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feathers are dark and of changeable colour, the four next are of a jet black, and all the six 

 equal,— the other six have the extremities white, and gradually diminishing from the others in length : 

 the head is rather large, covered with curled feathers, which form a little plume of dark blue ; the 

 bill is very short and a little curved, extremely wide at the root, and terminating in a point encircled 

 with mustachoes or foretops thick and black ; the eyes are large and black, with yellow eyelids. 



There are five species of Partridges, all gray, and without tails. The smallest, called nambus, 

 have a rosy beak ; those called zahelez are a little larger than the European partridge, and have the legs 

 yellow ; the e.napupez is still larger, with a long bill ; those named macucos are more bulky, and of 

 a dark colour, with two spurs at the joints of the wings, and a species of saw (such at least have the 

 males) upon the hinder part of the legs ; the capueiras, which are a little larger than the nambus, go 

 in bands : all the others disperse after the mothers leave them. The whole sit upon the ground, ex- 

 cepting the macuco, which always perches upon a tree at night. 



Peru do Mato, (the Wood Turkey,) improperly so called, is the size of a blackbird, of a dark 

 ash colour, well furnished with feathers, which terminate like hair, the tail jet black, the bill red, 

 thick, and pointed ; when it sings it elevates the beak perpendicularly. 



QuEROQUERO, which is almost the size of a partridge, has a white belly, with the breast and 

 throat white, of a changeable colour above, with a white spot near the wings, which are armed with two 

 spurs, and whose largest feathers are black, much exceeding the length of the tail, which is short, with 

 the extremity white, the eyes are green and handsome, it has the bill similar to a pigeon, green, and the 

 end black ; the head is ornamented with a small black crest, and pointed ; the legs are long, and the 

 thighs still longer, with the lower portion unfeathered and green. Its flesh is good, and it would ap- 

 pear not to sleep, as its cry is heard at all hours of the night. It feeds upon the margins of lakes. 



The RoLA, or sort of Turtle-Dove, is of various species : those called juritis are a little less than a 

 similar kind which pass from Africa to Europe in the spring, but are not so handsome; their song, consist- 

 ing of one long note, is somewhat melancholy ; those called turtles de cascavel, in consequence of the 

 rattling of their wings when they rise, are beautified with white spots, and are somewhat larger than 

 a sparrow, they fight with their wings, and commonly procure their sustenance in bands. The third 

 kind, called coboclas, from being the colour of a brick, are the same size as the preceding. The 

 other sorts all pass under the name of pomhas (pigeons) ; the cardigueras are small ; those called 

 aza branca (white wing) resemble the troquaze pigeon, or ring dove of Europe. The ring doves of the 

 country are large, and have their beaks green ; as have also those called pararis. 



Sabia is a kind of thrush, and the greatest singer in the Brazil ; its song does not ditfer from the 

 blackbird ; some, but very rarely, have the feathers and the bill yellow. 



The Sahys are a species of beautiful little bird, and divided into various sorts. The sahy da 

 secia is the size of a hedge-sparrow, having a similar beak ; its sides and belly are purple, with the 

 wings black above, and the under parts yellow, the tail black, the feet of a rose colour, the head 

 silvery, and the eyes blue. The sahi/ bicudo is the size of a robin, of a green colour, with the tail 

 and wings black, and the bill pointed. The sahy roxo (or purple sahy) is the size of a sparrow, with the 

 tail and wings black, the head and breast purple, and the bill short and pointed. The sahy de colleira, 

 has the form and size of a sparrow, with the head purple, the neck rosy, the belly green, the sides, 

 wings, and tail, of a greenish hue, and the bill short. The sahy-xe, has the head, wings, and tail 

 of a greenish colour, the breast between blue and green, and black near the blade bone or shoulders 

 and the throat, the hinder part of the back yellow, and the beak short. The sahy papagaio is the 

 size of a greenfinch, of a changeable colour, between blue and green, with a black tail and short 

 bill, wide at the root and fine at the extremity. 



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