft feathers, which it can 
ere<5l as two crefts. 
The two firft forts were found together on the beach; the 
large ones keeping by themfelves, and walking in fmall 
flocks amongft the others, which were more numerous, and 
were fometimes feen a confiderable way up the fides of the 
hills. The third fort were only found by themfelves, but 
in great numbers, on the outer fhores of the harbour. 
They were breeding at this time; and they lay, on the 
bare ftones, only one white egg, larger than that of a duck. 
All the three forts of penguins were fo tame, that we took 
as many as we pleafed with our hands. 
The fliags of this place are of two forts; the leffer cor- 
vorant or water crow, and another, which is black above, 
with a white belly; the fame that is found in New Zealand, 
Terra del Fuego, and the ifland of Georgia. 
We alfo met with here the common fea-gull, fea-fwallow, 
tern, and Port Egmont hen ; the laft of which were tame 
and numerous. 
Another fort of white bird, flocks of which flew about 
the bay, is very Angular; having the bafe of the bill co¬ 
vered with a horny cruft *. It is larger than a pigeon, with 
the bill black and the feet white, made like thofe of a cur¬ 
lew. Some of our people put it in competition with the 
duck, as food. 
The feine was hauled once; but we found only a few fifh 
about the fize of a fmall haddock; though quite different 
* The fheath-bill. See Pennant's Genera of Birds , p. 43. 
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