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scarlet ; shoulders dotted with white. Five 
and a half inches long. 
erythrocephalus, (red-headed woodpecker,) head 
wholly red ; wings and tail black ; belly white. 
6 to 9 inches iong. 
major, (spotted woodpecker,) variegated with 
black and white ; vent and hind-head red. 9 
inches long. 
See MS. P. 
@—3. Pinna. Spec. 48. 
muricata, (sea-wing,) shell striate, with concave, 
ovate, acute scales. 3 to 9 inches long. 
See MS. P. 
2—2. Pipra. Spec. 31. 
rupicola, (manakin, rock-hen,) crest erect, edged 
with purple ; body saffron-colour ; tail-feathers 
truncate. 10 inches long. 
See MS. P. 
11—2. Pruananria. Spec. 47. 
Jusca, (eyed worm,) black-brown with a semipel- 
lucid whitish spot above the tail. Resembles 
a bloodsucker. 
gee. Mek. 
4—5. Puatryrus. Spec. 4. 
anatinus, (duck-bill,) body depressed, covered 
with soft fur, dark above, lighter beneath. 
See Ms. P. 
2—5. Puararea. Spec. 3. 
leucorodia, (spoonbill,) body white; chin blacks; 
hind-head subcrested. 2 feet long. 
See MS. P. 
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