p2 Mr. WAFERV Description 



into the Woods, among the wild ones \ 

 from whence they will on their own accord 

 return in the E vening to the Indians Houfes 

 or Plantations, and give notice of their ar- 

 rival by their fluttering and prating. They 

 will exaftly imitate the Indians Voices , and 

 their way of Singing $ and they will call the 

 Chicaly-Chicaly in its own Note, as exa&ly 

 as the Indians themfelves, whom I have 

 obferv'd to be very expert at it 'Tis the 

 moft beaatiful and pleafant Bird that ever I 

 faw ; and the Flefh is fweet-tafted enough, 

 but black and tough. 

 fkmt- There is alfo a fort of Wood-pecker, with 

 fec^r. f m fa a j on g fl en( j er gill as that kind of Birds 



have. Thefe have ftrong Claws, where- 

 with they climb up and down the Bodies 

 of Trees , and ftick very clofe to them. 

 They are pied like our Magpies, white and 

 black ; but more finely , being a fmaller 

 Bird. ^The Flefh is of an earthy unpleafant 

 taftc. %i I tafted of them as I was travelling 

 with mypompanions, for Hunger then made 

 us glad <of any thing of food 3 but the Indians 

 don t eat of them, 

 pungiiii- They have great plenty of Poultry tame 

 fowl about their Houfes of two forts, a greater 

 and a lefs. The larger fort are much like 

 ours, of different Colours and Breed, as 

 Copple-crown'd, the common Dunghil Cock 

 and Hen, and of the Game kind 5 though 

 thefe Indians don't delight in Cock-fighting 

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