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BIRDS. ORALLY. 51. Tantalus. 
Iiihaljits the Cupc oj. Good Hope t ga inches long. 
Irids brow'n ; wing-coverts with a green glofs, coppsO' 
the tip. 
Bill and orbits grccnilb ; legs carmine : body 
brown. ■ Manilla 
Inhabits the Philippine IJlands, Jrids red. 
iace, bill and legs greenilli ; body, ferruginous, 
white. It 
Inhabits Surinam. Bill tipt with black. 
Crijlatus. Face pale ; head, part of the neck, tail and vent 
hind-head crelted, the feathers partly black, 
white ; body ferruginous ; wings whitilli. CfT 
Inh^hhs Madagafcar : 20 inches long. 
Bill and legs brownifh-yellow, 
Manillen- 
ps. 
Minutus. 
Mdanoce- 
fhalus. 
Black 
White ; bill, head and legs black. 
Inhabits India ; 21 inches long. . , 
Bill mucli curved ; nape and ferag with minute black 
irids brown. 
,utS' 
A'iger, 
Hif. 
Face, bill and legs red ; body black. 
Inhabits Bgypt ; go — 40 inches long. 
Face red; bill pale yellow; quill-fcathcrs black j /. 
whitilh-rufous. f tli« 
Inhabits in vail numbers the lower part of Egypt : 
la it ; is held iacred by the Egyptians for its ule in 
the land of reptiles and infeas, which are left after 
undation of the Nile ; refls in an ereft pollure. 
the 
ill' 
jE-thiopi- 
cus. 
Ruber. 
W^hite : head and upper part of the neck browu • /. 
parf of the back and quill-feathers black. 
Inhabits Ethiopia; Hands 19 inches high. 
Bill above green, beneath black ; eyes large ; legs black* 
Face, bill and legs red : body fcarlet : wings tipf , . /. 
black. ^ pit 
Inhabits America: 21 inches lon'>' ; iits on ttcc®’ pil' 
. lays its greenint eggs on the ground; tlie young 
black, then grey, juft before they fly whitllh, and aft® 
grow gradually red. 
