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arched, and has a narrow ridge at the top : 

 the eyes are black : the irides are red : the 

 jaws are triangular : the tongue is every where 

 equally broad, narrow, and lacerated towards 

 the tip : the nojlrils are round and naked : 

 the head and neck are brownifh : the breajl, 

 belly, and tail are white, and fomewhat green- 

 ifli : the wings are green on the upper fide ; 

 the upper margin, the extremities, and the 

 under fide are ferrugineous : the back, the 

 throat, and the tail are blue : it has twenty- 

 one quill feathers : of the twelve feathers in 

 the tail the two middlemofl are the largeft : 

 the legs and feet are aih-coloured and naked : 

 it has three fore-toes and one back-toe. This 

 fpecimen is preferved in the Mufeum Vpfalienfe. 



Several infefls, particularly butterflies, 

 Jlew about us on all fides j but it was their 

 good fortune that we flayed no longer on more. 

 I only caught an Apis rufa, thorace antice linea 

 alba, abdomine fufco ; and fome black ants. 

 The latter were frequent in the trees. 



TuEfiying-boats or prcas of the Java people 

 were pulled on fhore and carried into the woods, 

 left the great heat of the fun mould fpoii 

 them : they are (harp aad very narrow, with 



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