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and Its plumage^ alfo is entirely dilFerent. In 
this canton I found likewife a great many of 
the golden cuckoos defcribed by BufFon un- 
der the name of the green-golden cuckoo of the 
Cape. This bird is undoubtedly the moft beau- 
tiful of its fpecies, for its plumage i^ enriched 
with white, green, and gold. Perched on the 
tops of large trees, it continually repeats, and 
with a varied modulation, thefe fyllables, dly 
diy didric^ as diftinftly as I have written them ; 
for this reafon I have named it the didric. As 
I was thus amufmg myfelf in purfuing fome 
fmall birds, I perceived a flock of vultures and 
crows, which were making a great noife, and 
foaring round and round in the air. When I 
reached the fpot almoft below them, I faw 
the remains of a buffalo, which had been de- 
voured by lions perhaps not twenty-four hours 
before. On the firft view of the field of battle, 
I concluded that the conflid: mufl: have been 
terrible ; all the ground around feemed to have 
been beat and trod upon ; I could count how 
many times the buffalo had been thrown down, 
and I found tufts of the lion's mane fcattered 
here and there, which the former had with- 
out doubt torn away either with his feet or his 
horns. 
Havino^ 
