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birds black) : noftrils oblong, pervious : irides luteous brown f 

 round the eyes fomewhat bare, and reddifh : the general colour of 

 the plumage black : the feathers of the head and neck very Ihort 

 and downy j thofe on the fore part of the neck and upper part of 

 the breaft of a very glofTy gilded green, with a reflection of blue 

 in fome lights : the feathers between the fhoulders ferruginous,, 

 changing into a pale afh-colour as they pafs downwards, and are 

 loofe and filky j thofe of the fcapulars very long, and hang over 

 the tail, which is very fhort, and confifts of twelve feathers, of a 

 black colour : the legs are long and greenifh ; claws black. 



In fome birds the colour varies a little, as the wings have a 

 mixture of white. 

 Place and This fingular bird inhabits various parts of South America, 



Manners. Brafil, Guiana, Surinam, &c. ; but met with in greateft numbers 

 in the Amazons Country. It lays eggs a little bigger than thofe 

 of a Hen, of a blue green colour. Is faid to be a familiar bird, 

 and will frequently follow after the perfon who takes care of it. 

 It is remarkable for the noife it emits, which authors differ much 

 about, in refpect to the place from whence it proceeds ,- fome 

 fuppofing it to be from the anus *, or, according to others, the 

 belly. At firft the found feems to proceed from the mouth, two 

 or three times repeated, not unlike the word fcherck.. This is 

 anfwered by a noife from within, not unlike the cooing -'of a Dove 

 many times repeated. The belly feems much agitated during 

 this noife. Sometimes the bird makes this noife without any 

 found from the mouth preceding it. It readily feeds on bread, 

 fiejh, and finally : runs faft, with long ftrides, affifted with ex- 



• Roflro muffitanti refpondet per anum, — lira. 



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