[136] Stewart’s South Seas, 1829, 1830, p. 175.
[137] Stewart’s South Seas, 1829, 1830, p. 177.
[138] Forrest’s Voyage to New Guinea, 4to. 1780, p. 96.
[139] It is said, if sheep have not bitter herbs in their pasturage, they will not thrive.
[140] Description of the Island of Tristan d’Acunha, and its Natural Productions.—Linnean Trans. vol. xii. 1818.
[141] These birds, when brought on board, seldom utter any sound, and that which sometimes proceeds from them is a raucous but not a loud sound. None of the oceanic birds seem to have a very loud note, that of the tropic bird seems the most shrill; the Storm Petrel, or “Mother Carey’s chicken,” has a pleasing twittering note.
[142] The wing has four joints, of which the second is the longest.
[143] It is difficult, indeed I should say impossible, to state correctly the species of Albatross seen during flight, particularly by the plumage, as, at one time, in a certain position, the appearance is different from that which it assumes, almost immediately afterwards, in another.
[144] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, June 25th, 1833.
[145] Abel’s Narrative of a Journey in China, &c. &c. 4to. p. 251.