O-F BIRDS. | 6a 
have black feathers round their eyes ; the throat, 
the top of the head, and back, is of a beautiful 
green, glofled with blue and gold; the forepart 
of the neck a blue green; the wings are afh-co- 
loured ; the breaft and ftomach of a beautiful ee 
orange ; the fix middle feathers of the tail are 
green, tipt with black ; the other feathers white, 
-ftriped acrofs with spel except at the bh where | 
they are white. | 
Their note is melancholy. They retire into 
, ee forefts, and lay in hollow trees upon decayed 
wood, which they break very fmall with their 
~ bills. They lay three or four white eggs, and their 
neft is very foft. ‘The male bird brings food to 
«He female whilft the fits, and fings, perched on a 
neighbouring bough, They feed their young 
- with worms, caterpillars, and infects, : 
| Rats, and fnakes, and birds of prey often as | 
vour them. They are about the fize of a pigeon, 
‘They do not fly much, but fit on the fame bough 
for the greateft part of the day, Their feathers 
ealily fall off. ‘They are beautiful. The Mexi~ 
cans ufe them in making pictures and other orna= 
ments, which are very pleating. 
GEnus | 
