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ch ap . Guiana, is a beautiful bird indeed, dbuut tRe fizë öf a
. ^ . common-turkey, to which it hears a refemblance both in
appearance and^taflev ; Its leathers are a ihming black,
exception the- belly; its legs are yellow, and alfo its bill,
except near the point, where it is blue .aard arched. Its
eyes, are lively, and bright, and on its head i|t is .eiéft^d
with a : brilliant Iplume of black frizzled feathers, which
give it a noble appearance*... Thefebirds cannot fly fa r;
and being eafily tamed, may be fe^Jd Jof’ domeflic pur-
: poles: at Paramaribo they jar©: ftequenpy W m <fbr i aaa©we
than a guinea apiece.' Ano^ef^bir^pecidiar to ^ tó a i^
called by thePrench the^<m^,.and; i®;Surinam!r ^ - ^ ö ^
I will abb take-this opportunity Jo deferibe.—It.is,like the
former, nearly the Size o f a turkey,, l^:tot^yi:diflferen!t
in its formation and plumagejitsbody, which has h©
tail, "being- perfe<a3iy tbeffaapeofan eg g : it -^g ^ -b iad ^
except on the back, where ft -isr of :6®ibiH&aiMfcion
its breaft, where the feathers are blue and Jong, hanging
down like thofe of the heron. The eyes are bright^the bill
is pointed, and of a- blueifh greeny us< are aifo its:-legs.
The vulgar name of this bird in. this country is the
trumpeter, on account of the- found it frequently makes,
' : which bears fömVdiflant- refombfatóce to» that of a trumpet,
b u t whence that found1 proceeds % ho t m my power
to certify: fome fuppofe it is made by the nufe. Of all
the feathered creation this hirdls the moft tameablfe,-and
the greateft-'friend to man, whom it follows, carefles,. and
even feems to protect with the attachment of a dèg. I
* have