344 FOREIGN BIRDS. 



Curacoas Globose, C 3 ) and the Crying, were there ; 

 And many Black Swans, that of yore were so rare,* 



with dusky ; these are, it is also said, hatched without much at« 

 tention of the female. This species is found in great abundance 

 on the Canary Islands. It leaves this country on the approach 

 of winter. 



The Fissipes, Black-Tern, Cloven-footed-Gull, Pease-Crow, 

 or Car-Swallow, is less than the common-tern, but is similar in 

 its manner to that bird ; it breeds also in this country. The 

 Minuta, Lesser-Teh n, Smaller-Tern, Lesser- Sea- Swallow, or 

 Richel-Blrd, is the smallest of the tribe, not measuring more 

 than eight inches and half long; it is an elegant bird, and has 

 also the habits of the common-tern ; breeds in the same places, 

 but is far less numerous. The Cantiaca, Sandwich-Tern, 

 Kamtschutka-Tern, or Cloven-footed-Gull, is the largest of the 

 British terns, being in length eighteen inches; it is a beautiful 

 bird, but by no means so plentiful as the other species; it is 

 said to breed on the coast of Kent, near Sandwich. 



The Slolida, or Noddy, is also another species that may be 

 mentioned ; the body is black ; front whitish ; eye brown- 

 black ; hind head cinereous; bill and legs black ; fifteen inches 

 long ; inhabits within the tropics. 



( 23 ) Order, Galling, (Linn.) Cura<joa, the Crested, the 

 Globose, the Cashew, the Crying. 



The genus Crax, (Linn.) Cura^oa, Curassow, or Curasso, 

 consists of eight species, having the bill strong, thick, and the 

 base of each mandible covered with a cere; nostrils in the 

 middle of the cere; feathers covering the head revolnte; tail 

 large, straight, expansile : they are all inhabitants of South 

 America; the chief of which are as follow : 



* Ruru avis hi terris nigroque simillima cygno. 



Juvenal, Sat. vi« 

 See note (4,) part I. 



