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A. 



but the wings are rather roundifh, and ftreteh fcarcely beyond the rump 

 a pretty mufical note, and would probably prove a very agreeable biid ii 

 but it feeds chiefly upon ticks and other vermin. 



477 



It has 





XANTHORNUS i. Major, nigro varius 



The 1 ■ e Banana Bird: 



Idterus major, &c. Slo. H. 



The black-headed Idterus oj Edw. t. 77 



and Banana Bird of Cat. 

 app. t. 5. 



Roflrum longitudine digiti tncdii, conico-acutum, levifjime arcua m, ad / m 



_ _ _ * _ 



tjjiufculum leucoph 



ad op 



% 



bifida, ad later a quafi Jt 



am. Lingua ad ap 

 Corpus fuperne olivace f, / isluteu 



ad oculos, guiam & partem fuperiorem peclor'n nigrum 

 grte, remigibus fecundis a/bis. Aide ultra urcpigium ■; 



Caud 



■_ 



ales 



porrccl 







» 





XANTHORNUS 2. Minor, nig? 



nr 



Ba 



Bird 



Icterus 



&c 



Slo. H 



* 



Bird of Ediv. Part 5 



Banana 



Both thefe birds are very beautiful, and h,.ve a delicate fu 



t 



firft is chiefly brought from 



y 



bred 



the main, few haying 

 The fecond fpecies is a native of Jamaica } it builds its neft of the fib 



in the ifland 



f the Renealmia. and han^s it from the mod extended branches of the 



ft 



bettei 

 oufly 

 ftria 



fpecially fuch as Iprt. 1 over rivers or ponds, if any lie conveni ftf, the 



?s and young from the fnakes. The neft is curi- 

 as ii it had been made of horfe-ha 



to iecure both its eg 



nffi- woven, and look 



r: bu 



upon 



the fibres are found branched, which (hews it to be made of 



fome vegetable fubftance, as we have already mentioned ; and I know of none that 

 anfwer the appearance except thofe of the Rencalmia and Ufnea, which grow both 

 naturally in this country. 



fee thefe birds in cages in Jamaica, tho' fach as might be efteemed 



It 



the fineft aviaries in the 



but there, they 



than Bonana birds 



nd not fo much regarded as the common fparrow that hauls his bucket 









S 



E 



C 



T. 



VII. 



Of 



whofe bills are of a length 



long, 



1 



idle 



gits 



? 



hailng long 



partly naked thigh 



'd divided cla 



a? 



id 



tho th 



oey 



-jotm 



living chiefly in watery 



Note, Though the claws are divided in all the individuals of this clufs, the two 



outward digits are generally webbed a little at the bafe. 







• 



ORDER 





Of fuch as have Jong Jlender bills. 





T 





R I N G A 1. Pulla maculis minor ibus 



ndis albis 



gata 



Ibicant 



The Sn 



pe 



Roflrum cylindraceum teretiufculum reflum, d 



6 







med. 



tillo b 



Lingua gracilis 



ungue 





bus ad imum membrand conneclis. Crura I 



Pedes quadridaftyli, dig 



'& 





This bird is not uncommon 



th 



about pond 



and feeds on worms and fmall grain. 



lands after heavy rains ; it lives chiefly 





TRINGA 2. Subcinerea, ventre a lb i do, collo 



albo nigro marginato cinfto. 



anulo\Thc larger grey Snipe 



with a white neck. 



/ 



6 G 



I have 













