Peter Wienk various advertising agencies and drawing studios including the Toonder Studios of Marten Toonder a famous Dutch illustrator. In 1947, he joined Reclamebureau Van Alfen (Advertising), where amongst others the Flipje character (funny fruit character of a well-known Dutch preserve manufacturer) was made by Eelco ten Harmsen van der Beek ('Harmsen van der Beek'). Beek had his own art studio and accepted an assignment in 1949 to illustrate a new story of children's author Enid Blyton: Noddy. This first appeared as a strip in an English newspaper, but proved so successful that soon after the first book was published: "Noddy Goes
Lesser noddy "Anous" was introduced by the English naturalist James Francis Stephens in 1826. "Anous" is Ancient Greek for "stupid" or "foolish". The specific name "tenuirostris" is from the Latin "tenuis" for "slender" and "-rostris" "-billed". There are two subspecies: The lesser noddy is in length with a wingspan of and a weight of . The plumage is brownish black. The forehead and crown are lighter in colour. This species is smaller and slightly paler than the similar black noddy and has pale rather than dark lores. Lesser noddy The lesser noddy ("Anous tenuirostris"), also known as the sooty noddy, is a