There, too, YACOUS (18) domestic and GUANS were seen; The last with brown back, and a body black-green. (18) Order, GALLINÆ, (Lath.) Guan, Yacou, PIPING-CURASSOW, MARAIL. The genus PENELOPE, (Lath.) to which the GUAN, Penelope cristatu, and the YACOU, Penelope cumanensis, belong, consists of eleven species, distinguished by a bill naked, at the base covered with feathers; legs spurless. They are all inhabitants of South America. The following are the chief: The Cristata, or CRESTED-GUAN, has the head with an erect crest; bill black; body black-green; back brown; neck, breast, and belly, spotted with white; legs red; two feet and a half long; they are often tamed, and make a noise not unlike the sound of jacu, or rather, perhaps, yacou; flesh good; inhabits Brazil and Guiana. The Cumanensis, or YACOU, is blackish; crest and first quill feathers white; body beneath speckled with white; tail long; legs red; size of a hen turkey; erects its crest and spreads its tail; builds on the ground and in low trees; inhabits Cayenne and Guiana; at the former place it is tamed, becomes familiar, and will mix with other poultry. The Pipile, or PIPING-CURASSow, has the back brown, spotted with black, the belly black; wing-coverts and first quill-feathers white; legs red; voice weak, piping; inhabits with the last. The Maril, or MARAIL, is greenish-black; head crested; inhabits, in flocks, the woods of Guiana; roosts in trees, upon whose fruit it feeds; emits a harsh disagreeable cry. The BOAT-BILL (19) was there, too, that feaster on fish; And the SCARLET-COTINGA as bright as you wish. Many POMPADOUR-CHATTERERS (20) were seen in the throng; Many TROUPIOLES* warbled a sweet plaintive song. (19) Order, GRALLÆ, (Linn.) BOAT-BILL, the CRESTED, the WHITE-BELLIED. The genus CANCROMA, (Linn.) or BOAT-BILL, consists of two species only; it is characterized by a gibbous bill, shaped like an inverted boat; nostrils small, placed in a furrow; tongue small; toes divided; they inhabit South America. The Cochlearia, or CRESTED-BOAT-BILL, is ash-colour; the belly rufous; crown and lunule on the neck black; bill brown; lores naked and blackish; crest long, pendulous, pointed; legs yellowish, brown; toes connected at the base; length twentytwo inches; perches on trees which bang over water, and darts down on fishes as they swim underneath; feeds also on crabs : a second variety having the body spotted brown. The Cancrophaga, or WHITE-BELLIED-BOAT-BILL, is also crested; the body rufous-brown; belly whitish; crown black; by some considered only a variety of the preceding, by others the female. (29) ORDER, PASSERES, (Linn.) CHATTERER, COTINGA, BELL-BIRD. The genus AMPELIS, (Linn.) or CHATTERER, comprehends twenty-eight species, most of them natives of Africa or America, one or two of India; and one, the Ampelis Garrulus, or Waxen Chatterer, found occasionally in this country; they are distinguished by a straight, convex, subincurved bill, each * See forwards. The ORIOLES, so called by the French; I should not have thought it necessary to introduce this terny Troupiole, had not WATERTON, used it very freely in his Wanderings in South America: this unnecessary, as it appears to me, introduction of new names is greatly to be regretted. Àloud, too, was heard the CAMPANERO's note, mandible notched; nostrils covered with bristles; tongue sharp, cartilaginous, bifid; middle toe connected at the base to the outmost. The following seem most worthy of notice: The Garrulus, WAXEN-CHATTERER, European-Chatterer, Silk-Tail, Bohemian-Wax-Wing, or Bohemian-Chatterer, in size resembles a starling; the head is crested, which, and the upper parts, are vivacious brown, dashed with ash-colour; beneath pale purplish ash-colour; it is said to appear annually about Edinburgh, and to feed on the berries of the mountain ash; it is also said to breed in parts more northerly, and to form its nest in the holes of rocks; found also occasionally in the southern parts of the kingdom. The Carnifex, Red-Chatterer, or Scarlet-Cotinga, is seven inches long; crest, lower part of the back, rump, thighs, and lower part of the belly bright crimson; the rest of the plumage dull red; inhabits South America; its cry like the word ouette. Another, the Coccinea, is called SCARLET-CHATTERER. Another, the Militaris, the size of a crow, has the whole plumage crimson, inclining to pompadour red; found in Guiana, but scarce. And another, the Pompadora, or POMPADOUR-CHATTERER, has the plumage, in general, a fine glossy purplish red; found also in Guiana. The Variegata, or VARIEGATED-CHATTERER, called, occa. sionally, BELL-BIRD, is eleven inches long; general colour of the body pearly-white, inclining to dove on the back; wings black; from the chin to the middle of the breast, spring numerous narrow flat and elongated fleshy appendages, about one inch aud a quarter in length; voice loud, and heard a great way off; makes two kinds of noise, for about six weeks only, in the months of December and January; one like a hammer striking on a wedge; the other similar to the noise of a cracked bell; found in South America, particularly Guiana. The WHITE-BELlied-Darter(") his power display'd; The TERNS (22) noisy, daring, of nought were afraid. The Carunculata, CARUNCULATED-Chatterer, BELL-BIRD, or Campanero, is twelve inches long; the whole plumage in the male white, in the female olive-green; on the forehead a fleshy caruncle or tube, nearly three inches long, which may be erected at pleasure; when filled with air it looks like a spire, when empty. it becomes pendulous like that of a turkey-cock ; it is jet black, dotted all over with small white feathers; nest on tall trees; eggs four, greenish; voice so lond as to be heard for half a league; WATERTON says three miles! notes composed of two syllables-In, An, uttered in a drawling tone; it has been compared, as in the variegated species, to the sound of a bell, and hence one of its names; inhabits South America, par, ticularly Guiana. The MURASING-CHATTERER is found at Calcutta. (2) ORDER, ANSERES, (Linn.) Darter, AhingA. The genus PLOTUS, (Linn.) or DARTER, consists of a very few species; five have been described; they have a straight, pointed, toothed bill; the nostrils with a little slit near the base; face and chin naked; legs short; all the toes connected; they have also a small head and slender neck, and are chiefly seen in southern climates; they live principally on fishes, which they take by darting forward the head, while the neck is contracted like the body of a serpent. The Anhinga, White-bellied-Darter, Ahinga, or Snakebird, has the body above black; belly white; head, neck, and breast, reddish-grey; tail-feathers twelve, broad, long; two feet ten inches long; inhabits Brazil, and many other parts of America; builds on trees; when at rest sits with the head drawn in between the shoulders; flesh oily and rancid. The Melanogaster, or BLACK-BELLIED-DARTER, is three feet long; inhabits Ceylon and Japan; three or four other varieties The NODDY, too, sought, midst the sea-birds, delight; The LARIDS in air look'd exultant and bright. found in Cayenne and Senegal. The Surinamensis, or SURINAMDARTER, is thirteen inches long; has the head crested; the belly white; is domesticated; feeds on fishes and insects; is very active; inhabits Surinam; Dr. LATHAM has arranged this last under his genus FIN-FOOT, which see. (22) ORDER, ANSERES, (Linn.) TERN, the COMMON, the BLACK, the LESSER; the SANDWICH; NODDY. The genus STERNA, (Linn.) or TERN, comprehends between forty and fifty species, four of which are found in this country; they have a subulate, straight, pointed bill; wings very long; tail mostly forked; feet small, webbed; they are clamorous and gregarious, assembling in large flocks; with us they are migratory, leaving our shores regularly on the approach of winter. The following are specimens: The Hirundo, COMMON, GREATER-TERN, Sea-Swallow, or Gull-Teazer, is fourteen inches long; the bill and legs red; the top of the head black; beneath the eyes, the neck, and all the under parts, white; back and wings of an ash-colour; tail forked and white, except the outer web of the exterior feathers, which is black; it has a slender but elegant form, most beautiful plumage, and is the most active fisher of all the aquatic tribe; it is a noisy and restless bird, constantly on the wing in search of insects or small fish; but though web-footed, is said never to swim or dive; it is most commonly known by the name of sea-swallow, its actions being similar to those of that bird; it is called gull-teazer on the south coast of Devonshire, where it is frequently seen to pursue and persecute the lesser gulls, till they disgorge their food, which it dexterously catches before it reaches the water; it comes to this country in the spring; laying on our flat sandy shores three or four eggs, it is said in sand, the size of a pigeon's, olivaceous brown, spotted |