^i(i LAND OF PAPUAS, or NEW GUINEA. 



jijercing, and the note having feme fimilitiide to the word Lori-: 

 they learn to fpeak with amazing faciUty, and will repeat words 

 even at the firft hearing. They are alfo to an individual natives 

 of the Molucca illes or Nczv Guinea. 



Crow. Ne\i' Guinea', Dampier's Voy. i'n. jSj; with the ontfideof the 



feathers black, tlicir infides white ; in lize and form refembling 

 the Engli/Jj crows, and the white color imperceptible, unlefs the 

 feathers are examined, hihabits Fulo Sabuda^ an ifle on the 

 coaft of AVzy Guinea. 



Jackdaw. Barred ; Cboucas de laNouvelle Guinee ; de Buffon, iii. So. PL 



Enl. 629. Latbami i. 381 : with a ftrong black bill ; from the 

 forehead a black rtroke paffcs beneath, and beyond each eye; 

 head, neck, and upper part of back cinereous; breaft, belly, 

 lower part of back, and rump, white barred with black ; tail, 

 wings, and legs black ; length near thirteen inches. Inhabits 

 New Guinea ; has the appearance of a Jackdaw. 



Grey, Le cboueari de la N. Guinee-, de Buffon, iii. 81. PL Enl. 

 630 : with a fmall black fpot beginning at the bill, and furround- 

 ing the eyes ; head, neck, wings, back, and tail of a deep cine- 

 reous grey, declining into dirty white on the breaft and belly ; 

 legs cinereous ; length above eleven indie's : found in New 

 Guinea. 



ROLLER. Pied; Latbam, i. 415. PL Enl. 628. The bill ftrong and 



thick; head, neck, and upper part of the hack black; primaries 

 and tail black, and moft remote tei tial ; the exterior feathers 

 of the laft tipt with white ; reft of the plumage white ; length 

 thirteen inches.c 



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