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to the end of the claws j and the breadth, when the 
wings are extended, is two feet. 
CHEVIN. A name ufed in fome parts of Eng- 
land for the capito, or chub. 
GHEVROTIN. A beautiful animal, fome- 
times called the Guinea-deer, the leaft of all cloven- 
footed quadrupeds, and perhaps the moft elegant. 
It's legs, at their fmallefl: parts, are not much thicker 
than the lhank of a tobacco-pipe. It is about feven 
inches high, and about twelve from the point of 
the nofe to the infertion of the tail ; and of a 
moft delicate fhape, being compleatly formed like 
a ftag in miniature, except that it's horns, when 
it has any, are more of the garelle or antelope kind, 
being hollow and annulated after the fame man- 
ner. It has tv/o canine teeth in the upper-jaw ; 
in which refpeft it differs from all other animals of 
the goat and deer kind, and thus makes a difcind 
genus of itfelf. The colour of this fingular ani- 
mal is no lefs pleafmg than it's conformation ; the 
hair, which is lliort and glofly, being in fome of a 
beautiful yellow, except on the neck and belly, where 
it is white. 
Thefe animals are natives of India, Guinea, and 
the warm climates betvveen the tropics. They are 
amazingly fwift ; neverthelefs, the negroes often 
overtake them, and knock them down with their 
fticks. They are eafily tamed, and foon become 
very familiar and agreeable; but fuch is the deli- 
cacy of their conftitutions, that they cannot exift 
except in the hotteft climates. The males of 
the Guinea fort are furnifhed with horns ; but the 
females are deftitute of them, as well as all the va- 
rieties to be found either in Java orCeylon, where 
they chiefly abound. 
CHICKEN. The young of die gallinaceous 
order of birds, and efpecially of the common hen. 
CHICUATLI. The Indian name of a bird 
defcribed by Nieremberg, and by him called noc- 
tua canora. It's beak is long, black, and flender; 
and it's head is marked with undulated ftreaks of 
yellow near the eyes. Tlie breaft and belly are 
whitifh ; it has fome black feathers intermixed with 
white on the throat; and the back is variegated with 
black, yellow, and grey. 
It principally frequents mountains, v/here it 
runs on the ground, unlefs alarmed by fomie ap - 
proaching danger. It is eafily bred, and almoft 
every kind of food agrees with it. In the hotter 
climates this bird is very plentiful; and it's flefh is 
generally fat and nutritive. 
CHIEPA. A name given by fome authors to 
the fifh more generally called alaufa, and knov/n 
in England by the appellation of the fnad, or the 
mother of herrings. 
CHIMPANZEE. An Angolan animal of the 
ape kind, a variety of the ourang-outang, or great 
ape, very nearly approaching to the human figure, 
but of a fierce and malicious difpofition. About 
forty years fmce, one of thefe creatures was imported 
into England by the^ptain of a fhip in the Gui- 
nea trade. It was cfffie female fex, and about two 
feet four inches high; it naturally walked ere6t, was 
hairy on fome parts of it's body and limbs, and 
very ftrong and mufcular. It v/as fatisfied with the 
coarfeft food> but fhewed a peculiar fondnefs for 
tea, which it drank out of a cup and faucer in the 
ufual manner. It flept like the human fpecies ; and 
uttered fome inarticulate founds, in imitation of the 
human voice. 
The male of this fpecies is very bold, and will 
venture to attack an armed man. It is faid that 
they often feize on the negro women in the woods, 
and force them into their honid embraces. The 
creature which was exhibited in England was only 
twenty months old, and very tame. The parent 
held it in her arms in it's native country, and did 
not refign it till flie was killed with a fpear by one 
of the natives, when flie v/as found to meafure five 
feet in height. A male of this kind has been de- 
fcribed by Dr. Tyfon. See Ape, Great. 
CHINCH. A genus of infedls defcribed by 
Dr. Elill as furnifhed v/ith four feathery wings. 
The antlers are compofed of a few oval joints, the- 
extreme one running out into a point; the tail is 
fplit, and fetous; and the feathers, which are placed 
as wings, conCiit of jointed ribs, thin fiat plates 
being regularly placed over them. Thele animals 
are fo extremely fmall, that they have in a great 
meafure cfcaped obfervation. Fev/ of thofe natu- 
ralifts vv'ho have fl:udied thefe minute infcfts, have 
been able to trace many of them ; and, from fuch 
as have, very little of their nature is to be learned, 
as the lucernal miicrofcope is abfolutely neceffary 
to aiTift the naturalift's refearches, and this inven- 
tion is but of modern date. Thofe creatures in 
the infecl world to which the Chinches approach 
the nearefb, are the feather-wing moths; but from 
thefe they differ abundantly in the ftrufture of their 
antlers, the fhape of their bodies, their motions, 
and the peculiar formation of their tails. The fub- 
flance v/hich compofes the wings of the Chinches, 
though in appearance they very much refem.ble the 
plumes of birds, are in reality very different; for 
they have nothing feathery in them, but are folely 
com.pofed of hollow jointed ribs, not unlike fome 
of the corallines ; and the feeming hairs, or plumes, 
which cover them, are 'flat, thin, conic fcales. 
Chinch, Straw-Coloured. Each wing of 
this fpecies is compofed of one diftinft, undivided 
feathtr; the head is of a lemon-colour; the eves are 
of a delicate blue; the antlers are of a very pale 
brown, but ruddy at the bafe of each joint; and the 
feelers are pale, and frnall. The trunk is of a light 
ftraw-colour; the fcutcheon is iomewhat greenifh ; 
the body is of a pale flraw-colour, and the lines 
which interfeft it are whitifli. The legs are a pale 
brown, but of a deeper caft at the joints ; the wings 
are whitifh, v/ith a fl-iade of brown ; and the tail is 
amber-coloured. 
Dr. Hill, to whom we are indebted for the de- 
fcription of the Stravz-Coloured Chinch, informs us, 
that this creature fell under his cognizance in the 
following very fingular manner. A gentleman very 
fubjech to the head-ache, (which complaint his phy- 
fician attributed to his fludious difpofition) fneez- 
ing one day with great violence as he was writing, 
obferved fome atoms prefently afterwards on a fneet 
of v/hite paper which lay before him ; and, as they 
plainly moved, he folded them up, and brought 
them to the do6lor ; who having laid a few of thefe 
animalcules before the lucernal miciofcope, found 
tliem to be Straw-Coloured Chinches, ufually inha- 
biting the flov/ers of the plant mignonette, which, 
on enquiry, he found the gentleman kept in his 
chamber. 
Chinch, Tawny. The characters of the ge- 
nus are in no fpecies more diftindly feen than in 
this. Each wing is compofed of two feathers, 
rifing from a fimple bafe; the head is of a dull yel- 
lowifli brown ; the eyes are large, and of a fiery 
red ; the antlers are firm, a little hairy, very fliarp 
at the points, and of a pale-brown colour. The 
feelers are fhort and dufl<y; the trunk is brown, 
covered 
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