364 FOREIGN BIRDS. 



There was also the sawing bird Phytotoma (^^) 



Those harshest of all notes, repeating Ra, Ra. 



With the fine English-Lady, (^*) so named by 



French taste, 

 TheVuLTURE was honoured — the assembly was grac'd. 



lays five dusky eggs with black spots; it is gregarious, and, in 

 bleeding time, sings deliglitfuUy ; iniiabits North America. 



For another Oriole, the Cowpen, see page 3S7 j see also for- 

 vvaidf — the Weaver-Oriole. 



Most of the Oriole tribe are called Troupioles, or Troupiales, by 

 many French naturalists: they are also called Troupioles by 

 Waterton. 



(33) Order, Passeres, (Lath.) Plant-Cutter, the Chili, 

 (he Abyssinian. 



The genus Phytotoma, (LaiA.) or Plant-Cutter, consists 

 of two species, one of which, the Kara, Chili-Plant-Cutter, 

 or Sawing'bird , has the bill conic, straight, serrate; nostrils 

 oval; tongue short, obtuse; feet four-toed ; the bill is thick, 

 half an inch long, and toothed on each side like a saw ; body 

 above dusky-ash, beneath paler ; quill and tail-feathers spotted 

 with black; nearly the size of a quail; has a harsh inter- 

 rupted cry, jRa, Ra, whence its specific name ; feeds on fresh 

 vegetables, which it cuts down near the roots with its bill as 

 with a saw ; a pest to gardens ; builds in high shady trees ; 

 eggs white, spotted with red ; inhabits Chili. 



The other species is the Abyssinian-Plant-Cutter, called 

 by .Linna3us Loxia tridactyla, or Three-toed-Grosbeak ; it is 

 the size of the common-grosbeak, but has only three toes. 



(3*) Order, Ficje, (Linn.) Curucui, English-Lady. 



The genus Trogon, (Linn.) or Curucui, consists of ten 



species, all natives of warm climates, chiefly Brazil ; they are 



named Curucui from the similarity of that sound to their voice ; 



the bill is shorter than the head, sharp-edged, hooked, th e man- 



