V O Y A G E ' Tfc* N EW SfOt fYrf #A j t IS .<
upper mandible; the noftrifea-nd '%aee-round the eyes are
bare and red; the head, -neck, -and all beneath, are of a
pale grey, eroded over the' thighs with darfky Ifees” the
back and wings dufky lead-colour, with-' the- end* of ea’cfh
feather .black y . the tailis* long- and wedge-fbaped, the feathers
white at the ends*; neat which is a bar„ of'black.
The bill and‘legs are brown ; the, toes-are placed‘ tVY befdre
and tV0OtHeh|ffld, ds in the parrot or«We«»“genus.
This lingular bird was* met wish at N'ew- Holland', from
whence three or fomr fpeermerrs have: found'' tfieir Wayc to
^ g lan^ vbu t whether it is- aj numerous fpecies has not^been1
mentioned; ,
. The next morning w-e hid;, our tents and “ the ‘ remains, of
our .provifionrs, and with * only a little rum, and a fmali
quantity of: breads -made a- foiled' match ifttfo "the^c&dfrePy^0
to ’the weffcward^ ©#1 about fourteen md%,s/‘ without beftig’
aMe toi.fecceed in the ©bje&, of-our feacc-h-, which was Tor
good land well, wafieredi Indeed, the lancTBB-e; aTthd'Ugh
.covered with an endlefs-wood, Was-better’than the parts
which we had- already explored. Finding it, however, very
unlikely: thiafc we fhouMt be able- to penetrate through this
ij^menfe- far4ft> and eireifonftancdd* - as we- were, it was
thought