110 Mr. WAFERS Ttefcription 



keep thefe Birds tame, as we do Parrots or Mag- 

 pies : But after they have kept them clofe fome 

 Time, and taught them to fpeak fome Words in 

 their Language, they fuffer them to go abroad in ' 

 the Day-time into the Woods, among the wild 

 ones ; from whence they will on their own Accord 

 return in the Evening to the Indian Houfes or Plan- 

 tations, and give Notice of their Arrival by their 

 fluttering and prating. They will exa&ly imitate 

 the Indians Voices, and their way of finging ; and 

 they will call the Cbicaly-Cbicaly in its own Note, as 

 exaftly as the Indians themfelves, whom I have ob- 

 ferv'd to be very expert at it. 5 Tis the moft beau- 

 tiful and pleafant Bird that ever I faw ; and the 

 Flefh is fweet- tailed enough, but black and tough. 

 Wood- There is alfo a Sort of V/ood-pecker^ with fuch a 

 f*'kf r - long (lender Bill as that kind of Birds have. Thefe 

 have ftrong Claws, wherewith they climb up and 

 down the Bodies of Trees, and flick very clofe to 

 them. They are pied like our Magpies, white and 

 black ; but more finely, being a fmaller Bird. The 

 Fleih is of an earthy unpleafant Tafte. I tailed of 

 them as I was travelling with my Companions, for 

 Hunger then made us glad of any thing of Food » 

 but the Indians don't eat of them. 

 Dunghill- They have great Plenty of Poultry tame about 

 Fowl. their Houfes of two Sorts, a greater and a lefs. 

 The larger Sort are much like ours, of different 

 Colours and Breed, as Copple-crown'd, the com- 

 mon Dunghill Cock and Hen, and of the Game 

 kind ; though thefe Indians don't delight in Cock- 

 fighting as thole of Java do. The fmaller Sort 

 are feathered about the Legs like Carrier-pidgeons, 

 and have very bufhy Tails, which they carry up- 

 right \ and the Tips of their Wings are generally 

 black. This fmall Sort keep apart from the other. 

 They all keep the fame Crowing Seafon, before 

 Day, as our Cocks do. They are conftantjy about 



