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mottled with black : the back part of the head and nape black : 

 the hind part of the neck, back, and {capillars, white, tranfverfely 

 waved with black, many of the feathers being tipped with that 

 colour : wing coverts blueifh white, fome of the lefler ones 

 mottled with black : quills the fame, with the outer margins 

 black : all the under parts white : tail white, fhorter than the 

 wings; fome of the feathers edged, and others tipped with black: 

 legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits the fea and fhores of New Zealand. From the draw- Place. 



ings of Sir Jcfepb Banks. This greatly refembles the young of 

 the Sandwich Tern. 



T ENGTH fifteen inches. Bill rather flender, near two inches n« 



in length, and of a deep blood red : the top of the head, 

 juft taking in the eye on each fide, and to the nape behind, Description^ 

 black; this is bounded by a line of white all round; the reft of 

 the plumage a very pale afh-colour, in fome parts nearly white; 

 the chin paleft : rump, vent, and tail, pure white; the outer 

 feather of the laft inclines to afh-colour : legs orange. 



A fecond of thefe had a fhorter bill : the tail afh-coloured, with 

 white {hafts : and the general colour of the plumage every where 

 darker : poffibly a younger bird. 



Inhabits Cbriftmas IJland. In the collection of Sir Jofeph Banks. Place. 



^pHIS is a trifle lefs than the Noddy. Length fifteen inches : 



breadth thirty-four. Bill two inches, black : general colour 



of the plumage reddifh brown ; paleft beneath : between the 



legs and vent white ; the head,, neck, and under parts, are plain : 



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