Endeavour journal, 13 March 1769 (Series 03.198)
| Notes: | Page header reads: 'Standing to the Westward' |
| Author: | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 |
| Date: | 13 March 1769 |
| Series title: | Series 03: The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 |
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| Transcript: | 13. Almost calm to day tho not quite enough for going out in the boat. I saw a tropick bird for the first time hovering over the ship but flying very high; if my eyes did not deceive me it differd from that describd by Linnaeus, Phaeton aethereus, in having the long feathers of his tail red and his crissum black. Towards even set the servants to work with a dipping net who took Mimus volutator and Phyllodoce velella, both exactly the same as those we have seen in the Atlantick ocean. Lat. 30.45, Long. 26.23.45. |
