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the plumage mixed white and black : the tail is fomewhat cunei- 

 form, and the wings, when clofed, reach to about the middle of 

 it : the legs are lead-colour. 



This fpecies inhabits Louijiana, and other parts of North Ame- Place. 



rka. 



RICE 

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J ENGTH nine inches. Bill an inch and a half long, black, Description. 



ftout, fharp, and a very little bent at the tip ; flat on the top 



towards the bafe, where it is rounded, and pafies far back on the 



forehead, and is there a little protuberant, like the former ones : 



the general colour of the plumage is black : the head, neck, and 



breaft, have a fine glofs of purple : the whole wing, and reft of 



the body, black : the tail confifts of twelve feathers, and was five 



inches in length, but had been longer, as the ends were fpoiled : 



the wings reach a little beyond the infertion of the tail : the legs 



were wanting. 



I found this in the collection of Mifs Blomefield; it was fup- Place, 



pofed to come from Cayenne. A label annexed gave it the name 



of Oifeau de Ris, de grojfe efpece, 



Oriblufl 



