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The Natural Hiftory of }AM AIC A. 
Neck, and by the Eyes yellow, the Breaft yellow with brown Spots, and 
the Belly white, the Feet and Legs an Inch and a quarter long, cover’d 
with brown Scales, the Toes four, three before and one behind, that in 
the middle before is half an Inch long, the Joints from without inward 
four, three, and two, within the Toes it was yellow. 
There is another Sort, or Variety of this Bird, which is only not fo 
yellow, in every thing elfe being the fame. 
The Stomach of this Bird is very mufcular, having a thin, fepara- 
ble, and infenfible Membrane, it was altogether empty, the Circum- 
volutions of the Guts were many. 
They are found about the Town of St. Fago de la Vega, among the 
Bufhes very often. 
XLIV. Mafcicapa e caruleo, cinereo, fufco G luteo varia. Raj. fyn. 
p- 186. 
This {mall Bird was four Inches long from the end of the Bill to 
that of the Tail, and eight from the Tip of one Wing to that of the 
other extended. The Bill was round, black, half an Inch long, having two 
Apertures for the Noftrils. The upper part of the Head, Neck, and 
Back was of a bluifh and grey Colour and Downy, the Wings and 
Tail, which was two Inches long, brown and white intermixt, under the 
Chaps and Neck yellow, of each fide of the Neck black and white, the 
Breaft and Belly were white, with fome black Spots towards their Sides. 
The Feet and Legs were an Inch and a quarter long, cover’d with 
brown Scales. Ithad four Toes, three before, that in the middle half 
an Inch long, and all had crooked fmall brown Claws. 
They are found with the former, 
XLV. Mafcicapa pallide fufca. Tab. 265. Fig. 2. Raij. fya. p. 186. 
The Worm-Eater. 
This Bird was five Inches long from the end of the Bill to that of 
the Tail, and about twice as much from Wing to Wing extended, its 
Bill was more than half an Inch long, fharp, round and ftreight, of a lighe 
brown Colour, the Head, Back, Wings and Tail, were of a light browa 
Colour, above and below the Eyes it had two Streaks of a dark brown 
Colour; likewife under the Chaps, the Breaft, and Belly, more of a mixt 
Colour, partly brown and partly Snuff-colour, or almoft like the Breafts 
of the Larks in Earove. Its Feet and Legs were an Inch and an half long, 
its Toes four, three before and one behind, with fmall Claws to them, 
the middlemott of thofe before being the longeft, was half an Inch long. 
It was takenina Gully near Captain Draxes’s Plantation, intangled 
with the Seeds of Fingrigo under the Trees, fo that it could not fly, and 
is found. inthe South-fide of the [land of famasca likewife. 
XLVI. Ocnanthe fufco lutea minor. Rai. [yn. p. 186. 
This Bird was four Inches long from the end of the Bill to that of 
the Tail, and it was eight Inches long from the end of one Wing to 
the end of the other extended, its Bill was ftreight, brown, round, not 
very fharp, having two Noftrils towards the Head pretty large. The 
upper parts of the Head and Back were of a yellowifh brown Colour, 
the Wings and Tail brown, with fome white Streaks, the Tail an Inch 
and 
