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The great bat called the Ternate, N° 495 ; the Cordatedy 

 N° 499; Schreber, tab. 48; and the Molucca^ N° 508, a lafge- 

 headed fpecies, Scbreber, tab. 41, deform, I may fay, the fpicy 

 air of thefe countries. 



This clafs is numerous, and of lingular beauty; for want of 

 further information I muft at once pafs to the parrot tribe. 



Here are three fpecies of cockatoos; a great one, defcribed 

 by Mr. Latham, i. 256. PL Enl. 263. 115. Rail. Syn. Av. 30. 

 IVil. Orn. 112. tab. 15. This is as big as a common fowl, wholly 

 white, except the quil and lateral feathers of the tail, which are 

 fulphur colored. 



The next is the red crejled\ Latham, i. 257. PL EjiL ^(^'8. 

 116. Edzv. tab. 160. The under part of the creft is red ; the reft 

 of the plumage white. 



The third is the le/fer ivbite; Latham, i. 258. PL EnL 14. 118. 

 Edw. '^I'j. This has the under part of the creft fulphur colored, 

 and is lefs and more docile than the preceding. Thefe birds are 

 found in infinite numbers in all the iflands, and deafen people 

 with their fcreams ; yet ftill, by their fnowy plumage, give great 

 fpirit to the gloom of the woods. 



Gramineous Loeri', Latham, ui-jg. PA £«/. 862. 132. Theleaft 

 brilliant of any ; the crown and primaries pale blue ; a black ftripe 

 from each eye to the bill ; all the reft of the plumage green. 



There are feveral other elegant birds, I poffibly might add to 

 thisdivifion; but as they are given by ornithologifts to other iflands, 

 I here omit them, notwithftanding my fufpicions are ftrongly 



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Parrots. 



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