596 CLASS AVES. 



neck, and upper part of breast, light-brown ; side of 

 head and neck, with broad white line. Ceylon, Java. 



Yellow-necked Darter. Anhi. Levaillant, T. Col. 

 380, Plotus Levaillafitii, Licht. 



Black ; back and wing-coverts, white lined ; front of 

 neck, yellowish ; band on side of eye, white ; head 

 above and nape, brown, black dotted. Length, 23 

 inches. Cape of Good Hope. P. Rufus is, perhaps, 

 the young of Senegal-. 



The Phaetons. Phaeton, L. Commonly called 

 Tropic birds. May be known by two narrow, very 

 long feathers which they carry in their tail, and which 

 at a distance seem like a straw. Their head has no 

 part naked ; their bill is straight, pointed, indented, 

 and tolerably strong ; their feet are short, and their 

 wings long, hence they fly great distances out at 

 sea, and as they seldom quit the torrid zone, their 

 appearance indicates to sailors the vicinity of the 

 tropics. On land, where they seldom go, except in 

 the affair of nidification, they perch on high trees. 



Only a few species or varieties are known with 

 white plumage more or less varied with blackish, and 

 which are not bigger than a pigeon. 



Common Tropic Bird. P. ^therius, Enl. 369, 

 and 998. 



Body as big as a wigeon, but to end of long tail- 



