344 FOREIGN BIRDS. 



CURA90AS Globose, C^) and the Crying, were there ; 

 And many Black Swans, that of yore were so rare,* 



with dusky ; these are, it is also said, hatched without much at- 

 tention of the female. This species is found in great abundance 

 on the Canary Islands. It leaves this country on the approach 

 of winter. 



The Fissipes, Black-Tern, Cloven-footed-Gullj Pease-Crow, 

 or Car-SicalloWf is less than the common-tern, but is similar in 

 its manner to that bird ; it breeds also in this country. The 

 Minnta, LeSser-Tern, Smallcr-Ttrnj Lesser- Sea- Swallow, or 

 Richel-B'trd, is the smallest of the tribe, not measuring more 

 than eight inches and half long; it is an elegant bird, and has 

 also the habits of the common-tern ; breeds in the same places, 

 but is far less numerous. The Canliaca, Sandwich-Tern, 

 Kumtschatka-Tern, or Cloven-footed-Gull, is the largest of the 

 British terns, being in length eighteen inches; it is a beautiful 

 bird, but by no means so plentiful as the other species j it is 

 said to breed on the coast of Kent, near Sandwich. 



The Stolida, or Noddy, is also another species that may be 

 mentioned ; the body is black ; front whitish ; eye brown- 

 black ; hind head cinereous ; bill and legs black ; fifteen inches 

 long ; inhabits within the tropics. 



(23) Order, Galling, {Lvrn.) Cura^oa, the Crested, the 

 Globose, the Cashew, the Crying. 



The genus Crax, (Linn.) Cura^oa, Curassow, or Curasso, 

 consists of eight species, having the bill strong, thick, and the 

 base of each mandible covered with a cere; nostrils in the 

 middle of the cere; feathers covering the head revolute; tail 

 large,, straight, expansile: they are all inhabitants of South 

 America; the chief of which are as follow : 



* Rara am in terris ni^roque sitnillima cygno. 



Juvenul, Sat. vi. 

 See note (4,) part I. 



