H o r n - b i i l . Molucca ; Wil. Ornith. tab. xvii. PL Enl. 283. 173; the Indian,
Latbam, i. 351, with a flatted concave plate on the head and
b ill; and the wreathed, Latham, i. 358; ,the Jaar Vogel of the
Hutch, are found on thefe iflands, and that o f Banda. That
■called the Indian raven o f Bontius, defcrjbed by Mr. Willughby,
p. 126, and engraven in tab. xvii. from Bontius, p. 6?, is another
kind, with a very thick bill, the upper mandible greatly incur-
vated; the temples »colored like thole o f the turkey .; the head
and neck black. Bontius gfves us no further defcrjptionj.but
fays it feeds on the nutmegs, is good eating, and has an aromatic
tafte.' All thefe birds .are very detrimental to the-plantations o f
this rich fpice. M. Salerne, p. 91, fay.s it is kept tame, and is
very ufeful in deftroying the rats and miGe. He .confounds the
foecies tab. 283. PL Enl. with this kind; fee his figure, tab. ix.
p,E. T h e Moluccas have the Jhort-tailed pie -, Latbam, i. p. 399;
PL-Enl. 257.207; in form but not in color refembling that of
■Ceylon.
W o o d p e c k e r . Brown ; Latbam, ii. 577. PL. Enl. 748. 313. The-upper part p-f
the body, wings, and tail, o f a browniih -black waved with w hite;
beneath whit-iih, marked with irregular black foots pointing
■downwards; head full of feathers, dufky, and ilig-htly footted with
white; cheeks white : lize.of the foaaller Engl[fh footted woodpecker.
K in g f i s h e r . Pernate^ Latham, ii. 634. PI. Enl. ajt6. 330. The bill and legs.
■of this ;fine fpecies. are ioarlet; the head, upper part of-the peek,
the back and wings.ofa moftrioh mazarine blue;; from th:e:chin,td
the vent white; the tail-white,and equal at.theend ; the two mid'-
dle feathers only are longer than the ¡others by about fi-veiDcbes.-;
9 they
they áre only webbed near the bafe, which is white, marked on
the outward fides with a pale blue foot; the ihafts are naked, and
black almoft to the ends, which are white, and dilate to the form
o f a Spatula. This foecies is o f the fizeo f a fiare. The natives
of Pernate call this bird the Goddefs, on account o f the exquifite
brightnefs of its colors.
Green-beaded', Latham, ii. 620. PL P.nl. 783. Head green,
furrounded with a band of black; back, wings, and tail o f the
fame color; on the two laft changing to bluiih green; throat and
neck white : inhabits Buero.
Molucca', Latham, ii. 684. Le Polochion de Buffon, vi. 477., B e e - i a t e r .
cheeks black; nape mixed with white; general color of the reft
o f the plumage grey, deepeft on the upper part; tail compofed
o f feathers o f equal length.
Crejied-, Latbam, ii. 691. Seb. Muf.i. tab. 30. fig. -5. Head,' P r o m e r o p s .
throat, and neck o f a fine black; head moft elegantly crefted ;
wings, tail, and upper part o f the body pale chefnut; lower parts
light alh ; length from tip o f the bill to the tail five inches; of
the tail fourteen and a h a lf ; the two middle feathers fourteen,
of the outmoft feathers only three. Seb a calls it a Manucodiatee,
or bird o f Paradiie. *■ •
Amboina; Latbam, ii. 741. Seb. Muf. ii. tab. 62. fig. 2. Cucopit, c r e e e i r .
Rumph. v. 113. Head and neck yellow, edged with green ; breaft
.of a rich red ; wings black, edges o f the feathers yellow; reft
of the plumage, grey above, green beneath, all moft glofiy and
brilliant. This foecies has a tubular tongue, and extraéis with
it the honey o f the flowers. It perhaps might be ranged among
the Melifuga.
Amboina;