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black, two inches in length, of a fquare form, a trifle incurvated, 

 and fharp at the point : irides blue : the plumage in general, on 

 the upper part of the body, is of a molt brilliant green, glofled 

 with copper and gold in different lights : the chin white : the 

 belly, throat, and vent, rufous : the tail compofed of ten fea- 

 thers, and cuneiform in fhape ; the two middle ones are three 

 inches and a quarter long ; the outer ones very Ihort : the legs 

 are of a greenifh yellow, very Ihort and weak : claws black. 



Some of thefe birds have the throat rufous, as well as the belly, 

 and in others the chin is yellowifh, inftead of white. 

 Places and This fpecies is found both in Guiana and Brafil, in the moiflt 



woods, which it prefers to the more dry fpots, for the fake of 

 infects, on which it feeds. It is ieldom feen except Angle, as it 

 is a very folitary bird, keeping for the moll part in the thicken; 

 parts; its flight quick, but fhort ; perches on branches of a 

 middling height, where it fits all ' night, and frequently part 

 of the day, without ftirring. Though thefe birds are folitary) 

 yet they are far from fcarce, as many may be met with. 



They are faid to have a Ihort and agreeable note *. 



The natives of Guiana call this bird Venetore, and the Creoles, 

 Cslibri dcs grands his. At Brafil their flefli is eaten by fome. 

 That figured in the Genera of Birds, feems a Variety; it has lefs 

 green on the back, and the bread, belly,, and part of the back, of a 

 variable copper-colour. 



Mr. Pennant fays, that his bird was of the fize of a Lark, other- 

 wife one might have fufpected it to be the next fpecies.. 



* H:ft. des -tif. 



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