Journal of a cruise in the US ship, Vincennes, to the North Pacific Ocean, China Sea, Behring Strait, etc. by William Stimpson, 1853-1855
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V-91 Carduelis? Shot near Simons Town Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 1853. Two specimens M & F in Box No. 2 Shot Ysk. by Lt. Van Wyck. V-92 Shot near Simons Town Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 1853 by Lieut. Van Wyck 2 specimens in Box No. 2. V-93 Goldfinch which builds housing nests with lateral or apertures, on the tips of outer branches of trees at Simons Town, Cape of Good Hope. Birds, nest eggs collected Oct. 1853, by W.S. in Box No. 1. V-94 Cinnyris In Box 142. Very common in the gorge of the hills, especially as Proteaceous plants. Sept. & Oct. 1853 at the Cape of Good Hope near Simons Town. Specimens Male & Female shot by Van Wyck, Pennington & W.S. Porpoise Cast in the China Seas