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broad, and two and a half long. The fore-part of 
the fhell is of a dark brown colour variegated with 
whitifli fpots; and the hinder part is a whitifli yel- 
low, adorned with brown longitudinal flreaks. It 
has eight roundifh- feet or claws, befides the two 
great claws or nippers, each of which is tv/o inches 
and a half long and half an inch broad: the upper 
parts of thefe claws are armed and dentated like 
the comb of a cock ; and the nippers fomewhat 
refcmble the bill of a bird; which, with the whole 
claw, reprefents the fore-part of the head of a cock. 
This crab, in Iwimming, blows the water np like 
the bubbling of a fpring. 
GUAIBA-COARA. An American fifli, called 
by the Portuguefe Burace de Velha. The body 
is flat, but the back is prominent; it's greatefl: 
length is eight inches; and it's breadth is equal to 
a third of it's length. Thefe fifli are caught 
among the rocks and near tlie fiiores of the Bra- 
zils in sreat abundance, and are eaten both by 
the natives of the country and the Portuguefe 
fettlers. 
GUAIMINIBIQUE. An appellation given 
by many authors to the humming-bird, called alfo 
guainumbi. 
GUALACLING. The Philippine name for 
a bird of the ftarling kind about the fize of the 
dove. It's colour is a plain black, unlefs when 
viewed in the fun, and then it reflefts a great va- 
riety of very beautiful tints. This bird feeds on 
fruits; and is very brifk and lively in it's difpofi- 
tion. 
GUAMAJACU APE. A name given by 
Marcgrave and others to the pifcis triangularis. 
GUAMAJACU ATINGA. A fifh of the 
©rbis kind, ufually about fix inches in length, hav- 
ing a frog-fhaped mouth ; and, inftead of teeth, 
furnifhed with a hard bone above and below. The 
holes for the gills are very large, near which there 
are two fquare, broad, and fiiort fins; the head is 
covered with a hard bony fliell ; and the whole 
body with prickles, except on the belly, which is 
as foft as that of the frog: thefe prickles are fo 
many fmall-pointed bones. This animal can at 
pleafure inflate it's whole body into the refem- 
blance of a bladder; and it's flefh is eftsemed poi- 
fonous. 
GUAMAJACU GUARA. An appellation 
given by fome authors to that ipecies of the hyf- 
trix, or porcupine, called by Marcgrave diabe. 
GUANA. Afpecies of American lizard. 
GUANACO. A variety of the llama, or 
American camel. See Cariel, Llama, 
GUANHUMI. A name frequently given to 
the Indian land-crab, with a roundifh body, flightly 
comprelTcd, and of the fize of an orange. It has 
eight legs or claws five inches long, the lower parts 
of which are covered with long hairs; the mouth 
is large, and hairy on it's fides, as well as the reft 
of the body; about the mouth there are two re- 
tra6f ile feelers ; and the eyes likewife may be ex- 
tended or drawn back at pleafure. 
GUAPEP^VA. An American fifh of the rana 
pifcatrix kind, but remarkably fmall, and difirr- 
ing from that Angular creature in feveral efl.en- 
tials. It is fcldom more than three inclies long, 
and one and a half broad; it has no gills ; it's 
mouth is large, projefted like that of the dog, and 
furnifhed with extremely minute teeth; it's eyes 
are very fmall; on the middle of it's upper lip 
grows a fmall upright horn ; and before it a flendcr 
fijinent, half a finger in length, turned backwards, 
and clubbed at the extremity. It has one large 
dorfal fin, and two fmall ventral fins ; and on each, 
fide of the body rifes a kind of arm, which dege- 
nerates into a fin towards the extremity. This fiHi 
is entirely covered with a tough (kin, rough on the 
back, and fmooth on the belly; and the colour is 
a reddifli brovm, marked with large black points. 
GUARA. A Brazilian bird, called by Clu- 
fius Numenius Indicus, or the Indian Curlew. It 
is about the fize of the platea, or fpoon-bill; the 
beak is long, and of a greyifh colour; the tail b 
fhort, and, when doled, concealed by the wings; 
and the colour of the whole body is a fine vivid 
red, except that the long wing-feathers are tipped 
with black at their extremities. When firfb hatched 
from the egg, this bird is black; afterwards it be- 
comes greyifh ; and, laftly, changes to a beautiful 
red . 
GUARACAPEMA. A term ufed by fome 
authors to exprefs the fifli more ufually called the 
dorado, or auratus pifcis. 
GUARA-TEREBA. An American fifh of 
the cucuius kind, approaching to the nature of 
the trachurus Brazilienfis. It is commonly about 
five inches long; the head is obtufe; and the mouth 
is furnifaed with very fmall teeth. The lateral 
lines towards the tail are armed with prickly- 
hooks, pointing backwards; and the tail is bifid. 
GUARAUNA. An aquatic bird about the 
Cvze of the fnipe, common in the Brazils. The 
bill is ftraight, flightly hooked at the end, and 
about four inches long; the body is about the 
fame length; the colour is a dufi<;y brown, with an 
admixture of green ; and the flefh is much admired 
for it's delicacy. 
GUARERUA. A fifli caught in the Brazi- 
lian feas. It's body,, which is comprefTed, is about 
four inches long, and three broad ; and it has a 
fmall mouth, and very minute teeth. On the up- 
per part of the body, and on the belly, there is a 
long broad fin, both which terminate in a thorny 
point ; the tail is cuneiform ; the fcales are black, 
with yellow edges; all the fins are alfo black; and 
about the mouth there is an iron-coloured line, 
having another placed perpendicularly over it. 
The body is furrounded with three ftripes, two of 
which run through the broad and hinder part of 
the fins; and the tail is divided by a third, 
GUARIBA; the Simla Beelzebub of Linnseus. 
This animal, which is of the monkey kind, is 
common in the Weft Indies. It is of the fize of 
the fox ; the face is prominent ; the eyes are blacky 
and Ihining; the ears are fmall, and round; the 
tail is very long, naked towards the end, and ex- 
tremely flexible, the creature frequently twifling 
it round trees,, and fafpending itfelf by it. The 
body is entirely covered with fine black fhining 
hairs, except on the legs and part of the tail^^ 
where they are brown : thefe hairs are fo nicely 
difpofed over the animal, that it appears perfectly 
iinooth, except that it has a kind of beard under 
the chin and throat. 
Thefe animals are prodigioufly numerous in the 
woods of Brazil and Guiana, and make a very loud 
and hideous nolle. It is very common for one of 
them to begin his note, and the whole affembly to 
remain mute around him. Accoj-ding to Marc- 
grave, ( who informis us that he has frequently been 
an eye-witnefs of their proceedings) they meet in 
large troops, before and aker mid day, when they 
form a large circle. One of them, placing him.- 
felf above the reft, begins to make a loud noifc: 
after 
