NATURALISTS CABINET. 



Description. 



exceedingly beautiful. The legs and feet are of 

 an orange colour. 



They are brought from Madagascar, in the 

 East Indies, and are now bred by the curious in 

 several parts of England. 



THE SHOVELLER 



WEIGHS very near two pounds, and is from 

 the point of the bill to the end of the tail, one or 

 two and twenty inches, and upwards of eighteen 

 from the extremity of each wing when extended. 

 The bill is of a fine black, considerably broader 

 at the tip than at the base; dented in the middle, 

 and rising towards the end, with a small sort of 

 crooked hook bending downwards, each mandi- 

 ble being toothed like a comb; the tongue is 

 broad and fleshy especially towards the end, the 

 tip of which is of a sort of semicircular form. 

 The circles of the eyes are of a fine yellow; the 

 neck and head of a shining dark green, the crop 

 and under part of the neck white, the upper part 

 of the shoulders of the same colour, but inter- 

 spersed with a variety of bold strokes; the under 

 part of the body red, except the feathers under 

 the tail, behind the vent, which are black ; the 

 back is of a brown colour, beautifully shaded 

 with a shining green purple and blue, which va- 

 ries according to the light in which it is viewed. 



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