896 JAMAICA. 



Ing of a large fly, than the (kimming of a bird. They feem the con- 

 tiguous link which joins the bird and infe(5l fpecies. 



345. Blue Mackaw. 



Jamaica Parrot. 



Smaller-grren Parrot. 



Red-breasted Parroquet. 



Green Parroquet. 



Thcfe are all natives, and too generally known to need any de- 



f«.Tiption. 



344. Cabling Crow. 



This is a native. It is perfedly black, and about the fize of the 

 Englifli crow. It is remarkably fhy, and rarely heard or feen, except 

 in the lonely woods of the midland diflridts. When a flock of them 

 afiemble together, they are diverting enough to a traveler, with their 

 ftrange, noify gabble of guttural founds, which imitate fome human 

 languages, and are thought to have much the confufed vociferation 

 -Oi a parcel of Welfli folks cxercifing their lungs and tongues at a 

 grand fcolding match ; hence thefe birds have been nick-named the 

 IVdjlomen. The flruclure of their organs of voice adapt them pro- 

 bably to articulate words in a manner more correal and exad than any 

 of the parrot kind ; but they fliun the fociety of mankind with fo much 

 caution, that it would be no eafy matter to come at their young, and 

 train them up for the experiment. 



---'. QUADRUPEDS, 



345. Horse. 



The horfes here are of various breeds ; Morocco, Spanifli, Britifli, 

 and North American. They degenerate in bulk, but improve in 

 beauty of ftiape. The natives are, for the moft part, well-made, clean- 

 limbed, hardy, of great fpeed and ftrcngth, and fit either for draught 

 or faddle. Though their bones are flender, their finews are exceed- 

 ingly firm, fo that they are capable of drawing vo-y heavy coaches 

 with a furprizing activity, and of undergoing very long journies with 

 great expedition, and indifferent fare. They are fubje(ft to fewer 

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