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of the carrion crows. The Spaniards have also 

 observed it ; for, through all the Spanish Main, he 

 is called Eey de Zamuros, King of the Vultures. 

 The many species of Owls, too, have not been no- 

 ticed; and no mention made of the Columbine 

 tribe. The prodigious variety of Water Fowl on 

 the sea-shore has been but barely hinted at. 



There, and on the borders and surface of the 

 inland waters, in the marshes and creeks, besides 

 the flamingos, scarlet curlews, and spoonbills, al- 

 ready mentioned, will be found Greenish-Brown 

 Curlews, Sandpipers, Rails, Coots, Gulls, Peli- 

 cans, Jabirus, Nandapoas, Crabiers, Snipes, Plov- 

 ers, Ducks, Geese, Cranes, and Anhingas; most 

 of them in vast abundance ; some frequenting only 

 the sea-coast, others only the interior, according 

 to their different natures ; all worthy the attention 

 of the naturalist, all worthy of a place in the cab- 

 inet of the curious. 



Should thy comprehensive genius not confine 

 itself to birds alone, grand is the appearance of 

 other objects all around. Thou art in a land rich 

 in botany and mineralogy, rich in zoology and 

 entomology. Animation will glow in thy looks, 

 and exercise will brace thy frame in vigour. The 

 very time of thy absence from the tables of hetero- 

 geneous luxury will be profitable to thy stomach, 

 perhaps already sorely drenched with Londo- 

 Parisian sauces, and a new stock of health will 

 bring thee an appetite to relish the wholesome 

 food of the chase; never-failing sleep will wait 

 on thee at the time she comes to soothe the rest of 

 animated nature; and, ere the sun's rays appear 

 in the horizon, thou wilt spring from thy ham- 



