am. 33g 



This inhabits Brazil, in the neighbourhood of Rio Janeiro ; not 

 uncommon also in the warmer parts of America, and adjacent 

 Islands; having the same general manners as the former, except 

 in frequenting the salt marshes, near the coasts ; for the most part 

 seen in Company with the Lesser one, and like that, many females, 

 frequently from eight to ten, laying their eggs in the same nest ; the 

 eggs, too, are blue-green, and covered with a filmy, tartarous crust 

 externally. Both these birds are said to be easily made tame, and 

 learn to talk like Parrots. One of them, in the collection of Mr. 

 M'Leay, which came from Berbice, was named Koroebo. 



3. —VARIEGATED ANI. 



Crotophaga varia, Ind. Orn.i. 149. 

 Crotophagus varius Indicus, Gerin: ii. 54. 1. 192. 

 Variegated Ani, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 103. 



SIZE of the Lesser Ani; length eleven inches. Bill black, 

 somewhat weaker than in the last named; head, fore part of the 

 neck, and breast black ; the middle and greater wing coverts, and 

 tail the same ; the rest of the plumage fulvous, inclining to rufous ; 

 legs yellow brown. 



A specimen of this is said to have been kept alive for some time 

 at Versailles, where it went by the name of Indian Pie; and a drawing 

 of it sent to Florence, from which M. Gerini copied his figure. — 

 Native place unknown. 



4— WALKING ANI. 



Crotophaga ambulatoria, Ind. Orn. i. 149. Lin. i. 155. Gm. Lin. i. 363. Borowsk. 



Nat.i. 102. 

 Walking Ani, Gen. Syn. i. 363: 



THIS is said to differ in nothing from the others, except in^the 

 situation of the toes, being placed three before, and one behind. 



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