78 THE FEATHERED TRIBES. 



itself. No one, in fact, troubles it, for its flesh is quite unfit to eat, and it rarely ren- 

 ders itself obnoxious by attacking the domestic poultry. 



We give two other examples of birds included in the genus pohjhorus, one the falco 

 aqniliuHs of Gmelin, caUed by Buffon le petit aigle a gorge niie cVAim^rh/uc, the plumage 

 of Avliich is a black blue. It lives in troops in the forests of Guiana and Brazil. The 

 Creoles name it capitaine des gros-becs, because it has some resemblance to the toucans. 



Only two birds are known of the kind above mentioned : one in the Island of Mada- 

 gascar, the other at the Cape of Good Hope. With the haljits of these birds Ave have 

 yet to become acquainted. 



