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The fecond fpecies is found on the Malabar coaft. The 

 acceflbry bill is oblong, convex at top, and rounded at each 

 end. 



The '2>^Q'f3X^x qI Coromandel^ Sonnerat ^ ii. tab. cix. is ren:iark- Bee-eater. 

 able for its almoft uniform pale yellow color. 



In" this country are four f[:)ecies of partridges; my friend Partridges. 

 Mr. Latham^ or Sonnerat, muft be confulted for their defcrip- 

 tions. The Indian, Sonnerat, ii. tab. xcvi. Latba7n, iv. p. 752. 

 The Gingi, So7in. p. 169. Lathajn, iv. p. 773. Pondicherry, Sonn. 

 p. 165, and the little quail of Gingi, Sonn. ii. p. 172. Latham.^ 

 iv. 789. The colors, or their difpofitions, is in moll of them 

 very elegant. 



Among aquatic birds are the common crane, Br. ZgoL ii. Crane. 

 App. p. 534, and the beautiful Indian crane, Edw. tab, 45. The 

 Coroma?idel heron, a fmall M'hite fpecies, with the back of the 

 head and neck, and fore part of the neck of a fine pale yellow ; 

 and finally, the violet heron, Latham^ v, 97. P/. Enl. tab. 906, 

 in length about three feet, entirely of a bluifli black, glofTed 

 with violet, except the fpace from the eyes to the breaft, which 

 is of a fnowy whiten efs. 



Le Bec-ouvert of Pondicherry, PI. Enl. tab. 932, and that of Bec-owert. 

 Coro7nandel, Sonn. ii. tab. cxxii. Latham, v. 83, are common on 

 this coaft. They do not exceed fifteen inches in length : the firft 

 is wholly white, except the back, and the primaries and feconda- 

 ries, which are black : the other has a white back, the cro\vn 

 fpotted with black, and chin, and fpace betv\'een the bill and 

 eyes, of the fame color : the bill is the character of the genus. 

 It is long, like the herons, but from the tip half way its length. 



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