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HISTORY OF 
BLACK NODDY. 
Anous Stolida. Linn^us. 
The genus Anous differs chiefly from Sterna, which it 
appears to approach nearest to, in the bill assuming something 
of the form of that of the Gulls ; in the tail not being forked, 
and nearly equal in length to the wings. There is also conside- 
rable difference in the habits of the two genera : the Noddies 
being dull and stupid birds, easily approached, and killed ; the 
contrary, on the other hand, being the case among the lively 
Terns. 
The bird, whose name stands at the head of this account, 
was killed in the county of Wexford, Ireland, and is, we 
believe, a solitary instance of its occurrence within the United 
Kingdom. 
It is said, according to Mr. Stephens, in the continuation of 
