fa 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 brownifh 
ted 5 the breaft and. tail a greenith blues Toe ee 
curd oo pbE typ Aehves eg 
(= Tar HOPPOE 
“The beak is bowed, or bending, a little compreffed ; flen- 
der, with a furrow running along each fide. , 
A very fhort triangular tongue, blunt and firait in mof. 
- Feet formed for hopping or walking, three toes before 
: and one behind. _ | 
Ten feathers i in its tail, and a creft on its bead, which it 
; can n fold back. 
<H E site can rai or let fall his creft - 
-when he chufes}; it begins at the bafe of his 
wees and goes to the back part of his head. 
The feathers in the creft are in a double: shee s 
and they are black and yellow. = ) ; 
: In the middle of the taibis. a white fpot, like a 
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 - 
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