614 



PELICAN, 



29. 



LESSER B, 



Place. 



'Le petit Fou, Buf.-Oif. viii. p. 374. 

 Fou de Cayenne, PL Enl. 973. 



-Description. 'TpHIS is the fmalleft of the Booties, and meafures in length 





fcarcely eighteen inches. The bill is pretty ftrait ; and the 

 fpace round the eye not bare : the throat, breaft, and belly., white : 

 all the reft of the plumage dufky black. 

 Inhabits Cayenne, 



So- 

 SPOTTED B. 



Le Fou tachete, Biif. Oif. viii. p. 37s.~-Pl.Enl. 986. 



Dr'scRifTicm. T^ this bird the bill is pale brown, towards the tip yellow : the 

 plumage in general dufky brown, fpotted with white through- 

 out ; the fpots are fmaller on the head, and largeft on the back 

 and wings : breaft and belly white, waved and fpotted with dufky 

 brown : the wings remarkably fhort, much more fo than in any 

 other of the known fpecies : the quills and tail plain brown : legs 

 pale brown. 

 FLA.es. This inhabits Cayenne. 



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