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CH A P.’ round- the eyesp of «Mifeh th e iri#!is: yellow, anduts!afh-'
, VI; , coloured toes afe AiudK lik-e- thofe ^f^-pranAt.
markable beakifiefeffes the^ihdft
Which is ferratedyahddf a ffee
its body. This beakyhoweyer*jVPhich i^afchedvi^ as; filth
as pasc^menty and icoHfeqiSehtlyi-'-fftp^light; % Ys ^^ilow
oh the top, ahd tto the fldestef a beautiful deep ofdnge;?
' inelofing’a-tqngtle Which bearsa ftrong refdmblariBe^tO a1
feather. The toucan feeds oh frui^-eipeciaffy pepper,'
and is very domeftic^. "
I fhall here alfo take the opportunity to deicribe another
tame bird, which I faw with pleasure at the houfe
of Mr. Lolkens, and which I take to be what we eall the
flycatcher ; they ‘denoihinSte it in tM i^ eduntry^«-
fmvla, beeaufe when it extend It^w in g ^ which it frequently
does* there appears* on the interlPr^aH o f eafelb?
wing, the moft beautiful feprefentafloh of a firm This
bird is about the fize of a ^bdboek, and h#'ha^dI3erf
colour, hut fpeckljed; itsi-legs aro vbty lohg* arid aihhft|
{lender bill, which is perfectly ftraity hnfl very p®iftm $
With this it dart;s at the flies'while they-creep* vrith inch
. wonderful dexterity and quicknefs, that- it never miffed
the pbjedt, which leetns to conflitute its principal* fobtlT
and this property renders it both ufeful and entertaining;
This bird, mighty With fbrrie 'degree ofprdpriety* be
flyled the perpetual motion, its body making-a continual
movement, and its tail keeping tithe like the pendulhm
of a clock.
Haying
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