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trees in unfrequented places; lays ,5 — 6 bluelfli eggs svith 
black ftripcsandlpots ; when duinelhicated feeds on all km 
of grain, and is very dcflrutfivc to plantations, yet clears 
them in iome meafure from noxious inlefts. 
Bill znA kgs h\Ack-, iridr fdvcry; long, wedged, and with 
. the wings purple ; Jmialc totally dulhy. 
G'recnifli-blue ; belly rufty ; legs blood-red. Egyptian G. 
iTihabits Egypt : 4 inches l^ng ; feeds on iniefts. 
Ntck with a longitudinal rufty line at' the tides. 
Brown ; beneath ochre-yellow ; head and ncCk black ; 
'''®- band round the neck naked, wrinkled ; area of the 
tvings white ; tail wedged, black, white at the tip. 
° Long-billed G. 
Inhabits South America ; above 8 inches long. 
BdL black, long ; aojirils placed in the middle ; fowgwe deeply 
cleft, the edges jagged ; irids dulky ; firft quill-feathers 
obliquely white at the bafe ; legs long, ftout, black ; body 
(lender. /, 1 1 j 
2. Shining-black ; fome of the feathers of the ihoulders and 
tail yellow. 
Inhabits Sandwich IJlands. 
Bill without bridles at the bafe. 
. Hoaty ; fpot on the crown and back between the wings 
violet-black ; tail and wings with a lhade of green, 
the latter with a double white ftripc. 
Inhabits, the ozier banks of Dauuria: in its neft and eggs releni- 
bles the thrufh. , 1 t 1 u 
female, dirty-a(h ; back brown ; wings and tad deep black. 
■f? 
' Black ; band on the wings and body beneath white ; region 
of the eyes naked, wrinkled. Yellow-faced G. 
Inhabits New Holland. • , 1 j 
Bill compreiTed ; nofirils oval ; legs yellow, wnnkled, 
c * 
'p'^neti. Striate ; above tawny, beneath yellowilh ; head and chui 
varied with tawny and white ; tail wedged, (harp, 
and with the wings tawny. hex 
Inhabits the interior parts of Guiana t climbs trees ; 10 me 
long. ■ , 1,1 V 
Bill black, near 2 inches long, a lltfte curved ; kge zc 
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