S THE NATURAL HISTORY 
The fore part of the head is a beautiful fea. 
green; the upper part reddifh, tinged with green; 
the back part of the head and back a brownith 
red; the breaft and tail a greenifh blue. 
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(Tar H oP POE, 
“The beak is Se, or bending, a little compreffed ; flene 
ga witha furrow running along each fide. 
very fhort triangular tongue, blunt and ftrait in malt 
| Ref hopping or walking, three toes before 



HE oj c can raife or let fall his Ad 
when he chufes ; it begins at the bafe of his 
beak, and goes ta the back part of his head. 
The feathers in the creft are in a double row, 
and they are black and yellow. | 
In the middle of the tail is a white fpot, ikea. 
“new moon. The wings and tail are black, with 
bars of white. It lives on infects, fuch as ants, 
and beetles, and caterpillars. It is found in 
i many 

