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BROWN NODDY. 



( Anoiis ? spadicea.) 



A'n.Jusco-'rubescens, crisso albo, dorsipennis tectricibusque alarum 

 margine albidis, scapularibus remigibusque secundariis apice 

 alb'is. 



Red-brown Noddy, with the vent white, the feathers of the back 

 and wing-coverts edged with whitish, the scapulars and se- 

 condary quills white at the tip. 



Sterna spadicea. GmeL Syst. Nat, I. 610. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 

 807. 



Brown Tern. Lath, Gen. Syn. 6. 359. Lath. Gen. Hist, x. 129. 



Inhabits Cayenne : length fifteen inches : beak 

 black : the prevailing colour of the plumage is red- 

 dish-brown ; the under parts palest : the head, neck, 

 and under parts are uniform in colour, but the edges 

 of the feathers of the back and wing-coverts are red- 

 dish-white : the scapulars and secondaries are tipped 

 with white : the under wing-coverts and the ridges of 

 the wings are white : the quills and tail are dusky, 

 with the shafts of the feathers white beneath : the 

 legs are pale reddish-brown ; the claws are black. 

 It varies in having some of the feathers on the neck 

 and breast edged with dusky. 



