i 9 8 ' o^^ciTHOLogr. Bookii. 



§. IV. 



* The Brazilian Pitanga guacu, ca Ued by the Portugnefe, Bemtere, Marggmv* 



TN bignefs it is equal to a Stare 5 hath a thick, broad, Pyramidal Bill, a little more 

 than an inch long, * outwardly (harp: A broad, comprefled Head: A (hort 

 KrXTdo Neck, which fitting it contracts or draws up: A body near two inches and an half 

 not vveii un- long : The Legs and Feet dusky : Four Toes difpofed in the ufual manner. The Head, 

 our ft A n ?h WhaC u PP er fid e °f the Neck, the whole Back, Wings, and Tail of a dark brown or black, 

 means U by° r mingled with a little green. The under fide of the Neck, the Breaft, and lower 

 thefe words. Belly have yellow feathers. But above,by the Head it hath a Crown Q like that of a 

 Monk ] of a white colour. It hath a loud ihrill cry. Some of thefe birds have on 

 the top of their Heads a yellow fpot, and fome have it partly of a clay colour , elfein 

 all things like. This kind is called by the Brafilians, Cmriri. 



Chap. XX. 

 Atinga guacu mucu ofMarggraVe. 



'T is about the bignefs of zThroftk : Hath a great Head, a Neck of a moderate 

 length, a body three inches long : The Bill a little hooked, of a colour mingled 

 of green and yellow, fanguine Eyes, with a black Pupil. The Legs areafti-co- 

 loured, of a moderate length, above [the Knees I fuppofe he means] covered with 

 feathers .• In the Feet four Toes difpofed after the ufual manner : an exceeding long 

 Tail, viz,, of about nine inches, confifting of about ten feathers 3 of which fome of 

 the lower are lhorter than the upper. The whole Head, Neck, Back, Wings, and 

 * of the co- Tail have brown or * fuligineous feathers, which in the Tail are darker-coloured than 

 lour of soot. thereft ; The end of eachfeather of the Tail, for about half an inch, is white, and 

 between the white and red [ part .„] lhaded with black. The Throat, Breaft, lower 

 Belly, and Thighs are covered with afti-coloured feathers. On the Head it hath long 

 feathers, which it can fet up like two horns. It is a bird remarkable for the length of 

 its Tail. For its agreement in bignefs, its Bill,and fome other accidents, we have fub^ 

 joyned it to the Thmffi-kindi 



Chap. XXI. 



The Witwall, as it is hy fome called, Galbula feu Picus nidum fufpendcris, 1 

 JUrQ-v. Oriolus Jlberti 5 Chloreus Ariftotelis, & Icterus Plinii, in 



JldroVandus his judgment, 



T His bird from the beginning of the Bill to the end of the Tail was by meafure 

 ten inches long : Equal in magnitude to, or fomewhat bigger than a Thrujh : 

 Its Bill more than an inch long, red, like zThruJhes, but bigger, and longer : 

 Its Tongue cloven and rough : The hides of its Eyes red : Its Legs, Feet, and Toes 

 of a Lead-colour. The hind-Toe near the rile of it was broad and callous. The ou- 

 ter Toe joyned to the middle, as in the reft of this kind, up to the firft joynt. 



The quil-feathers of the Wings were black : But the tips of the fifth, fixth, and 

 feventh, alfo of the tenth, and four fubfequent white, and the utmoft edges of the 

 third and fourth. The foremoft feathers of the fecond row were almoft half way 

 of a pale yellow : Elfe the upper furface of the whole Wing black. The 

 twelve feathers of the Tail were of equal length, viz,, about three inches and 

 an half: The two middlemoft black, the reft had their upper halfs yellow, their 

 lower black. All the body befide was of a bright yellow, very beautiful to be- 

 hold : So that for the luftre and elegancy of its colours it fcarce gives place to any 

 of the American birds. Between the Eyes and Nofthrils on each fide it had a black 

 fpot. 



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