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in some measure with that animal; the natives give 
it the name of Vouron-fangharac-Vakaa. 
The Vouronpatra is a species of ostrich, having 
the same nature and habits as that bird. The natives 
seldom take it, and it frequents the most desert places 
in the woods. 
The Rehoc is of the poultry kind, but wild, and 
is found in the woods :—its plumage is violet, and its 
head, tail, and feet are red. 
Lapwings are called Twouch: they are grey, 
speckled with black, and have a beautiful crest of 
feathers on their head. 
Two species of blackbirds, the canary-bird, 
several of the gros-beak kind, partridges, quails, 
crows, ravens, sparrow-hawks, and kites, haunt the 
woods ; and a great variety of singing birds enliven 
those gloomy recesses, with their mingled and enter¬ 
taining melody, throughout the day; and when the 
greater part of animated nature is sunk in repose, a 
numerous race of nocturnal feathered intruders, with 
less musical voices, break in upon the awful stillness, 
and in their turns, and according to their natures, 
participate the bounties of Providence, and exult in 
the enjoyment of an active existence. 
We have at present, however, met with no 
account of the latter, except one species, called 
Vouron-ambova , which is supposed to prognosticate 
misfortune. Its cry is very doleful, and resembles 
the whining of an unhappy dog, or the plainings of a 
new-born infant. 
