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Order II. Pies. 
Genus XXVI. 
Wattled B e e - e a t e r. 
The fize of this bird is nearly that of a cuckow ; 
length fourteen inches and a half: the bill one inch long, 
and of nearly the fame fliape and fize as in the Po2 
Bird ; the colour black : the general colour of the plu- 
mage is brown, paleft on the under parts ; moft of the 
feathers are pointed in fliape, and have a ftreak of white 
down the middle : the fore part_ of the head, as far as 
the eyes, is fmooth, but the reft of the head appears full, 
the feathers being longer : from the gape of the bill a 
broad ftreak of filvery white paffes under the eye, and 
beneath this, on each fide of the throat, hangs a pen- 
dulous wattle, about half an inch in length, and of an 
orange colour : the wings, when clofed, reach about one 
third on the tail, which is about half the length of the 
bird, and cuneiform in fliape : both the quills and tail 
feathers are of a darker brown than the reft of bird, and 
have the tips white : the middle of the belly is yellow : 
the legs are of a pale brown, the hind toe very ftout, 
and the outer toe connecSled to the middle one as far as 
the firft joint. 
The above inhabits New Holland ; it was received 
from Port Jackfon, and is no doubt a non-defcript fpecies. 
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