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1777- for the want of others by the flrength and melody of its 



< w ' notes, which fill the woods at dawn, in the evening, and at 



ihe breaking up of bad weather. 



The other land birds are rails, as large as a pigeon, of a 

 variegated grey colour, with a rufty neck ; a black fort with 

 red eyes, not larger than a lark; large violet-coloured coots, 

 ■with red bald crowns ; tv/o forts of fly-catchers ; a very 

 fmall fvvallow ; and three forts of pigeons, one of which is 

 le ramter cuivre of Monf. Sonnerat * ; another, half the fize 

 of the common fort, of a light green on the back and wings, 

 with a red forehead ; and a third, fomewhat lefs, of a purple 

 brown, but whitifh underneath. 



Of water- fowl, and fuch as frequent thefea, are the ducks 

 feen at Annamooka, though fcarce here; blue and white 

 herons; tropic birds; common noddies; white terns; anew 

 fpecies of a leaden colour, with a black crefl; a fmall blu- 

 ilh curlew; and a large plover, fpotted with yellow. Be- 

 fides the large bats, mentioned before, there is alfo the com- 

 mon fort. 



The only noxious or difguding animals of the reptile or 

 infect tribe, are fea fnakes, three feet long, with black 

 and white circles alternately, often found on fhore ; fome 

 fcorpions, and centipedes. There are fine gxt(^n guanoes, a foot 

 and a half long ; another brown and fpotted lizard, about a 

 foot long; and two other fmall forts. Amongft the other in- 

 fects are fome beautiful moths; butterflies; very large fpiders; 

 and others; making, in the whole, about fifty different forts. 



The fea abounds with fifli, though the variety is lefs than 

 might be expected. The mofl frequent forts are mullets; 



* J oyagt (■ la Nouvclle Guinee, Tab. CII. 



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