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bling on this account, it is called the Ananum 
Tarvsa. | 7 
' he 
ey ae is a fpecies of Thruth called the Ant- 
eater, which likewife inhabits Cayenne; it feeds 
on ants, and runs up trees like the W oodpecker, 
—— fupporting ielelt in the fame manner by its 
tail 
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Genus 7, cf Me F E bi Gs 
f ‘toes 
*. 
Fhe beak is frait, and convex, the upper mandible the 
; longer, and flightly bowed, both mandibles are toothed, or 
notched near the end, the noftrils are hid in briftles. 
‘The tongue i is fharp, cartilaginous, and divided, 
oun middle toe conne&ted at its origin to the outmolt | 
. There are no birds more diftinguifhable than 
~thofe of this genus, for the delicacy and variety 
of their colours, or the beauty and slofiinels Hpk . 
their plumage. , 
All the richeft colours af nature, the various 
_fhades of violet, purple, blue, orange, red, pure 
White, and velvet black, | are lavilhe ed here with 
is gay eft - 

