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This fpecies, for I refer all that has been treated of above to Place and 

 one only, inhabits Cayenne, Guiana, and Brajil, and chiefly fre- 

 quents fuch parts as are near the water : in fuch places it perches 

 on the trees which hang over the ftreams, and, like the Kings- 

 fifier, drops down on the fifh which fwim beneath. It has been 

 thought to live on crabs likewife, whence the Linnaan name ; 

 but this is not clear, though it cannot be denied ; yet we are cer- 

 tain t\\zx.fijh is the moft common if not the only food. 



