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fide of the wings is black, but their under part is of a very 

 fine and fhaded green ; it has a very beautiful creft on its 

 head ; its throat and breall are of fine fcarlet ; the wing- 

 feathers are very long, and very beautifully variegated with 

 feveral colours. The Indians efteem the feathers of this 

 bird more valuable than gold ; they drefs up the images of 

 their gods with them. Ray's Ornithol. p. 303. 



TZANGjE, among the Jncicnts, a kind of Parthian 

 garments, according to fome ; but others will have them to 

 have been (hoes fet with precious (tones, formed into the 

 figure of eagles, and defigr.ed for the emperor's ufe. 



TZANI, in Ancient Geography, a people of Afia, in the 

 vicinity of Armenia. According to Procopius, they were 

 formerly independent, and lived a favage life ; worfhipping 

 birds and other anima'.s, and inhabiting mountains covered 

 with thick and dark forefls. They paid no regard to agri- 

 culture, and had neither corn nor paftures, fo that the cul- 

 ture of the foil was wholly negletled. They had no re- 

 ilraint on their liberty, till they loft it under Jult'iiian, to 

 whom they voluntarily furrendered themfelves. In procefs 

 of time they embraced Chriftianity, which produced a total 

 change in their manners and habits. They afterwards ferved 

 ia the Roman armies. Juitinian contributed, by the regu- 

 lations which he introduced, to civilize them. But fome au- 

 thors fay, that at this day the Tzanians have no kind of re- 

 ligion ; that they have neither temples, nor altars, nor priefts, 

 nor any worlhip. 



TZANPAU, in Ornithologyy the name of an American 

 bird defcribed by Nieremberg, and famous for the modu- 

 lations of its voice, and is by many elteemed the female of 

 tht; po/yglotta avis, or cenconllalolli of the Indians. 



TZAREVAGOR, in Geography, a town of Ruffia, 

 in the government of Tobollk, on the Tobol ; 28 miles 

 S.E. of Okunevflc. N. lat. 55' 20'. E. long. 64'^ 34'. 



TZAREVOKOKCHAI.sk, a town of Ruffia, in the 

 government of Kazan ; 68 miles N.W. of Kazan. N. lat. 

 54° 50'. E. long. 47"^ 54'. , „ ^ . , 



TZAREVOSANGURSK, a town of RufTia, in the 

 government of Viatka ; 100 miles S.W. of Viatka. N. 

 lat. si° 8'. E. long. 47° 54'. 



TZARI, a town of the principality of Georgia, in the 

 province of Kaket ; 95 miles S.E. of Teflis. 



TZARITZIN, a town of Ruflla, in the government of 

 Saratov, on tlie Volga, defended by a ditch and rampart, 

 with artillery and a confiderable garrifon ; 1 80 miles S. of 

 Saratov. N. lat. 48° 35'. E. long. 44° 34'.' 



TZEKINSKOI, a fortrefsof Ruffia, in the government 

 of Irkutdc, on the borders of China ; 100 miles W.S.W. of 

 Selenginfk. 



TZEPHETH. See Safad. 



TZERIMISH, a horde of taVtars, pretty numerous, in 

 the neighbourhood of Kazan. 



TZERNA, a river of Romania, which runs into the 

 Mariza, near Tzernitz. 



TZERNITZ, a town of European Turkey, in Romania, 

 near the Tzerna ; 32 miles N.N.E. of Adrianople. 

 TZERVINKA. See Zervinka. 



TZETZES, John, in Biography, a Greek poet and 

 grammarian, flourilhed in the twelfth century, and was dil- 

 tingui(hed by his talents, natural and acquired, and particu- 

 larly by a retentive memory, infomuch that he had the whole 

 Scriptures by heart. He was the author of " Allegories 

 on Homer," and of " Mifcellaneous Hiftories," in thirteen 

 chiUads, written m that lax kind of verfe which is called po- 

 litieal, or popular. The charafteriftics of this poet, (ays 

 one of his biographers, appear to be tedioulnefs and ind- 

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pidity with arrogance. As a critic, he gave fcholia upon 

 Hefiod. His Allegories were publi(hed by Morel, Paris, 

 Bvo. Gr. and Lat., with notes, 1616 ; 'and his Hiftories or 

 Chiliads at Bafil, fol. 1546. 



The brother of the preceding, Isaac Tzetzes, publilhed 

 learned commentaries on Lycophron, which have been con- 

 fidered as the joint productions of both brothers : they are 

 inferted in Potter's edition of Lycophron, Oxon. 1697. 

 Moreri. Gen. Biog. 



TZICATLINA, in Zoology, a fpecies of ferpent, faid 

 to be found in America, and reckoned among the molt beau- 

 tiful of that kind of animals. It is nine inches long, about 

 the thicknefs of a man's httle finger, and variegated with 

 alternate fwaths of white and red croffing its body. It is 

 likewife one of the harmlefs kind of ferpents. 



The name fignifies the ferpent of ants, becaufe it lives al- 

 ways in their iiefts, and comes out along with them. 

 TZIECHANOW, in Geography. See Cibkanow. 

 TZIEL, a town of the duchy of Warfaw ; 35 miles 

 W. of Pofen. 



TZIGENO, a town of Croatia ; 10 miles S.E. of 

 Creutz. 



TZIKIRSKOI, a fortrefs of Ruffia, in the government 

 of Irkutfli ; 120 miles W.S.W. of Selenginfk. 



TZILEI, a town of Walachia, on the Danube ; 20 

 miles W. of Nicopoli. 



TZIMLIANKA, a town of Ruffia, in the country of 

 the Coffacks, on the Don ; 1 16 miles E.N.E. of Azoph. 



TZINITZIAN, in Ornithology, the name of a very beau- 

 tiful American bird, defcribed ijy Nieremberg, of the fize 

 of a fmall pigeon, and ornamented with varioufly-coloured 

 feathers. The beak is (hort, crooked, and of a pale co- 

 lour ; the head and neck are like thofe of the pigeon ; the 

 brealt and part of the belly are red ; but that part which h 

 next the tail is of a fine elegant blue, and a bright white, 

 beautifully intermixed with one another ; the tail is green on 

 the upper part, and black underneath ; the wings are varie- 

 gated with white and black ; the feet and legs are grey, and 

 the fhoulders of a very beautiful green. It is moit frequent 

 near the South Sea, and feeds on vegetables. It is kept in 

 cages for its beauty, but never fings. The Indians make 

 feveral beautiful works of its feathers, Ray's Ornithol. 



p. 303. 



TZIOURLY, in Geography. See TsoRLll. 



TZIVILSK, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 

 Kazan ; 56 miles W. of Kazan. N. lat. S5° 4o'- E. 



long. 47° 34'. . ■, o r 



TZNA, a river of Ruffia, which rifes 20 miles &. ot 

 Tambov, and runs into the Mokfcha, 20 miles N.W. of 

 Temnikov, in the government of Tambov. 



TZTACTZON, in Ornithology, an American name, 

 under which Nieremberg has defcribed a fpecies of duck, 

 remarkable for the variable and beautiful colours ot its head, 

 which are purple, blue, white, and green, and fhnie like 

 fattin ; its body is variegated with black, grey, and white ; 

 its legs are red, and is eaten as the other water-fowl. It ig 

 common in the lakes of Mexico, and has feet much more 

 adapted to fwimming than to walking. Ray s Ornithol. 



p. 2QQ. , r 



TZURUCHATU, Staroi, in Geography, a town ot 

 Ruffia, in the government of Irkutfk, on the Argunia, on 

 the borders of China. This is one of the towns in which a 

 private trade is carried on between the Ruffians and the Chi- 

 nefe. It has' a fmall garrifon; 160 miles S.E. of Ner- 

 tchinfic. N. lat. 49' 18'. E. long. 1 19' 32 . 

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