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LESSER B.
Le petit Fou, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 374.
Fou de Cayenne, PI. Enl. 973.
DB8CRI*TlONr n pH IS is the fmalleft of the Boobies, and meafures in length
fcarcely eighteen inches. The bill is pretty ftrait ; and the
fpace round the eye not bare : the throat, breaft, and belly, white :
all the reft of the plumage dulky black.
P lace. Inhabits Cayenne.
30.
SPOTTED B.
D e s c r i p t io n .
Le Fou tacheté, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 375.—'Bl. Enl. 986.
TN this bird the bill is pale brown, towards the tip yellow : the
plumage in general dulky brown, fpotted with white throughout
; the fpots are fmaller on the head, and largeft on the back
and wings : breaft and belly white, waved and fpotted with dulky
brown : the wings remarkably Ihort, much more fo than in any
other of the known fpecies : the quills and tail plain brown : legs
Flag i.
pale brown.
This inhabits Cayenne.
G I M U s
G e n u s XCV. T R O P I C B I R D .
N° i. Common Tr. B. N° a. Black-billed Tr. B.
V a r . A. 3. Red-tailed Tr. B.
V a r . B.
BI L L compreffed, ftightly Hoping down; point lharpj under
mandible angular.
Nollrils pervious.
Toes four in number, all webbed together.
Tail cuneiform ; the two middle feathers extending for a vail
length beyond the others.
Phaeton sethereus, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 219, 1« Jt
LaPaille en Cal, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 480. pi. 42. fig. r.—Pernet. Voy. ii*p. 75» COMMON TR«
Le grand Paille en Cul, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 348. pi. 28.
Faille en Cal de Cayenne, PI. Enl» 998*
Rabijuncos, Ulloa Voy. ii. p. 305.
Tropic Bird, Raii Syn. p. 123. 6. 191. 4.— Will. Orn. p. 331« pi. 75*-
Br* Muf Lev. Muf.
n p H E lize of this bird is about that of a Wigeon: length two D escriftioh.
feet ten inches, to the tip of the long tail feathers. The
bill is more than three inches long, and red: the head, neck, and
under parts of the body, are white : near the bafe of the upper
mandible begins a ftreak of black, which curves round the upper
part of the eye, and ends a little way behind in a ftrait direction ;
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