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The Picas y or Woodpecker, of Gui- 

 ana, has a (height bill ending like a 

 wedge, with a long round pointed tongue, 

 and its noftrils are covered with briftly 

 feathers. Its fize is fimilar to that of 

 Europe. It has three toes on each 

 foot, and its feathers are a mixture of 

 black and white ; but thofe on the top 

 of the head and under the belly are of 

 a bright red colour. 



The Alcedo of Surinam has a trian- 

 gular thick ftreight long bill, with a 

 mort flat tongue. It lias two very long 

 feathers in the tail : the body is of a 

 blackiih blue-^colour, and the wings are 

 greemfh. It is the Swallow - tailed 

 Kings-fimer of Edwards. 



The Certha of Guiana has an arched, 

 {lender, fomewhat triangular bill, with a 

 pointed tongue. Its colour is blue, but 

 the wings and tail are black, and the 

 tail is of an unufual length. 



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