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The Fowl, called by the Indians a 

 Marroodee, is about the fize of a common 

 Pullet, and in (hape but little different, 

 except that its legs and neck are fome- 

 what longer : the body is covered all over 

 with feathers of a brownifti black colour: 

 the colour of the bill is a dark brown, 

 and the legs are grey. They are ex- 

 tremely numerous in Guiana, and perch 

 on trees, making a noife fomewhat re- 

 fembling their Indian name : this noife 

 the Indians imitate fo exadtly, that the 

 Birds anfwer them, and are thereby dif- 

 covered. Their flefli is much like that 

 of a dunghill fowl, though perhaps 

 fomewhat inferior. 



The Hannaquaio is a Bird of the 

 fame fpecies with the Marroodee, but 

 of a more ilender fhape, and their fea- 

 thers are of a ftiining black : they like- 

 wife rooft on trees, and may be heard 

 ^arly in the morning, diftin&ly, but 



hoarfely, 



