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CHAP. Guiana, is a beautiful bird indeed^ ^bout the fi^e of a 

 common turkey, to which it bears a refemblancc both ia 

 appearance and tafte. Its feathers are a fhining blacky 

 except on the belly ; its legs are yellow, and alfo its bill, 

 except near the point, where it is blue and arched. Its 

 eyes are lively and bright, and on its head it is crefted 

 with a brilliant plume of black frizzled feathers, which 

 give it a noble appearance. Thefe birds cannot fly far; 

 and being eafdy tamed, may be reared for domeftic pur^ 

 pofes ; at Paramaribo they are frequently fold for mora 

 than a guinea a piece. Another bird peculiar to Guiana, 

 called by the French the agame^ and in Surinam cani-cani^ 

 I will alfo take this opportunity to defcribe.-^It is, like the 

 former, nearly the fize of a turkey, but totally different 

 in its formation and plumage ; its bodyj which has no 

 tail, being perfe6tly the fliape of an egg \ it is alfo black, 

 except on the back, where it is of a grey colour, and on 

 its breaft, where the feathers are blue and long, hanging 

 down like thofe of the heron. The eyes are bright, the bill 

 is pointed, and of a blueifh green, as are alfo its legs. 

 The vulgar name of this bird in this country is the 

 trumpeter, on account oi the found it frequently makes, 

 which bears fome diftant refemblance to that of a trum- 

 pet, but whence that found proceeds is not in ray power 

 to certify : fome fuppofe it is made by the nofe. Of all 

 the feathered creation this bird is the moft tameable, and 

 the greateft friend to man, whom it follows, carefles, and 

 mm feems to protea with the attachment of a dog. I 



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