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the upper parts of the bodyj and inclining to yellow beneath : the 

 quills are brown, with the outer edges rufous : the wings, when 

 folded, reach to within one inch of the end of the tail, which is 

 three inches long : the toes are feparated to their origin : and the 

 hind claw ftouter than the others. 

 Place * Inhabits Buenos Ayres. Buffon thinks this to be an intermediate 



fpecies between the Promerops and the Guepier, as it has not the 

 outer toe joined to the middle almoft the whole length, like the 

 laft; and yet it has the toes longer, and the tail fhorter,. than the 

 Promerops-. 



20. Le Polochion, Buf. oif. vi. p. 477-.- 



MOLUCCA Ltv . Muf. 



B. J 



Description. < > "T a HIS bird is about the fize of a Cuckow, and weighs five* 

 ounces : it is fourteen inches in length. The bill is very 

 pointed, two inches long, notched near the tip ; the coloua 

 blackifh : noflrils near the middle of the bill, pervious, and co-- 

 vered with a membrane at the back part : the tongue is as long 

 as the bill, terminated with a pencil of hairs : the eyes are fur- 

 rounded with a naked fkin : the cheeks are black: the hind part 

 of the head mixed with white : the feathers of the forehead form 

 an angle backwards : the tips of fome of the throat feathers filky : 

 the general colour of the plumage is grey, deepeft on the upper 

 parts, and lighter! beneath : the tail is five inches and two-thirds 

 in length, and con fifts of twelve feathers, all of which are equal,* 

 except the outer ones, which are a trifle fhorter : the outer toe is 

 united at the bafe to the middle one : and the hind claw is. much 

 larger than the others : colour of the legs dufky. 



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