m T E R N. 



5. Br. Muf. 



AFRICAN T. 



Description. ClZE of the lath Bill black : general colour of the 



plumage white : top of the head mottled with black: wings 



of a pale blueifh white, inclining to lead-colour, and fpotted 



with brown: quills pale blue grey, margined with white, except 



the ends of the outer ones : the wings are longer than the tail, 



which is forked, the ends of the feathers duflcy, mottled with 



white : legs black. 



Place. Inhabits Africa. 



6. Sterna ftolida, Lin. Syft. i. p. 227. 1. — Amain. Acad. iv. p. 240. 



4- NODDY. Le FoUj Hi ^ de Loui ^ Vu p , , 9- 



La Mouette brune, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 199. 15. pi, 18. fig. 2. — PI. Enl. 997, 

 Le Noddi, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 461. pi. 37. 



Pafler ftultus, foolifh Sparrow, Rail Syn. p. 154. — Will, Orn. p. 385. 

 Noddy, Raii Syn. p. 132. 10. 190. 2.— Sloan. Jam. i. p. 31. pi. 6. fig. 2. 



— Brown Jam. p. 481. — Calejb. Car. i. pi. 88. — Damp, Voy, iii. 



part i. pi. in p. 123. fig. 6. — Aril. Zool. N° 40. 

 Lev. Muf. 



Description. CIZE of the Black-cap Gull: length fifteen inches: weight 

 four ounces. Bill two inches long, flender, and black : the 

 whole plumage of a footy brown, except the top of the head, 

 which is white, changing at the hind part to afh-colour : the 

 quills and tail darker than the reft : legs black. 

 Place and This bird is met with very frequent at fea j but fcarce ever 



except within the tropics. Said to breed in the Bahama IJlands, 



laying 



