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14. 

 ENGTH eleven inches. Bill an inch long, black, with. EROWN-BAND- 



the tip yellowifh : the plumage on the upper parts of the ' 



body greenifh afh-colour, deepeft on the crown : the fides of DescriFti on« 

 the head, taking in the eyes, and all the under parts of the body, 

 white: the ridge of the wing almoft black: quills and tail dufky; 

 the laft rounded at the end, and tipped with dark brown: the 

 legs brown : webs yellow : claws black : when the wing is ex- 

 panded there appears a dark band from tip to tip, quite acrofs 

 the body. 



Inhabits the I/le of Defolation, In the collection of Sir Jofeph Place. 



Banks. 



15. 

 T ENGTH eleven -inches. Bill black, an inch long, and SOOTY P. 



hooked at the tip : irides pale afh-colour: head and neck of Description. 



a footy black : but the body in general tinged with brown, not 



unlike the colour of the Swift : the rump is brown : the under 



parts of the body much like the upper, but paler : the ridge of 



the wing mixed with afh-colour : the tail is fomewhat forked in 



lhape, but the feathers themfelves are fquare at the ends ; their 



colour, and that of the quills, deep black : the wings, when 



clofed, exceed the tail a trifle in length : legs flender, an inch 



long, and black. 



Inhabits Otaheite. In the collection of Sir Jofeph Banks *. Place, 



* In a drawing in the poffeffion of the fame, each web of the toas was marked 

 with a yellow fpot. 



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