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117. 
Var, A. 
DiscripTion. 
118. 
ALARUM THR. 
DESCRIPTION. 
FEMALE. 
PLace ann 
MaNnNERSe 
Tite RU US SHH: 
Le Tetema, Buf. oif. vol. iv. p. 475.—P/. el. 821. 
IZE of the laft; from which it differs in that the whole of the 
under parts, as well as thofe above, are of a dark brown; but 
the back part of the head and neck are of a deep rufous. The 
bill is partly the fame; but the legs are paler in colour. 
This is found with the laft; and Buffou fuppofes this to be the 
male and the former the female. 
° 
Le Grand Béfroi, Buf. oi/. iv. p. 470. pl. 22.—Pi. eal. 706. f. 14 
Lev. Mu/. 
-ENGTH fix inches and a half. Bill black above, white be- 
neath, and rather ftout, fomewhat bent near the end: the 
colour of the plumage is brown above, and white beneath, marbled 
with dufky on the breaft: the tail is fixteen lines long, and even 
at the end: legs pale lead-colour, and an inch and a half in 
length. | 
The female is bigger than the male, and the individuals differ 
much in colour from one another. 
This bird inhabits Cayenne; and has a remarkable cry, to be 
heard morning and evening, very loud and piercing, like the 
lavum of a clock, for about an hour each time. This perhaps 
may be thought the call of love, which in the colder climates is 
obferved in the breeding feafon ; but, as Buffon juftly remarks, 
will not be confined to times or feafons in the warmer regions, 
being lefs fixed than in colder ones; whence their having this note 
at all times of the year may be accounted for. This is efteemed 
good food. 
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