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76.
PETTY FL. Gobe-moucheron, Buf. oif. iv. .p. 553.
Description. r| ’ H I S is a trifle bigger than the laft, but both of them
fmaller than the Golden-crejled IVren. The plumage is de'ep
olive grey, with a greenilh tinge on the upper part of the back,
and belly : the wings are blackilh, here and there ftreaked with
yellowilh white.
Place. Both thefe are found in various parts of South America, which
abounds with the greateft variety of this genus, as a proper
check to the myriads of infefts, the peft of thofe parts.
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WHISKERED
FL.
Description.
l.e Barbichon de Cayenne, Buf. oif. iv. p. 534.— PI. out. 830. f. 1. 2.
O I Z E of a Houfe Sparrow: length five inches. The bill
broad at the bafe, and flat, as in the Tody genus j the bafe is
befet with hairs, which are even longer than the bill itfelf: the
plumage on the upper parts is deep olive brown, except the
crown of the head, which is of an orange-colour: the under
parts are greenilh yellow, changing to the laft colour on the
rump: the legs brown.
Female. The female is a trifle bigger than the male ;• the bill lefs, and
befet with only a few fhort hairs : the upper parts of a blackilh
brown, tinged with green: on the crown an oblong fpot of yellow
throat, and upper part of the neck, whitifli: the lower,
and breaft, brown, with yellowilh edges: belly and vent.pale
yellow. In the PI. enl. the tail feems to be longer than in the
male.
Place and
Manners. This fpecies is found at Cayenne ; the male and female rnoftly
feen together. The neft is generally placed on fuch branches as
are
are lead cloathed with leaves j and is of a large fize, being twelve
inches deep, and five or more in diameter, wholly compofed of
mofs : this is only open on the fide, about three inches from the
top. The note is a foft whittle.
Le grand Gobe-mouche noir de Cayenne, Brif orn. ii. p. 386. 15. pi. 3®*
f. 3.——PI. enl. 381.
Le Piauhau, Buf oif iv. p. 588.
Lev. Muf
C l Z E of a Blackbird : length twelve inches. The bill is
broad at the bafe, an inch and a quarter long, a little bent
at the tip, and befet at the bafe with a few hairs ; the colour
of it duIky : the whole plumage is black, except the chin,
throat, and fore part of the neck, on which is a large bed of
beautiful crimfon, inclining to purple : the legs are black.
Some fpecimens are wholly black, having not the leaft trace
of crimfon on the throat; and fuch may be efteemed as females
or young birds. I have leeh more than one of the laft, in
which the plumage otherwife coincided exaftly with the firft-
defcribed.
Thefe inhabit Cayenne, and other parts of South America: they
are found in flocks, and precede in general the Toucans in their
movements: feed on fruits and infuels, to which laft their bill
feems fully adapted : are lively birds, always in aftion. Inhabit,
for the moft part, the woods, like the Toucans ; and where the
firft are found, the others are feldom far off. They have a (harp
cry, which they often repeat, not unlike Pihauhau; whence their
78. 4- PURPLE-
THROATED
FL.
D e s c r i p t io n .
V ariet ies '.
P lace and
M a n n e r s .
name.
Linnaus