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is crooked and yellow, its head, eyes, and ears large, and its 

 tongue divided in the middle. 



The red lanius, or butcher bird, has feathers of a bright 

 red colour, which on the wings and tail are spotted with black; 

 its bill is straight, and near the point Is a tooth on each side ; 

 its tongue is ragged and appears as if it had been torn. 



The black and white butcher bird is covered with fea- 

 thers, which are coloured with alternate marks of black and 

 white ; its legs and claws are of a dark colour; its bill is brown 

 and tapering, and the end of the upper mandible bends over 

 that of the lower. 



The mackaws are the largest of the parrot kind. The blue 

 and yellow mackaw is about the size of a capon, and is covered 

 with feathers, which on the back part of the body are blue, 

 on the fore part yellow ; its legs are short and dark coloured ; 

 it has a black coloiirerl band around the throat ; a beak three 

 inches long, wide, black and semicircular ; the feathers on 

 the top of the head are green, those about the face are black. 



The mackaw is a fine majestic bird, about the size of a 

 turkey ; its plumage is of a superior red colour, and the 

 long bushy tail provides the native Indians with elegant 



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