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13. Fulica Atra. Linn. 
Common Bald-coot. 
15*} Wild Geese and Ducks of a small size, 
Frequent the Islands in the winter season; most probably from 
the north-west coast of America. 
16. The Phaeton AEthereus, or Tropic bird, 
Is very common in the Islands: the beautiful rose-coloured tail- 
feathers are highly esteemed by the natives, who pull them from the 
birds as they sit on their nests. 
17- The Sterna Stolida, or Noddy, is common. 
18. Sterna Oahuensis. 
Length twelve inches, spread of the wings twenty-six inches; 
head, neck, and breast black; bill black, legs dark, wings black. 
Greater and less wing coverts striped with white; belly, and under 
the wings, dusky white. Length of the bill one inch and three- 
quarters ; it is sharp-pointed and straight: nostrils linear, tail forked. 
19. Tringa Oahuensis; native name , Koreib 
Length nine inches, bill three-quarters of an inch, strong, 
straight, and sharp-pointed : colour black, nostrils linear, legs and 
toes of an orange red. Back and tail coverts pure white, a few 
feathers black ; tail black ; upper surface of the wings varied with 
black, brown, rufous, and white; crown of the head brown ; fore¬ 
head white, with a black line across it, which extends under each 
eye; a black line runs on each side from the base of the lower man¬ 
dible down to the neck, the space between being white; part of the 
neck and breast black, the rest of the breast, the belly, and under 
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