70 HISTORY OF 



BLACK NODDY. 



Anous Stolida. LINN^US. 



THE genus Anous differs chiefly from Sterna, which it 

 appears to approach nearest to, in the bill assuming something 

 of the form of that of the Gulls ; in the tail not being forked, 

 and nearly equal in length to the wings. There is also conside- 

 rable difference in the habits of the two genera : the Noddies 

 being dull and stupid birds, easily approached, and killed ; the 

 contrary, on the other hand, being the case among the lively 

 Terns. 



The bird, whose name stands at the head of this account, 

 was killed in the county of Wexford, Ireland, and is, we 

 believe, a solitary instance of its occurrence within the United 

 Kingdom. 



It is said, according to Mr. Stephens, in the continuation of 



