98 SKIMMER. 



stronger. After the young are able to leave the country, the Skimmers 

 take their departure. 



It is not uncommon in the East Indies, both on the Malabar 

 Coast, and that of Coromandel ; called at Madras, Coddal Cauka, or 

 Summoodra Cauky : we learn this from various Indian drawings. It 

 is also found on the African Coast; a specimen, in the collection of 

 Mr. H. Brogden, having been brought from Senegal ; but I observe 

 in this, that the bill is wholly orange, except towards the end, which 

 is horn-coloured. 



A— Rhynchops fulva, Ind.Orn. ii. 803. Lin. i. 229. Gm. Lin. i. 611. Bor. iii. 262. 

 Rygchopsalia fulva, Bris. vi. 227. A. Id. 8vo. ii. 422. Gen. Syn. vi. 348. A. 



This differs from the other, in having those parts of a fulvous 

 colour which in that are black brown ; otherwise it entirely agrees. 

 Inhabits Guiana, and is probably a mere Variety. 



