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elegantly fet the Pine-tree round with Acorns. Then flicking to the bark with their 

 Feet, they ftrikethe Acorn with their Bill, and devour the kernel. 



Of the long bird or Hoitlallotl. 



HOitlallotl or the long bird is more taken notice of for its running than for. its 

 feathers. From the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail ( which alfo is a fpan 

 long ) it is extended nine inches. Its Bill is black above, cinereous underneath, three 

 inches long, and moderately thick. Its Tail is green, but with a purphfh fplendour. 

 The feathers of the whole body from white tend to fulvous, but toward the Tail 

 from black to the famecolour. Yet the feathers on the upper fide of the body are 

 black, Iprinkled with white fpots. It flies near the ground, and makes but iliort 

 flights 5 but runs fo fwiftly that it far exceeds the fpeed of the fleeteft horfes. It lives 

 in hot Countries, and yields no very defirable nourifhment. 



Of Indian Quails. 



THofe of New Spain call Quails Colin. Thefe are like our Country Quails, 

 though they be without doubt to be referred to the kind of Partridges. There 

 are found many forts of them in New Spain : Some brOwn and crefted, which they 

 call Quauhtzonecolim 5 of a moderate bignefs, and a remarkable, but mournful cry: 

 Others brown in like manner, but without crefb, and a little lefs: Others, thebig- 

 geft of all, of a fulvous colour, but their Heads varied with white and black, the 

 ends [ extremk~\ of their Wings and Back white, their Bill and Feet black. They 

 are all (as I (aid) like to the Spanifi Quails, very good and pleafant meat, provided 

 you kill them two or three days before they be rofted and ferved up. Phyficians 

 allow fick perfons to eat of their flefli : Neither is there any Fowl among the Indi- 

 ans, next to tame Poultry, whofe flefh is to be preferred before it, either for whol- 

 fomnefs or tafte. They have a tune like our Quails, and fome a more pleafant one 

 than others. They are kept in Coops, and fed either with common or Indian Wheats 

 and are common in many parts of this Country. 



The fame Author £Fr. Hernandez ] of the Coyolcozgue or founding Quail in ano- 

 ther place writes thus. It is one among many other forts of Colin or Mexican Quails, 

 of which we fhall fpeak fingly : like to our Quails- for bignefs, note, feeding, flight, 

 and conditions, but of a different colour 3 above mingled of fulvous and white, un- 

 derneath only fulvous 3 yet the crown of the Head and the Neck are fet with black 

 and white feathers 3 which make feams or ftrakes on each fide from the Neck to both 

 Eyes. The Eyes are black, and the Legs fulvous. Itis native of this Country, and 

 frequent in the open fields, as is the common Quail, and yields a like nourifhment, 

 coming next to the Spanifi Partridge, of which it is a fort. 



Colcuicuiltic or the Quails Image is alio a fort of Quail varied with white, black, and 

 fcarlet Plumes 5 above rather produced in lines than round fpots, underneath dif- 

 pofed rather into thick-let fpots than lines. Its Feet and Legs are blue : But for its 

 note, bignefs, conditions, and all other qualities, it is altogether like the prece- 

 dent. 



Acolin is of the bignefs of a Stare, hath pale-green Legs and Feet, divided into four 

 pretty long Toes. Its Bill is yellow, and of thelongeft for the proportion of its body, 

 flenderalfo, and iharp-pointed : Its Eyes black, its Irides fulvous, and Head fmafr, 

 The under fide of the body is white, the fides fpotted with brown : The upper fur- 

 face of the body and the Tail ( which is fhort) are fulvous, butfpotted with black; 

 lines of white encircling all the feathers, fprinkled or powdered fometimes with 

 fpecks of the fame colour. It frequents Lakes, and hath a fiftiy tafte, yet is it no un- 

 pleafant meat. It feeds ufually upon Worms, Flies, and other Infefrs flying about the 

 Fens. It breeds in the Lake of Mexico. Its Head glitters with a wonderful variety 

 of colours, a black line dividing it in the middle, and others of a grey or a(h-colour 

 diftinguifhing the fides : The exteriour corners being pointed with fmall white (po:s» 

 The Neck and Breaft are grey £ cincrea, ] the reft of the Plumage from fulvous rather 

 incline to green. 



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