TROPICK BIRD. 
scribed as scarcely equal in size to a small Pi- 
geon ; but has the horse-fhoe about the eye, 
and is in general appearance of the plumage 
much the same as the larger species. It ut- 
ters, at intervals, a small cry — " Chiric ! 
Chine!" makes it's nest in the holes of craggy 
rocks ; and, according to Father Feuill6e, lays 
two blueish eggs, rather larger than those of a 
Pigeon. 
" On comparing several individuals of this 
second kind," says Buffbn, " we remarked 
reddish or fulvous tints on the white ground of 
the plumage. This variation, we presume, 
proceeds from the tender age : and, to the same 
cause, we would attribute the fulvous cast de- 
scribed by Brisson, in his Lcpturus Fulvus ; 
especially, as he represents that bird as rather 
smaller than his white one. We also per- 
ceived considerable diversity in the bulk of 
these birds. Many travellers have assured us, 
that the young ones are not pure white ; but 
spotted, or stained, with brown or blackish. 
They differ, also, because their bills and feet, 
instead of being red, are pale blue. W e must, 
however, observe that, though Catesby affirms 
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