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plentiful. He is about the size of a fan-tail pigeon, second 
bis colour a bright orange, and his wings and tail JOTTRN —’ 
appear as though fringed ; his head is ornamented 
with a superb double-feathery crest, edged with 
purple. He passes the day amid gloomy damps 
and silence, and only issues out for food a short time 
at sunrise and sunset. He is of the gallinaceous 
tribe. The South-American Spaniards call him 
u Gallo del Rio Negro/’ (Cock of the Black River,) 
and suppose that he is only to be met with in the 
vicinity of that far-inland stream; but he is common 
in the interior of Demerara, amongst the huge rocks 
in the forests of Macoushia ; and he has been shot 
south of the line, in the captainship of Para. 
The bird called by Buffon Grand Gobe-mouche, 
has never been found in Demerara, although very 
common in Cayenne. He is not quite so large as 
the jackdaw, and is entirely black,' except a large 
spot under the throat, which is a glossy purple. 
You may easily sail from Cayenne to the river Parama- 
Surinam in two days. Its capital, Paramaribo, is 
handsome, rich, and populous : hitherto it has been 
considered by far the finest town in Guiana; but 
probably the time is not far off when the capital 
of Demerara may claim the prize of superiority. 
You may enter a creek above Paramaribo, and 
travel through the interior of Surinam, till you 
come to the Nicari, which is close to the large river 
Coryntin. When you have passed this river, there 
is a good public road to New Amsterdam, the capital 
of Berbice. 
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