First Fleet artwork collection

Bird shown in almost frontal view, its body turned slightly to the right with its head in profile. It is depicted standing on a white rock with dark grey sides and grey serpentine lines, in front of an expanse of water represented by a gradated wash of blue through white and pink to grey, overlaid with short black horizontal lines. There is a green headland with a pink cliff face on the horizon to the right. The bird's head and underparts are white-grey overlaid with grey hatched lines. The upper parts are blue-grey overlaid with darker hatching, except for the wing tips which are black barred with white. The bill and legs are red. The drawing is framed by a pencil border at the top and sides, with a ruled base line of black ink and wash. It is annotated in ink and pencil.