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JOHANNA H.
Description»
Place.
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DRY H.
Description.
Male.
Fëmale.
Place.
g I Z E not mentioned. Bill yellowilh : between that and the
eye bare, and of a yellowifh green : on the crown a fhort
pendant black creft : plumage on the upper parts grey, the under
white : the feathers on the fore part of the neck long and
loofe, marked with longitudinal black fpots : quills all black : legs
brownifh : infide of the middle toe ferrated.
Inhabits the ifland of Johanna. Taken from fome Chinefe
drawings formerly in the pofieflion of the late Dr. FothergilL
Le Heron hupe da Mexique, Brif. O n . v. p. 418. 11.
L ’Hofti, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 382.
Hoa&li, or Dry Bird, Rati Sjn, p. 179. 8.— Will. Orn. p. 389. (the male.)
Hoacton, Will, Orn. p. 391. (the female.)
L E .N G TH two feet three inches. Bill five inches; black, the
Tides of it yellow: irides yellow: eyelids red: the head
crefted and black : forehead from eye to eye white: between the
bill and eye bare and yellowifh : the upper parts of the neck and
body are greenifh black : wing coverts greenifh afh-colour: all
the under parts of the body white: the quills and tail alh-co-
loured: legs yellow.
The female has the upper parts brown, mixed with white : the
under white, varied with brown : otherwife like the male.
Inhabits the lakes of Mexico,. and breeds among the reeds :
it bites hard, and has a loud flat voice. The Spaniards call this
bird Martinete Pefcador*, but this mull be from its catching filh,
for it cannot otherwife be called a Kxngfijher.
King
Le Heron cendre da Mexique, Brif, Orn. v. p. $04. 5.
Hohou, Buf, Oif. vii p. 384.
Xoxoukqai Hoa&li, Hoadton, feu ardea ciaerea minor mexicana criftata,
Raii Syti. p. 102. 21.
L E N G T H two feet three inches. Bill feven inches, black :
the fore part of the head is variegated with white and black,
the reft of the head purple; at the back part a creft of the fame
colour: the general colour of the bird cinereous : edges of the
wings white : wing coverts blue and a(h-colour, mixed : the fe-
cond quills nearly of equal length with the prime ones : legs
Variegated with brown, black, and yellowilh.
Inhabits the wet places of Mexico, but is fcarce, being only
feen at intervals.
Buffon gives it the name Houhou, from its fuppofed cry being
like that word *.
Le Bee ouvert, Buf, Oif, vii. p. 409.— PI. Enl. 932.
'T 'H I S is a Angular fpecies, and meafures in length fourteen
inches and a half. The bill is as long as in the Heron tribe,
very thick and ftout at the bafe, for about one fourth of its length,
it then becomes flender, and finifhes in a point; the under mandible
is lefs ftout, and gradually leflens to the end, but is curved
inward the whole length, fo that the mandibles only touch at the
bafes and tips, Handing hollow from each other in the middle;
the colour of both is yellow, but towards the head dulky : the
* The fame name is alfo given by Buffon to a Cucfo-w. See Egyptian Cuckow,
vol. i. p. 522. N° 16. of this work.
76.
HOUHOU H.
D escription,
Place.
77*
PONDICHERRY
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Description.
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