14.0 0?l3\ClTH0L0gr. Book II. 



§. VIII. 



* The Brafilian Curucui of Marggrave. 



IT is a very elegant and beautiful bird, almoft of the bignefsofa Pie: Hath a fhort 

 broadifh Bill, of a brimfton colour : A wide mouth, and, when open, or a trian- 

 gular figure: Fair blue eyes with a golden circle [ I fuppofe he means encompaffing 

 the Pupil ] and under each Eye a (pot of white skin, like a Hen : In the Eye-lids 

 above and beneath black, ftiff hairs : The Neck not long : The Legs (hort and fea- 

 thered almoft to the Feet, with black feathers. It hath a Tail five inches and an half 

 long, of a good breadth. Under the lower Bill, in the middle, and at both fides, h 

 as it were a beard, made up of black briftles, yet (hining with a glofs of blue as in 

 the Necks of Mallards. Under the Throat the feathers are only black. The whole 

 Breaft and lower Belly are of an excellent Vermilion colour: The whole Back and 

 upper fide of the Tail are of a (hining green, with a glofs of blue, and golden, or 

 igneous colour, The end of the Tail hath a black border. Underneath the Tail it 

 hath white feathers elegantly ftraked with crofs black lines. The beginning of the 

 Wings is of that {hining green we mentioned : The middle part is hoary, the black 

 feathers being poudered with very little grey (peeks, as Mallards ufe to be ; The ut- 

 moft part, that is, the longeft feathers, are of a dark dusky or blackifh colour. The 

 Legs, as I (aid, are almoft wholly cloathed with black feathers : What is bare, toge- 

 ther with the Feet, is of a dusky afh-colour. The Toes are (6 dilpofed as the Par- 

 rots. The feathers under the Wings are grey. 



d. IX. 



* Guira acangatara of the Braflians, Marggrav. 



"His Bird is about the bignefs of a Magpie. It hath a Bill an inch long, the up- 

 per Chap whereof is a little hooked, the whole of a dark yellow : The Eyes 

 Cryftalline, with a dusky circle : The Neck two inches long, the body three. The 

 Tail very long, viz. eight inches, confifting of eight (height feathers. The upper Legs 

 are an inch and half long, as alfo the lower. The Toes in each foot four, (landing as 

 in Parrots, the two inward in each foot being (horter, the two outward longer. 

 The whole Head is cloathed with feathers, which in their middles longways near the 

 (haft are dusky, in their fides yellow, as is the Creft. The Neck and Wings ( on 

 the other fide ) have their feathers yellow in the middle, and dusky in the fides. The 

 ends of the Wings are almoft wholly dusky. The whole Belly, Back, excepting the 

 Wings, upper Legs, and rife orbafeof the Wings to three inches and an half length, 

 are covered with feathers of a pale yellow. The end of the Tail hath white feathers, 

 wcSlF" 11 t ^ ie re ^ °^ t ^ ie ^ a ^ * s dusky. The lower Legs and Feet are of a * Sea-water-colour. 

 On the Head are long feathers ere&ed like a Creft. It makes a great cry in the 

 Woods. 



§. X. 



* The Brafilian Aracari of Marggrav. the other Xochitenacatl 0/ Nieremberg. 



IT is of the bignefs of a Woodpecker [ I fuppofe he means the common green one ] 

 hath a Bill four inches long, an inch and half broad or deep, three inches and an 

 half thick where thickeft, [ I fuppofe he means fo much by meafure round ] a little 

 bending downward like a TArkiffi Scymitar, and (harp-pointed like a Parrots 3. the 

 upper Chap being a little longer than the lower : Both upper and lower are for above 

 halfway reckoning from the end, ferrate or toothed. The upper part of the Bill is 

 greater than the lower. The Bill is hollow,very light, [ lighter than a Spunge ;] The 

 upper Chap white, diftinguifhed by a black line running along the middle or ridge 

 from head to point, the lower Chap wholly black. The whole Bill is inferted into 

 the Head triangle-wife, and where the infertion is, compaffed about with a triangu^ 

 lar white line. It hath a Tongue four inches long, very light, and plainly refembling 

 a feather to fee to: Or elfe is feathered and black, (if the Tongue may be faid to 

 have a feather. ) It hath a Head not very big, broad, and compreffed 5 great Eyes, 



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