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1778. juft mentioned; but it is remarkable, that we neither faw 
t _ M t -~ _j the Ikins of the moofe nor of the common deer. 
Of the birds mentioned at Nootka, we found here only 
the white-headed eagle; the lhag; the alcyon , or great king- 
ffther, which had very fine bright colours ; and the hum¬ 
ming-bird, which came frequently and flew about the fhip, 
while at anchor; though it can fcarcely live here in the 
winter, which muft be very fevere. The water fowls were 
geefe; a final! fort of duck,, almoft like that mentioned 
at Kerguelen’s Land; another fort which none of us knew; 
and fome of the black feapyes, with red bills, which we 
found at Van Diemen’s Land, and New Zealand. Some of 
the people who went on fhore, killed a groufe, a fnipe, and 
fome plover. But though, upon the whole, the water fowls 
were pretty numerous, efpecially the ducks and geefe, 
which frequent the ftiores, they were fo fhy, that it was 
fcarcely poflible to get within fhot; fo that we obtained a 
very fmall fupply of them as refrelhment. The duck men¬ 
tioned above, is as large as the common wild-duck, of a 
deep black colour, with a fhort pointed tail, and red feet. 
The bill is white, tinged with red toward the point, and 
has a large black fpot, almoft fquare, near its bafe, on each 
fide, where it is alfo enlarged or diftended. And on the 
forehead is a large triangular white fpot; with one ftill 
larger on the back part of the neck. The female has 
much duller colours, and none of the ornaments of the bill, 
except the two black fpots, which are obfcure. 
There is likewife a fpecies of diver here, which feems 
peculiar to the place. It is about the fize of a partridge ; 
has a fhort, black, comprefled bill; with the head and up¬ 
per part of the neck of a brown black; the reft of a deep 
brown, obfcurely waved with black, except the under-part, 
1 which 
