June 28 - 1874 Vantechet Corvus am (common) Ardea herodia, H. Gadeni, Da P.M. Shunned our birds, Sunday Junds Char is a most lovely day. Wind N.W. & cool. In A.M. walked over to 'the Cliffs,' with Mr. Howies (on Jan. Boarders) and had a glorious bath off the beach. Setting concealed on an old wreck for had a rare chance to watch the terns multitudes, of which were flying about near us. The herodia bore the relations unnaturally to S. hirundo of about one in twenty five. It look smaller or having the tail longer & the dorsal aspect pure white; it also flaps more shortly & easily. Its not is a very light & slender character very like that of Agelater sempalmatus. The cries of S. hirundo are the usual harsh vibration on, and a much softer click; the former sound a note of anger or discontent while the latter had a self satisfied oppression. He saw several dive so near us that we could placed our hand under water. They went to the depth of a foot or more & sometimes