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and two of the small wild Turkeys called Maroudi ; 



they feed on the ripe fruits of the forest, and 

 ^ T ^? owise ar ^ found in all directions in these extensive 



or Mocco. 



wilds. You will admire the horned screamer 

 as a stately and majestic bird : he is almost the size of 

 the turkey cock ; on his head is a long slender horn, 

 and each wing is armed with a strong, sharp, triangular 

 spur, an inch long. 



Sometimes you will fall in with flocks of 



Flocks of . , ., _ TT 



Waracabas or two or three hundred W aracabas, or Irum- 

 iimipeters. ca lled so from the singular noise 



they produce. Their breast is adorned with beautiful 

 changing blue and purple feathers ; their head and 

 neck like velvet ; their wings and back grey, and 

 belly black. They run with great swiftness, and when 

 domesticated, attend their master in his walks, with as 

 much apparent affection as his dog. They have no 

 spurs, but still, such is their high spirit and activity, 

 that they browbeat every dunghill fowl in the yard, 

 and force the Guinea birds, dogs, and turkeys to own 

 their superiority. 



If, kind and gentle reader, thou shouldst ever visit 

 these regions with an intention to examine their pro- 

 ductions, perhaps the few observations contained in 

 these wanderings may be of service to thee ; excuse 

 their brevity : more could have been written, and each 

 bird more particularly described, but it would have 

 been pressing too hard upon thy time and patience. 



Soon after arriving in these parts, thou wilt find that 

 the species here enumerated are only as a handful from 

 a well-stored granary. Nothing has been said of the 

 eagles, the falcons, the hawks, and shrikes ; nothing of 

 the different species of vultures, the king of which is 



