EXPLANATION, &c. 
nineteen inches long : the middle, or fhorteft, only eight : 
breaft of the female, white. 
Length, three feet. 
Inhabits Afcenfion IJland, the Weft Indies , fome of the Indian Iftands, 
and Eafter IJland> in the fouth feas : hovers in the air with the 
gentle motion of a kite : feeds on fifh : darts on its prey as the 
filli fwim near the furface, but does not alight on the water: 
will affault other birds, and make them call up their prey j and 
then catch it in the fall *. 
* D ampler. Campeachy Voy. 25. 
ERRATUM. 
P. xxvi. 1 . 31 ,for Pelican, read Peleca*. 
