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From the Cape of Good Hope. In the collection of Mifs 

 Blomefield. At Sir Jof. Banks's there is alfo one of thefe from the 

 fame place, which, befides the other markings, has a flreak of 

 white on the wing,, parallel to the edge- 



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Description. 



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 PACIFIC 



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Lev. Muf. 



T ENGTH eight inches and three quarters. Bill an inch long, 

 not much curved, and the notch rather fmall ; the colour of 

 it brown:: the top of the head greenifh brown : upper parts of 

 the body olive brown : fides of the head the fame, but much 

 darker : throat and breaft afh-colour ; paleft down the fhafts : 

 belly pale yellowifh brown : vent dufky : the whole of the outer; 

 edge of the wing, and the greater quills, are black ; the 

 Second quills are black brown, margined with dufky white : tail 

 brown : legs the fame : claws black. 



Inhabits the Friendly IJles in the South Sta. This fpecimen from. 

 'Tonga 'Taboo.. 



T ARGER than a Houfe-fparrow : length eight inches. The 

 bill three quarters of an inch long, flightly curved, emar- 

 ginated, and of a dufky hue : general colour of the plumage. 

 black : the head and neck gloiTed with green ; the feathers of 

 both very narrow : belly, quills, and tail, dufky ; the laft even at 

 the end, and three inches in length : legs black ; three oblique 

 fegments on the fhins : toes divided nearly to their origin ; mid- 

 dle toe very long j the hind toe is alfo long, but all the claws of 

 a moderate fize. < 



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