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Mdanoct- 
phala. 
Aiba. 
BIRDS. GRALL^Ii. 59. Fulka. 
Blue ; head and neck black. Black-hcud^^^^^ ^ 
Inhabits America; lize of F. porphyrio ; perhaps a va ^ 
Female ; crown and body above tawny ; fioulders ftreaK^ 
white ; wings grcenilh, with a tawny tinge ; quiUj 
greanilh-bliie. 
C' 
Body white ; front, bill and legs red. 
Inhabits iilands in the South Sea ; . 3 feet long. . |,ea ^ ' 
Bill ftroiig, fhortifh, naked part nearly covering the 
inds reddifh ; area of the eyes covered with red g' 
back, and interfcapulur region foinetimes fpotted 
with blw" 
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Purpurea, Purple ; bill pale ; legs greenifh-yellow. 
Inhabits the marlhes of New Spain,; crows like a coc< • 
Flavirof- Above blue ; throat blueifli- white ; belly and rump 
iris. ^ wings and tail brown ; bill and legs 
Inhabits Cayenne ; 1 2 inches long. 
Porphyrio, Front red ; bracelets many ; body green, beneat^^'^^^^ 
Inhabits mod temperate and warm places; 15 mch®* j 
docile and eafily tamed ; (lands on one leg and 
to its mouth with the other ; feeds on filh, roots, *■ 
feeds. glflljt 
Bill and legs red; irids tawny; head and neck abo' 
violet; cheeks throat violet-blue; Aad and 
green ; wings and rounded tail Ihining green, w'ithm 
Vidatea, Black-violet ; neck beneath blue ; front and leg® O' 
Inhabits with the lall. Pent white. 
Carthage- Front blue; body rufous. 
na. Inhabits Car/Afl^e in zlOTerrca," fiae of F. atra. 
Cayanenfis Grey-brown ; bread and upper part of the 
back and wings olive ; chin whitilh. 
Inhabits Cayenne,*, i8 inches long. , ■ 
Bill pale yellow, tipt with dufky ; legs red. 
