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APPENDIX— ZOOLOGY. 



nest is constructed with much ait and perfection between the forked branches of a tree, and consists 

 of a corridor, something more than a span in length, having a window at the end, between it and an 

 apartment almost of the same length at one side, whose entrance is small, and always on that side the 

 least exposed to the wind. This edifice withstands the winters for many years. 



JOAO ToLO (Foolish John ) is the size of a bullfinch, of a greenish changeable colour above, the 

 belly yellow, with a white spot upon the throat, the neck very long, the bill also long and pointed. 

 It is tame, and without any song. 



Lavandeira is small and white, with the wings black. 



Amongst various sorts of Macaricos, which inhabit the margins and lakes, there is one somewhat 

 smaller than the thrush, ash-coloured above, and white below, with a very short tail ; the legs long 

 and green ; the head large and flat, with a narrow white circle around it, which is relieved by another 

 that is wide and black, and a collar of the same colour ; the eyelids are rosy, with two ferrels or 

 spears at the joints of the wings, which are white, with the extremities black. 



There are a variety of the Wild Duck and Water Fowl. 



Marido-he-dia ( Husband it is Day ) does not differ from the female of the bird called tendilhao 

 (or chaffinch :) its song is its name badly articulated, 



MoRCEGOs, or Bats, are numerous everywhere, some being of the size of a pigeon ; they are 

 exceedingly prejudicial to cattle, to certain fruits, and to houses and churches, where they frequently 

 discharge a black liquid that cannot be washed away. 



MuTUN is almost the size of a turkey-cock, of a beautiful jet black, very graceful, with a curled 

 tuft or plume, quick eyes, the bill yellow, the legs green, and the thighs white. Its song is mourn- 

 ful ; its flesh delicious. The female has the plume spotted. 



There are also diffierent sorts of Night-crows (Noitihos) or Coliangas, as they are commonly 

 called. One kind frequents the margins of lakes during the day, and is of a beautiful and inimitable 

 gray on the upper part, the lower part white, having a white spot in the middle of the wings, 

 the extremities being black. The head is large and flat, with large black eyes. It has scarcely the 

 appearance of a bill, with a crooked, and extremely large mouth ; the largest toe, which is not propor- 

 tioned to the smallness of the others, has a saw or comb towards the inner side. The flesh of this 

 bird, when fat, is considered good. 



Paho is the size of a pigeon, black, with the breast of a rosy hue, and the beak proportionate. 

 Its flesh is also good when fat. 



Papa-arroz is small and entirely black. It goes in bands. 



There are upwards of twenty sorts of Parrots, reckoning* from the smallest parroquet to the 

 arara, or macaw. The flesh of the whole is deemed good, especially that of ihejuru. Those which 

 compose the last class are of three sorts: the Araruna is entirely blue ; the Caninde, also blue 

 above, with the belly of a gold colour; and others which have the lower part and the head of a 

 rose colour. 



In lakes distant from inhabited places there are large Wild Geese some gray, some white, 

 and others coralline. 



The bird called the Pavao, or Peacock, is of the size of a lark when unfeathered ; but, while 

 feathered, is larger than a thrush. It is of a beautiful, brilliant, and changeable colour, beginning 

 with green, and finishing with a bluish green upon the back ; the belly is of a rose colour ; the wings 

 small and round, and of an exquisite gray ; the lower parts of the thighs are dressed in dark feathers, 

 covering the legs, which are very delicate and short ; the tail is six inches long, the two central 



