
a OF NATURAL HISTORY 
7 head and throat; its tail is very fhort, and dis’ 
wings reach beyond it; but from the upper part 
of the tail there are two ftems of feathers about 
fix inches long, naked, except towards the end, 
_ where they Bate webs on one fide, and curl round. 

Its _head and back are red; -under,each wing it 
has a remarkable tuft of feven or eight feathers 
tipt with green ; and on’its breaft theré is a cref- — 
“cent of feathers of a dark glofly green. © 
Birds of Paradife are fo extremely light, from: 
the great quantity of their feathers, that their 
flight is liable to be affected by the winds; on this 
account, perhaps, they chufe for their abode thofe 
countries in which high winds are not frequents 
GENUS 15. 5 R QO G 0 N. 
Tue CURUCUI, or COUROUCOU, 
The beak is fhorter than the head, comipreffed, hooked, 
and on the margin, or edge, a little waved, furrounded at 
the bafe with fringe-like feathers, 
The toes placed two before and two behind, for climbing. 
_ The legs. are fhort A weak, and covered with feathers. 
er down. 
hl 
\HE Y are found in Shuith pithegtéa! One : 
of this kind has a yellow bill, furrounded 
“ie Riff black feathers that point forward; they — 
have 
