From1 fome of the iflands of the South Seas, but uncertain- P la c e .
which. The individual in the poffeflion of Sir Jcf. Banks.
Leu. Muf NORTHERN
S.
G T H near eight inches. Bill black,..not much bent;
noftrils round and fmall: at the bafe of the upper mandible
five or fix black briftles: the plumage is brown above : chin and
bread: cinereous : belly and vent incline to brown : the four mid-
die. tail feathers plain brown ; .the reft of the outer ones have the
inner webs white at the tips; length of it two inches : legs fhort,
and of a lead-colour: claws ftrong, hooked, and brown..
Brought from the. northern parts of America by the late--
voyagerst.
~p ENGTH about fix inches. Bill black : crown of the head,
fides, and throat, of a Ihining black: upper part of the body
olive; .under parts the fame, but paler ; rump dufky : quills' and'
fecondaries the fame; the laft have olive edges : tail rounded ;
the half next the bafe of an. olive-colour, then black : the ends of
all the feathers yellow; the- outer ones moil fo, lefiening by degrees
to the middle ones, which, are but juft marked with yellow
at the tips : .legs dulky.
Inhabits the Sandwich IJles In thtBoutb Seas.-
Description,
Place,'
12.
BLACKHEADED
S.
PL. VI. *
D e s c r ip t ion-,
Place.
* In this and the following plates* a fcale of the length, taken from the tip o f -
the bill to the end of the tail, is added. This fcale, in- every cafe, is meant to
iigpify. one twelfth part of the real length of the bird, over which it is placed; -
Where no fcale is added, fuch -bird is fuppofed to be of the-natural fize.
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