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C L O V E N F O O T E D .
White-fronted, Phillip, p. 163. The forehead, part o f the
■cheeks and throat are white;, the feathers on the ldwer part o f
the neck hang long and loofe, and are o f a reddiih cinnamon
color ; belly o f the fame color, but lighter; back, wings;, and tail
bluiih a ih ; primaries and tail almoft black; legs yellowfih brown;
length o f the whole bird twenty-eight inches; ihot at Port
fackfon.
Wood, Latham, v. 104. White-headed, Ind. Z00L ii. 47. tab.
Si. Dampier, iii. 187. Thefe birds are common -to the fouth-
ern parts o f North America, to Ceylon, and to New Holland, and
are well reprefented in the Indian Zoology.
Red-necked, Latham, v. 2x2. The head and neck are black;
on each fide of the neck is a green chefnut fpot, almoft meeting'
behind; plumage aih color above, white beneath ; fize o f a
Purre.
Pritifi Zool. ii. N" 213, ArB. Zool. ii. N° 406, exaftly like the
European kind ; only thofe o f Van Diemen's Land are entirely
black.
W E B F O O T E D .
American, Ar£i. Zool. ii. N° 421. Latham, v. 296. Dampier, iii.
p. 85. The head, neck, and breaft are of reddiih cream color;
back black. Inhabits the northern parts of North America, and
Sharks bay on the weftern fide o f New Holland.
I refer to the ornithology o f Norfolk file, p. 113, for an account
o f certain other genera, which ihould follow the former; as
pofiibly being common to both places.
Parkinfon, p. 145, defCribed our black-backed gull, Br. Zool. ii. Gull;
N° 252, among the birds o f New Holland.
T h e vaft T ern called the Cafpian, Latham, vi. p. 350, extends to T e r n .
this country, and reaches northward as high as the mouth o f the
Ob, where it falls into the frozen ocean.
T h e Noddy, Latham, vi. 365 ; Catefby, i. 88; is frequent in thefe"
filands ; it is the fpecies with a white forehead, and the reft of
the plumage o f a footy brown. It has its name from its ftu-
pidity, for it will fuffer itfelf to be taken by the hand, on the
rocks it breeds on, or when it alights, as it does at amazing
diftances from land, on the rigging o f ihips.
Dampier's. Noddy of New Holland, Voy. iii. p. 98, and tab. 85,
appears by the figure to be another fpecies ; the crown, as well as
the upper part of the body and wings, are of a dark color; the
cheeks and under fide white ; from the eye to the hind part o f the
head extends a duiky line. Beneath Dampier's figure of it is that
o f the common, which may be compared with this.
Pe l e c a n s , Latham, iii. 574, are found here in vaft abundance, Perecan.
and o f gigantic fizes.
T h e beautiful crejled Pingiiin, 561, called by the failors, from P i n g u i n .
its aition,jumpingjack, is common on Van Diemen's, Land.
A d u c k , I ihall call Parkinfon's, fee his Voyage, 138, is diftin- D o c k .
gufihed by its beauty ; thé bill is white, the body black, and the
Speculum white and green.
Semi-palmated Goofe : fize o f the wild goofe ; head, neck, and
V o l. IV. S thighs