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BIRDS. PIC/E. 22. I’icus. 
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Maliiccen- Crcllud head 5nd fliodldtrs Icarlet; chin and throat 
• yellow.; body beneath barred with black and whhD 
•tail black. • Malacca > ' 
Inhanit.s MaUicca ; &bo.u 13 inches longi , . 
ili// blick ; h*n/.f red ; grccnini-yellow with bhek band ^ 
tail-feathers dufky-red, witlilu fpotted with white, 
Pitiv". Brown dotted -with white ; tail fliort. 
Inhabits Ckili r has the appearance of a pigeon, and builds> 
, in the hollows of trees, but ott the banks of rivers and de*- ' 
yitics oi mountains; lays ulualiy 4 eggs. 
* f’iridu; ■ Green ; crown crimfon. ' Greet! 
2. Upper part of the head and fpots beneath tlie ears deep 
rump pale yellow. 
Inhabits itiiropf, 2) Mexico: 13 inches long; makes a 
lar hok in the dead parts of trees for its ndt, and las'S o'' 
• _ • grecnifli eggs fpotted with black ; is fond of bees. 
ihl/duOty, 2 inches long; inner circle of the irids redddJl’ 
oater white temples bkekifh ; quillfealhers dulky ''''’jj 
whitilh fpots ; tail blackifh, oblcurely barred with green ^ 
• ^ tipt with white ; legs grecnilh-alh. 
Bingalen- Green; creftred; nape black ; front and throat v.irieg‘'^!S 
white and black ; body beneath white. Bengal''' 
^ Inhabits .Bengal; 8| inches long. j 
^ Bdl and legs blackiih ; fore-part of the face., neck beneath, , 
Ireajt white with black Ipots ; tall black; each fide from 
eyes a flripe extending to the neck. 
2. Head v/ith numerous white fpots ; back black,- fcarRi 
r the middle. ' ^ 
Inhabits Ceylon and China ; a little larger. 
iJody green ; fore-part of the red. 
(hiadrima- Green ; beneath blueifh ; crown and rump yellovv 
culatiis, quill and tail-feathers black. Blue-thraated f ‘ ! 
Inlrabits tkvlon r fizc of P. viridis. dm. Phyf. aa. pl‘-S^'u 
• Breajl and belly blucilh-afl) ; under the throat a large oval 
of glolTy blue-black ; thro-u furroundvd by a band of 
kgs olive. 
