. A general synopsis of birds . olour; ftrait, rather flout, and a trifle bent at the tip;bafe hairy : irides the colour of the bill : general colour of the plu-mage like yellow oker, mottled with dufky on the wing covertsand quills : the tail is one inch and three quarters long, and dufkyfor one third next the tip: legs of a pale afh-colour: claws black. This fpecies is common at Otaheite, where it is known by thename of Oo mamao fooa hou. T E N G T H five inches and a half. Bill (even lines, ratherftout, and bent only at the tip ; noftrils covered by a mem-brane ; bafe of the bill briftly :
. A general synopsis of birds . olour; ftrait, rather flout, and a trifle bent at the tip;bafe hairy : irides the colour of the bill : general colour of the plu-mage like yellow oker, mottled with dufky on the wing covertsand quills : the tail is one inch and three quarters long, and dufkyfor one third next the tip: legs of a pale afh-colour: claws black. This fpecies is common at Otaheite, where it is known by thename of Oo mamao fooa hou. T E N G T H five inches and a half. Bill (even lines, ratherftout, and bent only at the tip ; noftrils covered by a mem-brane ; bafe of the bill briftly : irides hazel: the head, neck, andbread, golden yellow : upper parts dufky pale yellowifh green,inclining on the rump to afh-colour: belly, thighs, and ventjwhite: legs black : claws Queen Charlottes Sound, in New Zealand. T ENGTH five inches and a half. Bill three quarters of an inch, of a pale lead-colour; few or no briftles at the bafe : .the upper parts of the body yellow olive: forehead, and under 3 Par^ J&/7 ■vr&ueat<_^ F L Y C A T C H E R. 343 parts, yellow : eye yellow ; round the back part of it a half cref-cent of white: the wings are brown, edged with yellow black, edged with the fame: tail olive brown, with theend paleft, : legs pale blue. This was met with at the iiland o^Tanna*. Place, T ENGTH eight inches-and three quarters. Bill black,three quarters of an inch in length, bent at the tip, and fur-nifhed with a few hairs at the bafe : irides pale afh-colour: eye-lids black : above, the plumage is dufky black j beneath, paler :middle of back and fhoulders marked with white : legs black*Inhabits Neva Caledonia. 39-N^VOUS FL. Description. Place, For the fix laft I. am indebted to the drawings of Sir Lev. ENGTH four inches and a half. Bill black, three quar-ters of an inch in length, and a little curved at the end ; thelower mandible yellowifh. at the bafe : the head, neck, back, fides,thighs, wings, and
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