oS ee ee ee 
fields of maize or Indian corn T hey breed: in 
Carolina and Virginia, always among ruthes, 
They faften together the tops of the ruthes, as a 
-_€anopy or covering to their nefts, which they 
build under them, and at fo juft a height, as al- 
. ways to be above the flowing of the water. 
4 -— 
Genus 18: GRACULA. 
T we. GR Aiea BA 
The beak is convex and comprefled ; rather vs at the 
bafe. Noftrils fmall, = pie 
The tongue ftrart, pointed, and flefhy. | 
. The feet formed for walking or eae, three toca 
before and one behind. 
HE Mings are birds of this kind; they 
A 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 
blackith 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 font 3 in the Phil- 
Jipine iflands, in Afia. The fides of its head are 
‘ | OS naked s 
