628 BIRDS. PIES. Wattlet. 



590 3. Varied Ani. — Crotophaga •varia. 

 Is varied, with black and red. Lath. ind. orn. i. 149. n. 3. 



Crotophagus varius indicus. Gerin. orn. ii. 54. t. 192. 



Its place uncertain. — This fpecies meafures eleven inches long ; the bill is black, bent downwards, 

 and is weaker than in the other fpecies of the genus ; the head, throat, and breaft, the larger, and 

 the middle coverts of the wings, and the tail are black, the reft of the body being tawny red ; the 

 tail is long; the legs and feet are tawny brown. Gerini fays that this bird was formerly kept at Ver- 

 failes, whence a picture done from the life was fent to Florence ; it is fomewhat remarkable that this 

 circumftance fhould have efcaped BufFon. 



591 4. Walking Ani.— 3. Crotophaga ambulatoria. 2. 



The feet are formed for walking. 



Cr. ambulatoria. Lath. ind. orn. i. 149. n. 4. Borowfk. nat. ii. 102. n. 2. — Walking Ani. Lath, 

 fyn. i. 363. n. 3. 



Inhabits Surinam. — This fpecies refembles the Leffer Ani in every refpect except the ftructure of 

 its feet, having three toes forwards and one back toe, while all the other fpecies of the genus have 

 climbing feet; like the LefTer Ani likewife the tail has ten quill feathers. Mr Latham confiders this 

 as rather a doubtful fpecies. 



XII. WATTLET— 10. GLAUCOPIS. 



The bill is arched, and bent downwards ; the under mandible 

 being ihorter than the upper, and having flefhy wattles at 

 its bafe: The noftrils are depreffed, and almoit covered by 

 a fomewhat cartilaginous membrane : The tongue is fome- 

 what cartilaginous, its tip being fplit and fringed: The feet 

 have three fore toes and only one behind, being formed for 

 walking. 



59 2 1. Cinereous Wattlet. — 1. Glaucopis cinerea. 1. 



The only known fpecies. 



Callaeas cinerea. Lath. ind. orn. i. 149. n. 1. — Cinereous Wattle-bird. Lath. fyn. i. 364 n. 1. 

 t. 14. 



Inhabits New-zealand. — This bird is about the fize of a Jay, and meafures fifteen inches long ; it 

 walks moftly on the ground, and very feldom perches on trees ; it feeds on berries, infects, and even 

 preys on fmall bird's ; the voice is whittling and humming, being not unpleafant ; the flefh is excel- 

 lent. The bill is black ; the body is dark afh, with a black face ; the tail is long, wedge-like, and 



confifts 



