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erodes each wing obliquely : the inlides of 
the wings are of a beautiful yellow colour, 
except round the ridge and the tips of the 
quills, which are dufky : the legs and feet 
are orange- coloured. I take this Bird to be 
the Guira Coereba of Markgrave, (fee his 
Hiftory of Brafil, pag. 212, and Wiliugh- 
by’s Ornithology, pag. 239.) I believe no 
figure has been given of this Bird by former 
authors. Petiver hath given a figure of a 
Bird of this family, which he calls To- 
7 nineo capenfis major capite luteo. 
The HOOPOE HEN hath the bill 
m uch like a common hen’s bill, and is of a 
whitifh colour : the head and neck are co- 
vered with feathers of a bright orange or 
gold colour : it hath a creft lpread like a 
fan which lies very flat : the creft-feathers 
have tranfverfe black lines acrofs them a 
little within their tips : the tips of the fea- 
thers are thicker than they are below the 
black marks. This is all the defeription 
I can give of the Bird ; but there came an 
account with the Head from America, 
which being in French is copied word for 
word in the French tranflation, and may 
be Englifhed thus : “ The Widdehop is a 
“ Bird, whofe back or upper fide, throat and 
u head, are of a yellow colour inclining 
" to orange : its creft, which is extremely 
“ fine, is of the fame colour, covered at 
“ the top with a fmall crown of a dark 
“ brown colour : the lower part of the 
££ throat and the belly is white, and fome- 
u times of a light brown colour. The feet 
41 are brown, with three toes before, and 
££ a fmall one behind, as a cock : it has 
££ a very ftrong fmell of mufk : this Bird 
“ is found on the continent of America, 
<c efpecially at Surinam; but it is pretty 
££ fcarce, and very fhy.” 
The CREEPER was lent me by 
Mr. Millan, who had it (A. D. 1753) 
preferved very perfect, and to whom I am 
obliged for its figure. The Head of the 
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ejl dun trh bem jaune , except e les bords , qui 
font brundtres , aujji bien que le haut des pen - 
nes : les jambes et les pattes font orange. Je 
cross que cet Oifedu ejl le Guira Coereba de 
Markgrave *. Et je ne fiache pas qui l y 
ait encore eu aucun auteur , qui ait donni la 
figure de cet Oifeau . Petiver a donne la fi- 
gure dun Oifeau de cette forte , qui l appelle y 
Tomineo capenfis major capite luteo. 
Le WIDDEHOP a le bee blanchdtre » 
fait a peu prh comme celui de tios ponies com- 
munes : la tete ejl revetUe , comme le cou , de 
plumes dun orange *vij\ ou couleur dor: il 
a une Crete de plumes et endues en forme d even- 
tail ^ qui ejl fort mince : il y a fur le haut 
des plumes de cette Crete , tant foit peu au def- 
fous de I’extremite , de petites barres noires 
iratifverfales ; et ces plumes font plus epaijfes 
au j'ommety quelles ne Je font au dejfous des 
barres noires . C’efi toute la defeription que 
je fuis en etat de donner de cet Oifeau ; mais 
en void tin detail , qui ejl venu d Amerique 
avec la tete y et que je vais copier mot pour 
mot : ££ Le Widdehop ejl un Oifeau jaune y 
u tirantfur V orange par le deffus da dos, de 
<£ la gorge et de la tete : fa Crete qui ejl ex- 
££ t r eme men t belle et de la me me couleur , ejl 
££ couverte dune petite couronne brune. Le 
£C has de fa gorge et le ventre eft blanc y et 
££ quelquefois gris blanc : fes pieds font brims 
££ a trois fourches , et un petit pouce, comme 
£t le coq : il fent tres fort le mufe. Cet Oifeau 
££ fe trouve en Amerique , dans le continent , 
<£ fur tout a Surinam ; mais il ejl afi'ez rare x 
££ et difficile a appr ocher.” 
Le G RIM P ERE AU ma etc prete par 
M. Millan , qui la entre fes mains y conferve 
* Voi fon Hilt, (tu Brefil, pag. 212, et TOrnithoL dft 
Willughby en Angl. pag. 239. 
