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BIRD S. 



nipe black ftriped with white j between the bill and eye a yellow 

 fpot ; hind part of the neck, back, and wings brown ; the laft 

 marked tranfverfely with a yellow ftripe ; brealt and belly pale 

 yellow ; tail very Ihort, black tipt with white. Va?i Diemen's 

 Land. 



Spotted, NaturaliJIs Mifcel. vol. iii. tab. iii. The head, nape, 

 wings, and tail black, elegantly fpotted with circular white fpots ; 

 over the eyes a white line ; cheeks and fides of the neck marked 

 with a bed of blue grey, barred downward with dufky ; throat 

 yellow ; belly of a Hill paler color"; back brown ; coverts of the 

 tail crimfon : a moft elegant fpecies. 



Crejled, Phillip, i. p. 270. tab. 42. This is of fombre colors like Goat-sucker 

 the European, bnt diveriified : its great diftin<5lion is an upright 

 creft of long briftles, riling from the bafe of the bill. The length 

 of this fpecies is nine inches and a half. 



STRUTHIOUS. 



Ne'U) Holland, Phillip, p. 271. tab. 43. IVhite, p. 129. tab. i. La- Caslsowary. 

 tham, index, ii. 665. This is a new fpecies, feven feet high ; the 

 crown flat ; the head and neck thinly befet with Ihort fetaceous 

 feathers, longeft on the hind part of the head, forming a fort of 

 crell ; throat rather naked, carunculated, and of a bluiili color ; 

 legs very fcaly, and the hind part regularly ferrated ; on each 

 foot three toes flanding forward ; wings fo (liort as fcarcely to 

 be feen, and without quill feathers. The plumage on the body 

 is a little curled, and of a brown and grey color ; each feather is 

 doul.'le or united at the bafe ; it is not an uncommon bird in this 

 country ; runs fo fwiftly that no greyhound can overtake it ; the 

 fleHi is faid to tafte like beef. 



AQUATIC. 



