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SHORT-TAILED NODDY. 



(Anolis plumbea.) 



An. albuSf vertex, auriculcB, macula ante oculosy occipiteque nigris, 

 dorso humerisque saturate cinereisy pennis apice fuscis, alis 

 caudaque plumbeis. 



White Noddy with the crown, auriculars, a spot before the eyes, 

 and the occiput black, the back and shoulders dark ash, the 

 tips of the feathers brown, the wings and tail lead-coloured. 



Sterna plumbea, or short-tailed Tern. Wils^ Amer. Orn. v. vii. 

 p. S3.pl. Ixx.f. 3. 



Short-tailed Tern. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 130. 



Length eight inches and a half: the beak, crown, 

 auricles, spot before the eye and the occiput black : 

 the forehead, eyelids, sides of the neck passing round 

 to the nape, and all the under parts, pure white •. 

 back and shoulders dark cinereous, the feathers broadly 

 tipped with brown : wings and tail dark lead colour : 

 legs tawny. 



Inhabits America : discovered by Wilson after a vio- 

 lent storm, which inundated the meadows of Schuyl- 

 kill, and by causing the insects therein to float on 

 the water, attracted several hundreds of this species ; 

 some of which were killed, and upon examination 

 proved to be non-descript : their stomachs were found 

 to contain grasshoppers, crickets, spiders, &c. but 

 no fish. 



