GREEN ToDV» 
I suppose, was the Hen, it's colours being noK'* 
so bright. This bird belongs to the same ge 
mis with that described in this book, called th 
Pyed Bird of Paradise ; though they appear s 
unlike, and come from such distant parts ( 
the world. The compression of their bill 
the bristles at their bases, and the structure ( 
tiie feet, are sufficient arguments to prove the 
kindred. It's Latin name, in Sir Hans Sloane 
History, is Rubecula Viridis Elegantissima." 
Notwithstanding these resemblances, the t( 
tal difference of the tail, and colour, are aloi 
sufficient marks of distinction ; without r 
garding their local distances from each othe 
which circumstance seems also entitled to sor 
consideration. 
But, though Edwards has certainly erred 
his history of this bird, his description of t 
iignre has ail his accustomed minuteness a; 
accuracy. We shall, therefore, subjoin | 
verbatim — 
The bill,'* says he, *' is long, in pi 
portion, like that of the King's-Fisher ; 
much broader than deep, like a Duck's 
