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body rufous, the under yellowifh: both above and beneath marked 

 with tranfverfe dufky ftripes t wings and tail plain rufous : the 

 tail about four inches long, cuneiform, the outer feather one inch 

 and a half fhorter than the middle ones 5. all of them have the fhafts 

 projecting beyond the end of the feather about one-fixth of an 

 inch, and fharp-pointed : the legs are one inch and a quarter in 

 length, and with the claws are dufky black. 

 -Placi, This inhabits the interior parts of Guiana, where it climbs the 



trees in the manner of the Woodpecker ; which circumftance oc- 

 eafions the inhabitants to blend it with thofe kind of birds 

 without diftinction. Buffon feems at a lofs where to place this 

 ipecies, and thinks it holds place between the Woodpecker and 

 Creeper genus, calling it Pic-Grimpereau. However the manners 

 alone may incline one to this opinion, the fhape and make of the 

 whole bird do not favour the fuppofition : I have ventured there- 

 fore to rank it with the Grakles, as it appears to have many 

 things in common with that tribe. 



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