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The Wild Duck of Guiana is fomc- 

 what larger than the Rng/ijh Tanie 

 Duck, which it pretty nearly refemhles 

 in fhape and colour, but its bill is black 

 and crooked at the end, and the feet 

 and legs are of an afh colour. They are 

 found in plenty, during the rainy feafons, 

 on the banks of rivers near the fea. 



Here is likewife a fpecies of Teal, 

 fomewhat larger than the common Tea} 

 of Europe. Its bill is broad and black : 

 The feathers on the head are of a whi^ 

 tifh brown ; tjiofe of the neck* back, 

 and wings are of a grey brown, varie- 

 gated, with fpots and bars of a chefnut 

 colour : the breaft and belly are covered 

 with dull white coloured feathers-. They 

 frequent the rivers like the former, and 

 at the fame feafons. 



The Pelican, of Spoon-bill, of Guiana* 

 has a ftreight, flat, wide bill, fix inches 



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