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brown : back and rump the fame j each feather tipped with a 

 rufous fpot : on each feather of the throat and neck is a tranf- 

 verfe brownifh line near the end: the under tail coverts are ru- 

 fous : quills grey brown, edged with rufous, and a fpot of the 

 fame at the tips : tail near fix inches long, much cuneated ; the 

 outer feathers only half the length of the middle ones ; colour of 

 it the fame as the quills ; fome of the upper coverts reach to near 

 two-thirds of the length of the tail : the legs are afli-colour : 

 claws greyifh brown. 

 Place. Inhabits Cayenne. 



A Variety. Buffon mentions a variety of this by the name of Rail-bird* . 



It is much the fame in fize, but has lefs rufous, being grey in the 

 place of that colour: the fide tail feathers have white tips : the 

 throat pale grey: under the body white: the tail a trifle longer 

 than in the other. Whether a variety or different fex not 

 known. 

 Places. This is common at Cayenne and Guiana \ and is feen often 



perched upon gates and rails, whence its name ; and when in this 

 fituation continually moves its tail. Thefe are not very wild 

 birds, yet do not form themfelves into troops, although numbers 

 are often found in the fame diftritt : nor do they frequent the 

 thick woods like many of the genus. 



The firfr. of thefe I am in poffeflion of, but the Variety I have 

 never feen. I am clear that my fpecimen totally differs from the 

 following, both in length and fize, however the defcriptions may 

 feem to coincide. 



* Qi/tau des Barrieres, 



LENGTH 



