140 BLACK NODDY. 



tempting to remove from the place : they are usually 

 of very dark and sombre colours ; and are found 

 within the tropics. 



BLACK NODDY. 

 (Anoiis niger.) 



An. corpore nigro, J route albicante, superciliis alris, rostra pe- 

 dibusque nigris. 



Noddy with a black body, whitish forehead, dark-coloured eye- 

 brows, and black legs and beak. 



Sterna stolida. Linn. Sysl. Nat. 1.227. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 

 G05. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 805. 



Sterna Philippina. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 805 ? 



Passer stultus. Rail Syn. 154. 



Gavia fusea. Briss. Orn. 6. WJ.pl. 18. f. 2. 



La Mouette brune. Buff. PL Enl. 997. 



Le Noddi noir, Oiseau fou, &c. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 522. 



Le petit Fouquet des Philippines. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 125. pi. 85. 



Philippine Tern. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. 267. 



Noddy. Buff". Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 46l.pl. 37. Catesb. Carol I. 

 pi. SS. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. £54. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 104. 



The length of this bird is fifteen inches : its beak 

 is slender and black : its entire plumage is of a sooty 

 brown, the top of the head excepted ; this is white, 

 changing to ash colour towards the occiput : the quills 

 and tail are blackish-brown : the legs are black. 



A common species within the tropical seas : it is 

 said to breed in the rocky ledges of St. Helena, and 

 in the Bermuda Islands, and various parts of Brazil 

 and Cayenne. They fry about in flocks during the 



