T R O P I C B I R D. 6ig 



Le Paille en Queue fauve, BriJ.Ortt.vi. 3. 1, 



Var. B. 

 ^PHIS is ftill a further variety; and differs merely in having YELLOW TR. B, 



the plumage of a yellowiih white, inftead of a pure filvery Description* 



one, as in the laft. Thefe differences may perhaps arife merely 



from age, if not the diftinguifhing mark of fex. 



^PHIS is in fize fmaller than any of the former: length nine- 2> 



teen inches and a half. Bill three inches long, greatly com- BLACK-BfLLED 

 prefied on the fides, and black : the plumage on the upper part 



De 



SCR1PTION, 



of the body and wings interruptedly flriated black and white 

 before the eye a large crefcent of black'; behind it a ftreak of the 

 fame : the forehead, and all the under parts of the body, pure 

 white : the quills and tail marked as the upper parts, but the 

 ends of the firft white, and the mod of the feathers of the laft 

 marked with dufky black at the tips : fides over the thighs 

 ftriated black and white : legs black. 



This was found at Turtle and Palmerfton IJlatids, in the South Place 



Seas, and is in the poffeffion of Sir Jofeph Banks. 



Le Faille en Queue a brins rouges, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 357. - 



Paille en Queue de 1'Ifle de France, PI. Enl. 979. +■ RED-TAILED 



Le *" M * p T , R bv. 



HE length of this fpecies is two feet ten inches, of which the Description. 

 two long tail feathers alone meafure one foot nine. The 

 bill is three inches and a half in length, and of a deep red : 

 the plumage white, with a tinge of elegant pale rofe-colour : the 



4 K 2 crefcent 



