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P lace and
M anners .
8.
FAVOURITE G.
Description.
Place.
G A L L I N U L- E;
mage is in general of a fine glofiy green; but the head, neck,
and under parts, are of a changeable blue : the vent white : quills
and tail dufky, edged with green: legs yellow : toes very long,
and (lender. That defcribed by Briffon differs from the above in
having the bare part o(the forehead and legs red; and is faid to
inhabit the Eaft Indies as well as America.
I have feen many of thefe birds, both from Cayenne and the
Weft India Iflands, all of which anfwered to our defcription, except
one, which had the upper parts of'the plumage blue green,
tinged with brown: the crown of the head brown: beneath
white; a little mottled with black in the middle of the belly,
and greatly fo acrofs the lower part of the neck, juft above the
breaft: chin quite white: legs brown. This feems by defcription
to differ greatly ; but on comparifon of fize, fhape of bill,
and legs, I am inclined to fuppoft it of a different fex only, if not
a young bird.
Thefe have been brought alive to England; but not fo tame as
to be at large. Such as have come under our infpeftion were
content to live on rice, bread, lettuce, and other fuch food, and
feemed to bear confinement tolerably well.
La Favorite de Cayenne, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 207.— PI. Ent. 897.
Lev. Muf.
J ^ E N G T H twelve inches. Bill yellow: upper parts of the
plumage deep blue : Cdes of the head and neck paler: fore
part of the neck blueifh white : belly, thighs, and rump, white :
quills and tail brown, the laft darkeft : legs long, yellow : hind
toe very long.
Inhabits Cayenne.
L’Acintli,
L’Acintli, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 208.
Quachilto, Raii Sya. p. 116. 14.—Will. Orit. p. 319. 9*
CROWING G.
*TpHE bill of this is pale: indes fulvous : the plumage of a
dark purple colour, with fome. white feathers intermixed :
the legs greenifh yellow.
Description.
This inhabits Mexico : is a marlh bird, feeding on fifh, and
thought to be not ili-tafted meat. It is called by fome Tacacintli,
and is faid to imitate the crowing of a Cock.
Place-,.
La Poule-Sultane à tête noire, Brif. Orn. v. p. 526, A. 1.
^ jpH IS is wholly blue, except the head and neck, which.are
10.
BLACK-HEAD.
ED G.
black : and there is a broad bare fpace on the top of the
head.
The female is faid to have a deep fulvous crown * : the upper
parts of the body the fame, ftreaked with white on the fcapulars :
the wings greenifh, with a fulvous tinge : quills greenifh blue.'
Description.
Inhabits America. Place.
La Poule-Sultane verte, Brif. Ont. v. p. 529. 3.— Buf. Oif viii. p. 204.
J ^ E N G T H eleven inches and a half. Bill of a greenifh yellow,
as is the bare part of the forehead : the upper parts of
the body are of a dull green ; the under white : legs of a greyifh
yellow : claws grey.
11.
GREEN G.
D escriptions
Inhabits the Eaft Indies.
* Hiß. des Oif. viii. p. 209. (i).— From Ftuillé Oif. (edit. 1725.) p. 288.
V ol. III. Li 1 Fulica
Place.