B i r d s .
T he Civet Wtefel, i. N* 274. The fpecies which produces the
perfume is a native o f thefe iflands; and the FoJJane, N° 280, is
another fpecies o f fpotted Weefel.
T he Dugung is a fpecies o f Walrus which inhabits thefe feas;
as yet we are acquainted with only the head.
Dampier* mentions a Manatee, which does not weigh above
fix hundred weight | but he commends the fleih as being very
fweet.
T he Birds are all enumerated in the Faunula o f my Indian
Zoology, and may be known by their trivial names, and .references
to M. Sonnerat; yet I fhall mention a few diftinguilhed
by beauty, or any ftriking property.
T he White Turtle, Sonnerat, Voy. N. Guinea, tab. 20, is o f a
moil glofly whitenefs, with a blood-red fpot on the breaft, as i f it
had received a itab-in that part- The Quail o f Luconia,. tab.. 24,.
is the leaft of the genus, being only four inches long.
T he Shrike, tab. 25, flies, fwiftly in the air, and cam balance
itfelf like a fwallow; is an inveterate enemy to the- raven, Which
it never fails to attack, and in the end to put to- flight..
T he Antique Shrike, tab- 114, is lingular for the great hook,
o f its-upper mandible hanging far over the lower.
Parrots are very numerous, and o f various fpecies ; they enliven
the woods with their brilliant colors, and deafen people by
their cries.
T he Jacana, tab. 45, is moll remarkable, not only by the
vail length o f toes and claws, characters of the genus, but by the
f Voyages, i* p, 321.
three
three flender fhafts ifluing from the greater feathers o f each
wing, and extending to the tail, and finifhed with webs like
other feathers.
T h e bird called by M. Sonnerat, p. 86. tab. 49, Le Paon Sau-
vage de iijle de Lucon, is evidently a plover; the bill is long, a
little thicker near the point; on the head is a very long creft,
palling horizontal far beyond the hind part o f the head, and
ending in a point; thighs naked far above- the-knee; it has only
three toes, and thofe are nearly femi-palmated; creftj head, neck,,
and breaft, bright grey, barred with black; the top o f the creft
quite black; belly white; back, wings, and tail plain brown;.
length from the tip of the tail to the end three feet. M. Sonnerat
fays, that this fpecies is found near the Cape o f Good
Hope -, but furely he miftakes the Umbre, Brown's Illujlr. tab. 35,
for this bird.
Le Secretaire, tab. 50. Latham, i. p. 20. tab. z, that lingular
vulture, a compound of many genera, is found here as well as
in the Cape o f Good Hope-
T he crejled Spoonbill, tab. 52, has its head ornamented with-
a large creft, beginning a little beyond the bill, and falling behind
the head in a gteat bufh; the feathers have unconnected
webs, like'the plumes‘o f the Egret*. f
In Panay, is a very fmall Thrujh, tab. 73, uot bigger than our
Hedge Sparrow, of a moft beautiful violet color, blue and black,
all changeable ; it has a moft charming note, for which reafon
it is' called the mujician ; they live in flocks o f thoufands, and
make their nefts in the pigeon-houfes.
T he Coliou, tab. 74, and the crefted Coliou o f Panay, tab. 75,
are