icp *SP ICY ISLANDS." 



HoRN-.rjLi.. Molucca \ Wil. Oniith. tab. xvii. PI. Enl. 283. 173; the Indian, 



Lathanh i* 35i> ^^i^h a flatted concave plate on the head and 

 hill ; and the ivreathed^ Latham, i. 358 ; the Jaar Vogel of the 

 Dutch, are. found on thefe iflands, and that of Banda. That 

 called the Indian raven of Bontius, defcribed by Mr. Willughby, 

 p. 12C, and engraven in tab. xvii. from Bontius, p. 62, is another 

 kind, with a very thick bill, the upper mandible greatly incur- 

 vated ; the temples colored like thole of the turkey ; the head 

 and neck black. Bontius gives us no further defcription ; but 

 fays it feeds on the nutmegs, is good eating, and has an aromatic 

 talte. All thefe birds are very detrimental to the plantations of 

 this rich fpice. M. Salerne, p. 91, fays it is kept tame, and is 

 very ufeful in deftroying the rats and mice. He confounds the 

 fpecies tab. 283. P/. Enl. with this kind ; fee his figure, tab. ix. 



Pie. The Moluccas have \.\\e JJjort-tailed pie \ Latham, i. p. ^gg ; 



Pi. En/. 257. 207 ; in form bift not in color refembling that of 

 Cey/on. 



Woodpecker. Brozvn \ Latham, ii. S77. PL Enl. 748. 313. The upper part of 

 the body, wings, and tail, of a brownifli black waved with white ; 

 beneath whitilli, marked with irregular black fpots pointing 

 downwards; head full of feathers, dufky, and flightly fpotted with 

 w hite ; cheeks white : fize of the fmaller Engli/h fpotted wood- 

 pecker. 



KiNGFisHi-R. Parnate ', Latham, ii. 634. PL Enl. 116. 350. The bill and legs 

 of this fine fpecies are fcarlet ; the head, upper part of the neck, 

 the back and wings of a moft rich mazarine blue ; from the chin to 

 the vent white ; the tail white, and equal at the end ; the two mid- 

 dle feathers only are longer than the othersby about five inches ; 

 9 they 



