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birds black) : noftrils oblong, pervious: irides luteous brown s
round the eyes fomewhat bare, and reddilh: the general colour o f
the plumage black : the feathers of the head and neck very lhort
and downy; thofe on the fore part of the neck and upper part of
the breaft of a very glofiy gilded green, with a refle&ion of blue
in fome lights: the feathers between the Ihoulders ferruginous,,
changing into a pale afh-colour as they pafs downwards, and are
loofe and lilky; thofe of the fcapulars very long, and hang over
the tail, which is very lhort, and conlifts of twelve feathers, of a
black colour : the legs are long and greenilh ; claws black.
In fome birds the colour varies a little, as the wings have a
mixture of white.
Place ahb This lingular bird inhabits various parts of South America,
Ma**e*s. Brajil, Guiana, Surinam, tk c.; but met with in greatell numbers
in the Amazons Country. It lays eggs a little bigger than thofe
of a Hen, o f a blue green colour. Is faid to be a familiar bird,
and will frequently follow after the perfon who takes care of it..
It is remarkable for the noife it emits* which authors differ much
about, in refpedl to the place from whence it proceeds; fome
fuppofing it to be from the anus *, or, according to others, the
belly. At firft the lound feems to proceed from the mouth,, two
or three times repeated, not unlike the word fcherck. This is
anfwered by a noife from within, not unlike the cooing of a Dove
many times repeated. The belly feems much agitated durino-
this noife. Sometimes the bird makes this noife without any
found from the mouth preceding it. It readily feeds on bread,
fiejh, and fmall fijh : runs, fall, with long ftrides, affifted with ex-
• RoP.ro muffitanti refpondet per ar.'.im.'—Lin.
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panded wings j and lleeps on one foot, with the head drawn in
between the Ihoulders, like the Stork.
I much fufpect that the bird of Du Tetre, above-quoted, is the
fame ; which he fays is as large as a Capon, with a bill like a
Raven: the neck and legs longer than thofe of a Cock : the feathers
of the neck and bread: blue and glofly, equal to thofe of a
Peacock: the back grey brown: wings and tail black j the 1 aft
very lhort.
This is faid to inhabit the Carribee JJlands, where it is called
Pheajant. It is often tamed, and kept among poultry : is quar-
relfome, and for the moft part vi&orious j often killing not only
fowls, but Turkics alfoj and is known to follow the inhabitants,
Specially the negroes, pecking their legs, and not unfrequently
fetching blood.
The flelh is reckoned as good as that of a Pheafant.
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