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le&ion. This does not exactly agree with 
any authors I have yet read. 
Monf. De la Condamine found this fame 
fpecies of the Toucan in his voyage down 
the River of the Amazons : he fays, ££ the 
££ Toucan, whpfe red and yellow beak is 
££ monftrous in proportion to its body, and 
££ whofe tongue, which refembles a fine 
feather, is reckoned to be endued 
<£ with lingular virtues, is peculiar to the 
u country whereof I fpeak.” See the 
Abridgement of his Voyage made within 
the inland parts of South America, p. 86, 
publifhed at London, A. D. 1747. 
tabkauHollandois dela colkBion de Mr. Clark. 
II ne fe rapporte exaBement a aucun auteur 
que f aye lu *. 
Monf. De la Condamine troima cette meme 
efpece de Toucan en voyageant le long de la ri- 
viere des Amazones : ££ Le Toucan , dit-il, do?it 
<e le bee rouge et jaune eft monfirueux d 
<£ proportion du corps, et dont la langue qui 
££ rejjemble a une plume delicate pajfe pour 
£t avoir des vert us finguliires , efi particu - 
££ Her aux pays dont je park ■f.” 
* Gazophyl. &c. pla. XLIV. fig. 13, 
*f* Voy. l’abr. de fan Voya. dans f interieur de l’Ame- 
rique Meridionale. 
CHAP, XXIX. PLA. 230. 
*The Blue Jay, and the 
Summer Red-Bird. 
T H E Blue Jay is reprefen ted by the 
upper figure in the annexed plate. 
It is reduced from its natural lize by a fcale 
of twelve fuppofed inches, divided on 
eight inches of the flandard English foot. 
The Red- Bird is alfo reduced in the fame 
proportion. 
This Jay is lhaped pretty much like the 
common European Jay, except that the 
tail is longer, and the feathers of un- 
equal lengths; the middle feathers being 
the longeft, but Ihortening gradually to- 
wards the outermoft feathers, which are 
Ihortefl : the beak is black ; the noflrils 
are covered with fmali white hairs refle&ed 
forwards: the blue feathers on the top of 
Le Geai Bleu, et l’Oifeau 
rouge d’Ete. 
E Geai ejl reprefente par la figure , qui 
paroit au haut de la planche ei-jointe. 
11 efi redid t de fa grandeur naturelle par le 
moyen d'une . echelle fuppofee de dauze ponces 
ripartie fur huit de notre pied Anglois . 
L'oifcau rouge efi aufii diminue en meme pro- 
portion. 
Le Geai efi fiait d peu pres comme notice 
Geai commun d Europe, except e quil a la 
queue plus longue, et que ks plumes en font 
inegaks ; cedes du milieu etant les plus longues, 
depuis lefquelles ks autres vont en diminuant 
de chaque cote jufqii a la dernier e : le bee efi 
noir , et ks nafeaux font converts de poil 
blanc recourbe en avant : ks plumes bleues 
du fommet de la tele font longues et peuvent 
