trges -among/Which he was found; and that fear, united
with the cold and wet, in a great degree contributed to
hh- death. Wh at was the motive or caufe of this me-
ïaaehb^) cataftrophe we have motv' heen able to difeoyer %
but from the. syyilijty fhewn, on all occasions, to the
©Ificgys, by the ®ntiy^^r;.whlenever: any. of them were met,
I am A ’.ongly inclined to^thinkpthat they muft • have been
provoked and injured by the convids. We this day
caught ,a Yellow-teared Flycatcher jffeee-annexed plate).
This bird is a native o f N&m Holland, . the fizé. of a martin,
and nearly ifevpn inches in length ; the bill is broad at the
bottom} and of a pale colour; .the'legs .dufley ; thê plumage
i^moftly brown, mottled with paler biobwn ; the .edges o f
the wing feathers yeihawifh; the under part of the body
white, inclining to dufley about the chin and throat; the
Jad js pretty long, | and,. /\yhen ipread, fijems hollowed
OUt a t the tip ; .beneath the .eye, on each fide, is an irregular
ftreak, growing* .wider; »and.finishing, .on the ears, of a
yellow or gold -colour. J.;
Fatly the next morning the governor,’ lieutenants G,
Johnfton .and KeMow,: myfeif, £x foidiets;: ’and two armed
conyidts, whom we took as .guides, ’ went to the place where
Y v ' the