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fongue, terminating in briftlcs, is like- 

 wife found in Guiana. It is black, with 

 I yellow fpot on the wings and tail. 



Thefe are the moft curious Birds in 

 Guiana, tho' there are a multitude of 

 others lefs remarkable for the beauty of 

 their Plumage : and indeed the number 

 and variety of this Clafs of Animals is 

 here fo great, that; feyeral perfons in this 

 Colony adyantageouily employ them- 

 felves, with their Hayes and dependents, 

 in killing and preferving Birds fpf the 

 Cabinets pf Naturalifts in different parts 

 of Europe. The manner of doing this is 

 not unworthy of a communication,, as it is 

 unknown in Europe. A method of pr&- 

 ferving the Bodies of Birds froip Putrefac- 

 tion, by filling the cavity of the thorax 

 and abdomen with a mixture of Salt and 

 Allum, after the inteftines, &c. had been 

 firft extra&ed, and alfo by making inci- 

 ifpns in different parts of it§ body, and 

 N 4 filling 



