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ing fed only on carrion, caterpillars, and difi 
gufting infeds, retain alfo their fniell. 
I found here the different fpecies which the 
younger Geoffrey has fincc brought from Se- 
negal ; and particularly barbicans, a variety of 
thofe defcribed by Buffon, under the name 
of the Barbary barbican, I found alfo, in 
great abundance, la petite veuve dominicaine^ 
defcribed by Briffon, and remarkable for its 
modeft plumage and the length of its tail. In 
Ihort, that I may fupprefs uninterefting de- 
tails, and give an idea of the treafures v^^hich 
this diftrid: prefents to the ornithologift, I 
flaall only obferve that, of the genus alone of 
the fugar-eaters, or birds which feed on the 
juices of flowers, and which in many nomen- 
clatures are claffed, for what reafon I know 
not, among the wood-peckers, I found feven 
diftind: fpecies. 
With regard to large and fmall game, they 
"were equally abundant \ and I will venture to 
affirm, that this diflrid w^ould fupply a fuf-r 
ficiency of provifions for an army of two thou- 
fand men. 
In the midft of this immenfe menagerie, the 
Ya|"iety 
