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fields of maize or Indian corn, They breed in 
Carolina and Virginia, always among ruthes, 
| They faften together the tops of the rufhes, as a 
canopy or covering to their nefts, which they 
build under them, and at fo juft a height, as. ale 
ways to be above the flowing of the water. 
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; The beak is convex and compreffed ; rather bare at the 
bafe. Noftrils fmall, 
The tongue ftrait, pointed, and flefhy. 
The feet formed for walking or hopping, three toes 
before and one behind. 
ei Minos are birds of this kind; they 
come from the ifland of Borneo, and from 
other iflands in Afia. They whiftle, and talk, 
and fing, better than the Parrot. ‘They are of a 
blackifh and violet colour; and there is a piece 
of yellow fkin behind their head which reaches on 
each fide to the eye. The beak is red, and yellow 
at the point. 
Another bird of this kind is found in the Phif- 
lipine iflands, in Afia. The fides of its head are 
C 5 naked : 
