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c h a p . The wood-peckerjs about the fize of a thrufh, and o f atr
, x x v - ' eleganheinnamon-cgfouty fpeckled with darkbrow-n and
yellow ; near the rump it is entirely yelto-w; the head is-'
crefied with a fine crown of fmall feathers, of the fan)b*
colour as the body the tail-is long 'and black; the-
bill is ftraighti and o f - a fea-green colour, as^te thèdëgs*'
and iris of the eyes, under which on each fide are two-
Ipots of beautiful crimfon.
The anonymous bird, which, however,-the: degrees,
called woodo - loujo - fowl'd-)t from ,its.-leedingr op wood-
lice, is larger than the former, and uncommonly bril-1,
ljant in its plumag^%the head and upper^part of. its
body being of a rich grafs greeh;. the breaft and belly
crimfon, divided by an alh - coloured bar. •" The tail is
long, and o f a dark blue, as are the prime <|fathèrs-
in the wings, which are* alfo divided from thè ^fèen by
another a£h-colourecf b a r ; the bill -is5 yellow and hooked,
being furrounded by a number o f fmall black, feathers,
as are the eyés, the iris o f which is o f’ a blood colour.;
(Both thefe birds may h e feen in the annexed plate-)—As
I have already obferved, however rich and beautiful the;
plumage may be which decorates the groves of. Surinam,
the melodious fong there is but feldom heard» They had
alfo here the tame gdlinas^ox Guinea-hens, called tokay^
which being fo well known in England, require no par*
ticular defeription. '
Among the plants which I faw here was the American
aloe, above half a foot in thicknefs, and twenty feet
h igh ; it is an ever-green, pithy within and without, covered