TROPICK BIRD. 
Vv'ho name it Pylstaait, having exactly the same 
vulgar signification ; yet has it been adopted by 
the grave Spaniards, in their Rabo-de-Junco, 
as well as by the polite French, in their Faille- 
en-Cul, or Fetu-en-CuI. This last, however, 
is somewhat purified by BufFon*s Paille-en- 
Queue, or Straw-in-Tail ; and sometimes, in 
the French language, it is "called Queue de 
tleche, or Arrow-Tail. 
The description given by Edwards, to ac- 
company his figure, is as follows — " This 
feini appears the bigness of a Pigeon ; the wmjg, 
v.hen closed, is above ten inches long. The 
longest feather in the tail was full twenty- 
three inches and a half long, which is many 
inches more than any other natural historian 
"has described it to be. In another bird, I found 
the longest feather only sixteen inches long. 
The bill is red; and bigger, in proportion, 
than that of the Arctick Bird* The head, 
body, wings, and tail, both above and be- 
neath, are white: excepting the following 
SpotS; viz. a verv remarkable spot round each 
eye ; the fix outermost quills, on each side, are 
iladkj with white tips, a large black spot be- 
ginning 
