LESSER KING BIRD OF PARACISi:. 
dark green colour, shining with a bright gloss, 
like the necks of Mallards, This spot is di- 
vided from the neck by a yellowish line ; which 
pas';es, transversely, immediately above it. Th^ 
belly, thighs, and covert? under the tail, are 
wliite; though the lower parts of tlie thighs, 
about the knees, are a little brownish. From 
the upper side of the middle of the tail, there 
spring tvvo stiff, nyked, stems of feathers ; about 
six inches long,, of a dark-brown colour; 
though, toward their points, they are beset, ^n 
one sid:^, with webs, and curled round, so as 
to form circular termina:ions, flat, and shining 
wdth a changeable colour, which partakes of red 
and green. Tiie legs are pretty long, and strong. 
It has four toes, standing after the usual man- 
vner, all of a dark-brown colour. The claws 
are strong, and of a ligiit horn-colour." 
■ Edwards adds-—" All these birds are brought 
tQ us from some part or other of the East- 
Indies; but, chiefly, by report, from the Spice- 
"Islands, possessed by the Hollanders. That, 
from which this draught was taken, was a very 
perfect dried bird, preserved in the Museum of 
the Royal Society, London, in the year 1742. 
This bird, I believe, is described by our couii- 
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