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DescriPTions 
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DescriPrTion. 
PLACE AND 
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Le Merle roux de Cayenne, Buf. oi/. ili. p. 402.—Pl. enl. 644. f. y. 
IN fize this is rather fmaller than a Zare, and is fix inches and 
a half in length. The bill is nearly ftrait, except juft at 
the tip, and of a blackifh colour: the top of the head, and all 
the upper parts of the body, quills, and tail, are brown; but the 
wing coverts are black bordered with yellow: the forehead,: 
fides, above the eye, and all the under parts, from the chin to the 
vent, are rufous: the under tail coverts are white ; and the tail, 
which is two inches and a quarter in length, afh-colour: the legs 
are cinereous. 
Inhabits Cayenne. 
L’arada, Buf. of. iv. p. 4806 
Le Muficien de Cayenne, Pi. enl. 7060 26 
ENGTH four inches. Bill nearly ftrait, except a flight 
curve at the tip; colour black: the top of the head, and all 
the upper parts of the body, the wings, tail, and thighs, are 
rufous brown, tranfverfely ftriated with dufky or blackifh: the 
chin, fides under the eye, and throat,’ are rufous orange: on 
each fide of the neck, beneath the eye, a broad patch of black 
fpotted with white: the breaft, belly, and vent, dufky white: the 
tail one inch long: the legs are yellowith. 
This inhabits Cayenne, where it feeds on auts, and other infeés. 
It is a folitary bird, moft frequently being found perched fingly 
on a tree, never defcending but for the fake of its food. It is 
much regarded for its fong, which is fo fine as to entitle it to the 
name of Mu/fician among the inhabitants. It is faid firft to repeat 
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