...infefts are very numerous ; among thefe there is a curious fpecies of the Butterfly, whicfl is near four inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and all over beautifully fireaked with murrey and yellow, except the edges edges of t.he lower wings,...

...74° 30' W. ; and w« found the variation of the compafs, by the mean of eighteen azimuths, to be 27° 9' E. As the weather was frequently calm, Mr. Banks went out in a fmall boat to moot birds, among which were fomd albatrofles and fheerwaters. The albatrofies were obfcrved...

...and a quarter in length from the extremity of the bill to that of the tail ; and about twice as much from the tip of one wing to that of the other, when extended. The bill was blackish, compressed, and about three quarters Of an inch long; the tail very...

...shcerwaters. The albntr were observed to be i.irger than those which ha.l been taken northward of tlie streight ; one of them measured ten feet two inches...to that of the other, when they were extended : the shcerwater, on the contrary, is kss and darker coloured on the back. The albatrosses we skinned, and...

...varies in size and weight according to its age. The full grown bird measures often four feet and nine inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and three feet from the point of the beak to the extremity of the tail. The weight too, varies from...

...74° SO' W. ; and we found the variation of the compass, by the mean of eighteen azimuths, to be 27° 9' E. As the weather was frequently calm, Mr Banks...inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, wjien they were extended : The sheer-water, on the contrary, 1 This chart is necessarily omitted. Krusenstern,...

...woodengraving is accurately drawn from one recently shot on Table Mountain, which measured six feet five inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other. monkeys, hundreds of which were extending themselves on the boughs of the trees with their breasts...

...White, in his Natural History of Selbome, answering to his description of it. It measured nearly fifteen inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other. These larger bats were quite as numerous as the smaller species. A great number of them were also found...

...of the neck stand erect, somewhat resembling a ruff. The one caught by Mr. Salt measured eight feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. When the Abyssinians set out on a journey and meet a species of eagle, which they call Guodic Goodie, (but...

...White, in his Natural History of Sdborne, answering to his description of it. It measured nearly fifteen inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other. These larger bats were quite as numerous as the smaller species. A great number of them were also found...