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which is almoft the only mufical one here, but is fufficient 1777. 
by itfelf to fill the woods with a melody, that is not only , Fcbniary ‘, 
fweet, but fo varied, that one would imagine he was fur- 
rounded by a hundred different forts of birds, when the lit¬ 
tle warbler is near. From this circumftance we named it 
the mocking bird. There are likewife three or four forts 
of fmaller birds ; one of which, in figure and tamenefs, ex¬ 
actly refembles our robin, but is black where that is brown, 
and white where that is red. Another differs but little from 
this, except in being fmaller; and a third fort has a long 
tail, which it expands as a fan on coming near, and makes 
a chirping noife when it perches. King-fifhers are feen, 
though rare, and are about the fize of our Englilh ones, 
but with an inferior plumage. 
About the rocks are feen black fea-pies with red bills; 
and crefted fhags of a leaden colour, with fmall black fpots 
on the wings and fhoulders, and the reft of the upper part 
of a velvet black tinged with green. We frequently fhot 
both thefe, and alfo a more common fort of fhags, black 
above and white underneath, that build their nefts upon 
trees, on which fometimes a dozen or more fit at once. 
There are alfo, about the fhore, a few fea-gulls; fome blue 
herons; and fometimes, though very rarely, wild ducks; 
a fmall fandy-coloured plover, and fome fand larks. And 
fmall penguins black above, with a white belly, as well 
as numbers of little black divers, fwim often about the 
Sound. We likewife killed two or three rails of a brown 
or yellowifh colour, variegated with black, which feed 
about the fmall brooks, and are nearly as large as a com¬ 
mon fowl. No other fort of game was feen, except a fingle 
fnipe, which was fhot, and differs but little from that of 
Europe. 
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