O F B I R D S. fit 
evening; on this account,it is called the Alarum 
Thrush. 
There is a fpecies of Thrufh called the Ant- 
eater, which likewife inhabits Cayenne ; it feeds 
on ants, and runs up trees like the Woodpecker, 
fupporting itfelf in the fame maimer by its 
tail. 
Genus 70, A M P E L I S. 
The beak is flrait, and convex, the upper mandible the 
longer, and (lightly bowed, both mandibles are toothed, or 
notched near the end, the noflrils arc hid in bridles. 
The tongue is (harp, cartilaginous, and divided. 
The middle toe connected at its origin to the outmoft 
toe. 
There are no birds more diftinguifliable than 
thofe of this genus, for the delicacy and variety 
of their colours, or the beauty and gloiTtncfs of 
their plumage. 
All the richeft colours of nature, the various 
fhadcs of violet, purple, blue, orange, red, pure 
white, and velvet black, are laviflicd here with 
5 g a y«ft 
