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I have feen a few of thefe birds about the lagoons in St. George's ; but they are 

 very uncommon, and fe.dom obferved in any other part of the country. 



NUMENIUS I. Pttllus fubtus albiHus. 



The grey Plover, or Wag. tail. 



This bird is pretty common in Jamaica : it lives chiefly about lonely ponds ; and 

 is often feen near the more, in calm weather. 



ORDER 



I. 



Of fach as have large angular bills. 



ARDEA I. Major gr if ea criflata, capite nigro 



verlice & ciliis albicantibus. 



Ardea ccendea. SI. t. 264. f. 5. 

 Ardea crijlata. 



The grey crefted Gaulding, 



Cat 



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This bird is one of the largeft of the trib 



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the greafeft part of 



head is black; but the crown, and a little fpace about the eyes, is white ; and the 

 reft of the body of an even grey colour, except the long feathers of the I ack which 



moftly black in the middle and 



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The feath 



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; fome black, oth 

 This bird is not 



hite, few in number, and very 



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goons. It is fometimes ferved up at tabl 

 thought pretty good meat. 



and 

 like 



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chiefly about rivers at 



' wild fowl, and generally 



ARDEA 2. Plumbea crijlata, capite nigro, ver- 



tice albo. 

 Ardea cceruleo- nigra. Slo. H. 



The bill of this bird is very flrong, 



e head covered with black feathers ; but the crown, from 



The blue Gaulding, 



long and pointed, and the greateft parr of 



it throws out a long creft, is all whi 



f which 



as 



well as two- oblong ftreaks tint lie 



nder the ey 



nd run from 



opening of the j 



to 



difla 



the ears. All the reft of the body is of a lead-colour, except the ba* k 



moftly of a blacker h 



They live, like the foregoing 



fometimes ferved up at table, like other wild fowl 



fhypl 



beyond 



feathers 



es; and 



ARDEA 3. Subfufca major, collo & peffiore albo un-7 



dulatis. 

 An, Ardea fhatica colons ferruginei Barr. 



The CI 



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king- Hsn. 



This bird is pretty frequent in Jamaica-, but it keeps chiefly in the woods and 

 more lonely inland parts of the ifland. It is generally looked upon as the be/t wild 

 fowl in the ifland. 





ARDEA 4. Alba major. 



Ardea alba maxima. Slo. H. t. 266. & Barr 



The white Gaulding. 



APvDEA 5, Minor fabfufco-grifea, cruribus brevier i- 



bus. 



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aas 



Ardea pilaris miner, &c. Slo. Hi ft. t. 263. 

 ■ Ifpida Cat. t. 69. & Cancrofagns 7najor Barr. 



ARDEA 6. Minor fubgrifea albido fir lata, 



fufco' rufejeentibus. 



This is the fmalleft fpecies of the Crab-catcher \s\Jm 

 ftrong; the bodyftriped, and the wings of a lively brow 

 is very beautiful, and not above the fize of a pigeon. 



The Crab-catcher. 



The fmall red -winged 



Crab- catcher, 

 the bill is large 



and 

 The whole bird 



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