CAROLINA CHATTERER. 
! 
have examined some which were sent from 
Cayenne." 
In subjoining Catesby's description, which 
the reader has seen quoted verbatim, ButFon 
has some errors. He seems to have blended, 
in a degree, tlie account of Catesby witli that 
of Edwards, which we have also exactly trans- 
cribed ; yet gives not, in faft, precisely that 
of either. As this must appear rather extraor- 
dinary, we shall present it in a translation nearly 
literal. 
This bird,'' says Buffon, is not above 
an ounce iii weight, according to Catesbv, 
It's crest, when eredled, is pyramidal ; it's bill 
is black, with a large opening ; it's eyes are 
placed on a bar of the same colour, separated 
from the ground by tvv'o white streaks ; the ex- 
tremity of the tail is edged with a shining wdiite ; 
the upper part of the head, the throat, and the 
back, are hazel, with a wane tinge ; the coverts 
and quills of the wings, the lower part of the 
back, the rump, and a great part of the tail, 
are of different shades of cinereous ; the breast, 
and the inferior coverts of the tail, are whitish ; 
and 
