fpread open, a crefcent, with the concave part towards the body
the legs grey.
Place. Inhabits America,; where Seba obferves, that it is-accounted. a.
bird of prey..
A.
BRASILIAN:
O.
D escription.
Place.
J.e Tro'jpiale du Brelil, Brif. orn. ii. P-93 ■
Small: yellow and brown bird, Sloan. Jam. 309. N°'4ji
T ENGTH four inches. Bill round, nearly ftrait, half an inchi
long: head and back light brown* fpotted with black:-tail
an inch and; a half long, and'brown, as well as the wings,.which,
are whitilh at the end:. about the eyes,.throat* fides of the neck,
and tail coverts, are yellow: breaft the fame, fpotted with brown :-
belly whiter, legs brown* an inch and. a quarter long: toes
yellow.
Inhabits Jamaica: common about the- town, of 'St. Jag0, where.-
it is often feen among the buflies..
Le Troupiale du Brefil, Brif. orn. ii.. p. 93*
JAPACANI Japacani, Bufl oif. iii. p. 208.— Raii Syn. p. 84. N° ii.-rWilL orn. p. 240*.
Description. C ^ E of a Starling•:■ length eight inches. The bill is long,,
^ pointed, a little curved, and black: irides gold-colour: head
blackifh: hind part o f the neck,.back, wings, and rump, varied
with black and light brown-: tail blackilh above, fpotted with
white beneath : breaft, belly, and thighs, mixed white and yellow,
with tranfverfe black lines : legs dufky: claws lharp and
black.
Thefe two fpecies are made but one by. BriJJon; but the fizes
are
are fo different, that it is impoffible to reconcile them, the
laft being double the fize o f the firft.
Brijfon has copied his defeription of the Jacapani from Marc-
grave, as well as the fize, not attending to the fize of Sloane’s bird,
though the colours fomewhat agree.
Le Troupiale de la Nouvelle Efpagne, Brif. orn. ii. p. 93. N° is .
See le Xochitol & Coftototl, Buf. oif. iii. p. 210.
O IZ E of a Starling. The head, throat, neck, back, rump, and
upper tail coverts, are black : breaft, belly, fides, and under
■ tail coverts, faffron-colour, mixed with black: thighs black:
wings beneath cinereous, mixed with black and white: tail
faffron-colour, varied with black. The young birds are yellow,
except the tip's of the wings, which are black.
Inhabits New Spain.
Le Troupiale gris de la N. Efpagne, Brif orn. ii. p. 96. N° i f .
LeTocolin, Buf, oif. iii. p. 213.
O IZ E of a Starling. The body is agreeably variegated with
black and yellow, except the back, thighs, and belly, which
are alh-coloured.
This inhabits the forefts of New Spain, in which it makes its
neft, and brings up its young. It does not ling. The flelh is accounted
good eating.
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11.
NEW SPAIN
O.
D escription.
Place.
12.
GREY
O.
Description.
P lace.
Orioles