^6 MANILLA ISLANDS. 



The Civet Weefcl, i. N* 274. The fi>ecies which produces the 

 perfume is a native of thefe illands ; and the Foffanc^ N° 280, is 

 another fpecies of fpotted Weefel. 



The Dugung is a fpecies of IValriis which inhabits thefe feas ; 

 as yet we are acquainted with only the head. 



Dampier* mentions a Manatee, which does not weigh above 

 iix hundred weight ; but he commends the flefh as being very 

 fweet. 



Birds. The Birds are all enumerated in the Faunula of my Indian 



Zoology^ and may be known by their trivial names, and re- 

 ferences to M. Sonnerat ; yet I (hall mention a few diftinguillied 

 by beauty, or any ftriking property. 



The White Turtle, Sonnerat, Voy. N. Guinea, tab. 20, is of a 

 moft glofly whitenefs, with a blood-red fpot on the breaft, as if it 

 had received a flab in that part. The ^ail of Luconia, tab. 24, 

 is the leaft of the genus, being only four inches long. 



The Shrike, tab. 25, flies fwiftly in the air, and can balance 

 itfelf like a fwallow; is an inveterate enemy to the raven, which 

 it never fails to attack, and in the end to put to flight. 



The Antique Shrike, tab. 114, is Angular for the great hook 

 of its upper mandible hanging far over the lower. 



Parrots are very numerous, and of various fpecies ; they en- 

 liven the woods with their brilliant colors, and deafen people by 

 their cries. 



The Jacana, tab. 45, is moft remarkable, not only by the 

 vaft length of toes and clavvs, charadters of the genus, but by the 



* Voyages, i. p, 321. 



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