RARER BRITISH BIRDS. 71 



" Shaw's Zoology," in volume thirteen of that work, to breed 

 on the rocky ledges of St. Helena and the Bermuda Isles, and 

 in various parts of Brasil and Cayenne. 



The principal colour of the Black Noddy is, as its name 

 imports, black, or blackish brown, with the quills darkest. 

 The top of the head and forehead is, however, white and dusky 

 towards the margins of the patch. Legs, black: Length, from 

 fifteen to sixteen inches. 



