THE 
RED-TAILED TROPIC-BIRD* 
Generic Character. 
Bill comprefled, rather Hoping, fharp-pointed. 
Nojlrils pervious. 
Toes four, all webbed together. 
Tail cuneiform: the two middle feathers extreme* 
ly long. 
Specific Character , &c. 
PALE-ROSE-COLOURED PHAETON, with 
the beak and two middle tail-feathers red. 
RED-TAILED TROPIC-BIRD. 
hath. Synopf. 3. p. 6ig. 
Le PAILLE en QUEUE a brins rouges. 
Buff. oif. 8. p. 357. 
PAILLE en QUEUE de THle de France. 
PI. enl. 979. 
The birds of this genus, which are by nature 
calculated for a marine life, have obtained their 
common title of Tropic-Birds from being conftantly 
R 2 found 
