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and wide tail, of twelve {fpreading feathers. 
It fwims very well, fometimes with the head 
only out of water, and on the leaft appearance of 
‘danger, dives entirely under. 
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The beak is compreffed, ftraight, or flightly floped, an@ oe 
 tharp at the point. The gape reaches beyond the bill, 
which is red, and jagged. 
The noftrils are oblong. 
: _ The hind toe turned towards the toe before. 
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FTNHE Tropic Bird is one of the Phaeton 
kind. It is called the Tropic Bird, becaufe 
it is generally found in thofe climates which lie 
__ between the tropics, (that is, which are the hottett. ) 
Its feet are palmated, that is, the toes are all joined 
by one web, and it can reft upon the water with 
them; in this it is like the Cormorant and the . 
_ Booby, and like them it can rooft upon trees. 
It is about the fize of a Pigeon, but it is very 
remarkable for two long feathers in its tail, near 
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