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bottom of the neck, on each fide thebi^afc, there 1 
is a fpot of black and white bars akernateiy fuc- | 
ceeding each other, placed tranfverfdf. The I 
back, and the coverts of the wings, are brown, I 
with a changeable iuOire of blue and green ; the I 
outer quills of tiie wings arc biackifh; the middle 1 
quiils are of a fine varvseg green, tipt with white j 
and three or four of the quills next the body are i 
browniili, their excreaic webs being edged with 
white. 
Two uncommon feathers appear in this bird; 
one among the quiils of each wing., which, when 
the wings are clofed, rife above the back in a fin- 
gular manner. Thefe feathers are of a duii 
orange, or bright bay colour, on their upper or 
broader webs, edged tov/ards their points with 
black; the nasTOw, or lower webs, are of a ^ine | 
blue colour, except their tips, which are bay. i 
The tail is brown,, widi a g!o(s of blue ; the belly, 
and coverts beneath the tail, are white; and the 
fide- feathers, which (all partly over the wings, 
are of a light cinereous brown hue, with tranf- 
verfe arched lines of white and black placed alter- 
nately. The legs and tpes are of an orange co- 
lour; and the claws are dufky. . : 
Teal, Indian'. This beautiful bird is a na- 
tive of the Eaft Indies. The bill and feet are of 
a fine red colour ; the top of the head, the upper 
part of the neck, and almoO: all the back, are yel- 
low; as well as the rump, which is marked with 
femiiunar fpots. The under part of the neck, the 
breaft, and the belly, are white; but the wings 
poffefs a great variety of colours. The tail is 
partly green, and partly blue; and the toes are 
deftitutc of membranes. 
TEITEI. A Brazilian bird, a fpecies of the 
tanagra in the Linn^ean fvOiem. It is about the 
fize of the red-breail, and beautifully coloured; 
it's voice is very melodious ; and it is frequently 
tamed and caged. ' 
TEJ UGU ACU. A Brazilian fpecies of li- 
zard, called alfo temapara. In it's general figure, 
it bears a ftrong refemblance to the iguana; but 
differs from it in it's whole body being black, with 
a few variegations of white. It principally fub- 
fills by fucking of eggs; and is capable of fur- 
prifmg abftinence, Marcgrave having kept one 
aliv° leven months vvithout food. This foecies 
alfo afforded a certain teftimony to that author of 
the reproduftion of the tail when amputated. 
TEIUNHANA. A fmall American lizard, 
with a fnarp nofe ; and a long fiender tail, termi- 
nating in a point almoft as ftiarp as a needle. The 
head is covered with fcales; the back, fides, and 
legs, have a fofc velvet-feeling fkin; and the tail 
is covered with extremely minute fcales of a fquare 
figure. 
TELELSOPE SHELL. An appelllation 
by which fome authors exprefs a particular fpecies 
of turbo, with plane, ftriated, and numerous fpires. 
TELLINA. In the Linn^ean difirribution, a 
diftinft genus of the clafs of vermes, and order of 
teftacea. It's charaders are thefe: the inclofed 
animal is a tethys; and the Ihell a bivalve, gene- 
rally floping down on one fide, with three teeth 
at the hinge. Linnasus enumerates twenty-nine 
fpecies. 
Da Cofta makes the Tellinae the ninth family 
of bivalve fiiells; defining them to be Ihells more 
broad than long, fomewhat flat, and the hinge 
having two teeth fet clofe together. Of this fa- 
mily he reckons two genera; the Tellinje, or fliells 
TEN 
with fimilar fides, whofe beaks and hinges are cen- 
tral, containing few fpecies ; and the cimei, or 
fhells with diffimilar or unequal fides, whofe 
beaks and hinges are placed near to, or quite at 
one extremity. 
There are feveral foffile ihells of this lafl genus 
which have not yet been difcovered recent from 
the fea. 
Thefe fhcil-fift do not naturally live on the 
furface of the bottom of the fea, but bury thern- 
lelves in the mtid or fand, after the manner of the 
chamse, prefcrving a communication with the wa- 
ter above by means of the fame ibrt of tubes or 
pipes which thoie polTefs; but as the tubes of 
the Telling are very ihort, they cannot exift at 
any great depth from the furface. 
Pennant enumerates the following fpecies of 
Tcllina?, all found on the Britifn coafls : the fra- 
gile, the deprclTed, the flat, the plain, the rayed, 
the carnation, the flefn-coloured, the trifafciated, 
the rugged, the Cornifh, and the horny. 
TEMAPARA. A particular fpecies of li- 
zard, approaching to the nature of the iguana, 
and fomctimes denominated the tejuguacu. See 
Tejuguacu. 
TEMELO, A name given by fome ichthyo- 
logifo to the umber; called the grayling in Eng- 
land. 
TEMPATLAHOAC. a bird of the duck 
kind, defcribed by Nieremberg; a native of fome 
parts of the Weft Indies. 
TENCH. In the Artedian and Linnsean fyf- 
tems, a fpecies of the cyprinus; and diftinguifhed 
by Artedi under the appellation of the blackiflij, 
mucous, or flimy cyprinus, with the end of the 
tail even. It is the cyprinus pinna ani radiis vi- 
ginti quinque. 
The Tench appears to have been little efleemed 
by the ancients ; an evident proof of the capri- 
cioufnefs of tafle : for what Aufonius deems only 
fit for the canaille, in modern days is a feaft for 
the voluptuous. 
Some have denominated this fifh the phyfician 
of the fea, from it's flime being fuppofed to pof- 
fefs fuch a healing quality, that the wounded ap- 
ply it as a ftyptic. Diaper, in his Pifcatory Ec- 
logues, fays, that even the voracious pike will 
fpare the Tench on account of it's healing pow- 
ers. But whatever fanative powers it's (lime may 
poffefs, (which do not feem well authenticated) 
certain it is that it's flefh is both wholefome and 
delicious. 
The Tench feldom exceeds four or five pounds 
in weight, though it has fbmedmes been caught 
of the weight of ten pounds; and Salvian men- 
tions one of twenty pounds. It feems fond of 
flill waters, and is rarely caught in rivers. The 
body is thick and fhort in proportion to it's 
length; and the fcales, which are very fmall, are 
covered with flime. The irides are red ; and 
fometimes, but not invariably, there is a fmall 
beard at each angle of the mouth. The back is 
dufky; the dorfal and ventral fins are of the fame 
colour; the head, fides, and belly, are of a green- 
ifh call, mofl beaudfully mixed with gold, which 
appears in it's greatefl fplendor v.'hen the fifh is in 
feafon ; and the tail is quite even at the extremity, 
and extremely broad. 
TENDRAC. An animal of the hedge-hog 
kind, fo called by Buffon. It is a native of the 
Eafl Indies; and it's flefh is much efleemcd by 
the natives, 
TENEBRIO. 
