OF BIRDS. oh 
Genus 64. FINAMOW. ' 
This Genus is not mentioned by abies wm 
' The bill is long and blunt at the end, the noftrils are 
placed in the middle, aod the gape is wide. 
The fides of the head and throat are not well furnifhed 
with feathers. 
The tail is very fhort, often hid by the upper coverts. 
The toe behind is fhort and ufelefs in walking, and the 
claws are hollowed beneath. 
The female is larger than the male. 
HE Finamous pafs the night perched upon 
trees, and fometimes fit upon them part of 
the day; but they only reft upon the lower 
branches, and perhaps it is neceffity, and not in- 
clination, that makes them avoid roofting upon 
the ground. 
In America, where only the Finamous are 
found, Partridges, and even many web-footed 
birds, which with us confine themfelves to the 
ground, rooft there in trees ; probably on account 
of the beafts of prey, the ferpents, or the innu- 
merable {warms of ants which infeft that country, 
and would deftroy both them and their young. 
The Finamou’s flefh is efteemed a delicacy, 
though fome parts are thought to tafte bitter, on — 
account of the fruits on which they feed, 
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