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Le G uepier, Fertnin Defer. de Sunn, vol. ii. p. 184.
^T 'H IS is the fize of a Blackbird ; but refembles the Kingsfiftier
in Ihape: the irides red brown t- the plumage is varied ; behind
the head it is reddifh : the neck of a greenilh yellow : the-
quills greenilh, mixed with black and blue : claws black.. He
does not deferibe the fecond, or fmaller kind; but fays that they
both feed on bees and other infeeds.
New Zeeland Creeper, Brsr.vn. Zool. illufir. p. 18. pi. 0 — Cook’s Voy. i, p. 48.
Lev. Mss/.
g I Z E fomewhat bigger than a Blackbird : length eleven inches..
Bill an inch and a: quarter long, bent* and black: infide of the
mouth, and tongue, yellow; the laft is black at the end, and fur-
nilhed with feveral bridles : the general colour of the plumage is-
a deep greenifli black,, and in many parts very gloffy t the feathers,
of the neck are loofe and long;, the webs of a.loofe texture, and;
fomewhat curled, Handing from the neck not unlike a ruff; each-
feather has a white ftreak down the (haft: on each fide of the
neck is a bunch of curled feathers* wholly white: the greater
wing coverts are alfb white, forming a bar acrofs the wing: the
tail coverts of a rich blue : the tail o f the fame colour as the reft
of the body, and even at the end :; the legs are black:, the outer
toe joined to the middle by a membrane.
This inhabits New Zealand, where it goes by the name of
Kogo ; but is better known by that of Poe-bird. It is held:
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in great efteem and veneration by the natives *
mirably well ■ }-.
Le Fournier, B n f oif vi. p. 476.
.Fournier des Buenos. Ayres., PL enl. 739.
>HElength is eight inches and .a half. The bill twelve of
thirteen lines : the plumage in general rufous; deepeft on
t ,r Its note is fweet, and fleflt delicious, and the greateft luxury the woods
afforded us.” Cook’s p. 6:8,
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Lev. Muf.
SIZE of a Lark: length, from bill to tail, fourteen inches. Bill
an inch and a half long, pretty much bent, and (harp at the
tip ; the noftrils covered with a membrane: tongue divided into
threads at the end: the general colour of the plumage is gloffy
b la ck : the feathers about the head and throat fiiort, and
pointed : beneath each wing is a large tuft o f yellow feathers,
which do not appear when the wing is clofed; on the vent is another
patch o f the fame colour: the tail is greatly cuneated ; the
two middle feathers are feven inches in length, and the outer ones
only two inches; both the outer feathers are white on the outer
webs and tips ; the others black; the ends are pointed: the legs
are black : the outer and middle toes connefted to the firft joint.
Thefe birds were met with in great plenty at O-why-bee, and
others of the Sandwich Ifles, by our late voyagers ; at which place
the natives catch the birds alive, and, after plucking out the yellow
feathers, give them their liberty again, making ule of the
feathers in forming the various ornaments ana dreffes ; great variety
of the fpecimens of which are to be feen in the Leverian
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