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Ground Parrot, Pfittacus formofus, Latham, index, i. 103. 

 Nat. Mifc. tab. 228. The color is a fine yellowifli green, beauti- 

 fully barred and fpotted with black; taillong, lliarply cuneiform, 

 ofa rich jonquil yellow, fafciated with very numerous bars ot jet 

 black. On the front, juft above the beak, a fmall patch of orange- 

 red ; beak dufky ; legs pale brown ; ftruflure of the feet re- 

 markable, viz. much longer, and more delicate than thofe of 

 any other parrot, and one of the hinder claws long and fliarp, 

 not much unlike that of a lark. 



Never perches on trees, but conftantly runs about amongft 

 fedges. Sec. and is known by our people in New Holland, by 

 the title of the Ground Parrot, and is reckoned part of the 

 game of the country. 



Pfittaceous Hornhill, Phillip, 165. tab. 29. Latham, index, i. Scythrops; 

 141. This is a new genus formed by Mr. Latham: fize of a 

 raven ; bill very much arched and carinated ; orbits naked, ca- 

 runculated. Head, neck, and body, beneath, of a pale grey ; 

 above, with the wings and tail, cinereous lead color; tail crofTed 

 near the end with a black band. 



Ne-iv Hol'and, Lath. Syn. vli. p. 72. The bill convex, cari- Horn-eill. 

 nated, and very gibbons at the bafe, covered with a bare fkin ; 

 orbits naked, wrinkled, cinereous ; plumage in general dulky; 

 fliafts of the wings dufky above, white beneath; fize of a 



Jay. 



South Sea Raven, Lath. Syn. i. p. 369. 2. Lidsx, i. 151. Pin- Crow. 

 mage entirely black, feathers on the chin of a fingular loole 

 texture. 



Carrion, Br. Zool. i. N° 75, is found in Nero Holland, and is 



mo!^ remarkably fhy. 



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