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The Surinam Falcon has a crooked 

 beak, covered at the bafe with a wax- 

 like fubflance : the tongue is cloven^ 

 and the head is thickly covered with 

 feathers of a whitifh brown colour, as 

 are thofe of the upper part of the body : 

 thofe of the under part, as alfo the 

 prime feathers of the tail, are fpotted 

 with yellow and brown, and the legs 

 are yellow. This animal has the power 

 ofdiftending his head with air almoft 

 to the fize of his body, which he does 

 when he is either angry or terrified. 



The Strix, or Owl of Guiana, is the 

 fame as the Brajilian called Caburc by 

 Marcgrave, being of the fize of a fmall 

 Thrufh, with a crooked yellow beak, 

 covered with briftly feathers at the bafe, 

 and having a large head, eyes, and ears, 

 with a cloven tongue ; the legs are fnort 

 and feathered, and the claws black. The 

 head, back, wings, and tail are covered 



with 



