Here is, also, a bird of a white color with a head like a cat's, and a body like a big owl. We know no name for it in Dutch. In France they call it Gra?id dux,^ and it is held in high estimation. The other land birds consist mostly of Turkeys, the same as in Netherland, but wild, and best and plentiest in winter; also various sorts of Partridges, some smaller, some larger, than in Netherland Plover, wood and water Snipe, Pheasants, ;

Heath-hens, also Cranes, Herons, Bitterns, multitudes of Pigeons closely resembling wood pigeons, but a little smaller ; likewise, Quails, Merlins, Thrushes, Sand-pipers, but differing in some repects from the Dutch species. There are also other small birds, some of which sing, but the names of most of them are unknown to us, and woutd also take too long to enumerate. Of the Waterfowl. Different sorts of water fowl likewise are found there, which are all very good and fit to eat; such as Swans, similar to those in Netherland, and fully as large; three species of Geese, to wit, grey geese, which are the largest and best; (7) Brant geese,^ and White heads Ducks of various sorts Widgeons, Divers, Coots, ; ;

Spoonbills and several other kinds, but not so numerous as the foregoing. Various Borts of The rivcr Fish here is almost the same as in Netherland, and consists of Salmon, Sturgeon, Striped-bass, Drum-fish, Shad, Carp, Perch, Pike, Trout, Roach, Bull-heads, Suckers, Sun-fish, Eels, Nine-eyes or lampreys, but much more abundant and larger than in Netherland; there are various other species of fish, of which we know not the names. Various sorts of sea In the Saltwater are found cod-fish, shell-fish, weak-fish, herring, mackerel, thornbacks, flounders, plaice, sheeps-heads, (stecnbrnsems,) black-fish, sharks, (zeehonden,) tamyns^ and divers others, together with lobsters, crabs, concks, from which the Indians make white and black wampum, abundance of oysters and