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the head a black stripe, in which is the eye; neck behind, and 

 upper part of the back velvet black ; upper wing and under tail 

 coverts also black ; under wing coverts brimstone colour ; quills 

 black on the outsides and tips, within brimstone ; tail black ; legs 

 red. — The female has the under part of the wings yellowish grey. 



Inhabits Brazil and Cayenne, at the former called Cai. 



The young bird is generally green, wings and tail blue ; throat 

 dirty white; head and under parts green, mixed in streaks with 

 whitish; bill, legs, wings, and tail dusky; quills fringed yellow. 

 It is also supposed, that the incomplete young bird, or in a moulting 

 state, mixed blue and green irregularly, may be my Cayenne 

 Creeper. 



A specimen, in the collection of the late Mr. Green, of Lambeth, 

 was in colour dirty green ; but the yellow markings of the wings the 

 same as in the complete bird. Whether a female or young one was 

 not certain. 



In the Ois. dor. is a bird similar to the other, green brown above, 

 and yellow beneath ; it wants the white stripe over the eyes, but the 

 lore and round the eye black; as are the bill and legs; the head 

 inclines to grey :•* whether this belongs to the others, I am unable 

 to determine, for it is larger, being more than six inches in length. 



The above birds inhabit Martinico, Cayenne, St. Domingo, and 

 similar places ; some Varieties have the head blackish, with two 

 stripes of white over the eye; back, wing coverts, and throat cine- 

 reous grey; and the sizes also differ much. Those with darker, or 

 dusky heads, are supposed to be males, the others females, and both 

 sexes, in the intermediate stages towards perfection, occasion the 

 several Varieties. 



Sloane says,, his bird had a short song, but very agreeable ; that 

 of BufFon only a weak cry, zi, zi, like a Humming Bird. Said to 

 feed on the sweet, viscous juice, found in the sugar cane, but it is 



* Guit-guit a tete grise, Ois. dor. ii. p. 80. pi. 50. 



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