There was also the sawing bird PHYTOTOMA (33) With the fine ENGLISH-LADY, (34) so named by The VULTURE was honoured-the assembly was grac❜d. lays five dusky eggs with black spots; it is gregarious, and, in breeding time, sings delightfully; inhabits North America. For another Oriole, the CowPEN, see page 337; see also forwards the WEAVER-ORIOle. Most of the Oriole tribe are called Troupioles, or Troupiales, by many French naturalists: they are also called Troupioles by WATERTON. (33) Order, PASSERES, (Lath.) PLANT-CUTTer, the Chili, the ABYSSINIAN. The genus PHYTOTOMA,(Lath.) or PLANT-CUTTER, consists of two species, one of which, the Rara, CHILI-PLANT-CUTTER, or Sawing-bird, has the bill conic, straight, serrate; nostrils oval; tongue short, obtuse; feet four-toed; the bill is thick, half an inch long, and toothed on each side like a saw; body above dusky-ashı, beneath paler; quill and tail-feathers spotted with black; nearly the size of a quail; has a harsh interrupted cry, Ra, Ra, whence its specific name; feeds on fresh vegetables, which it cuts down near the roots with its bill as with a saw; a pest to gardens; builds in high shady trees; eggs white, spotted with red; inhabits Chili. The other species is the ABYSSINIAN-PLANT-CUTTER, called by Linnæus Loxia tridactyla, or Three-toed-Grosbeak; it is the size of the common-grosbeak, but has only three toes. (34) ORDER, PICÆ, (Linn.) CuruCUI, ENGLISH-LADY. The genus TROGON, (Linn.) or CURUCUI, consists of ten species, all natives of warm climates, chiefly Brazil; they are named Curucui from the similarity of that sound to their voice; the bill is shorter than the head, sharp-edged, hooked, the man The COURIERS (35) came from Europe;-the CREEPER I sing, From New Zealand arriv'd-of the Creepers the king. The MANAKIN tuning his octave was there ; And many sweet WARBLERS (36) both splendid and rare: dibles serrate at the edge; feet formed for climbing. The Curucui, or RED-bellied CuruCUI, the chief species, is about ten inches long; the head, neck, and breast, a brilliant green, changing in different positions into a lively blue; wings greenishwhite, variegated with small lines of black in a zig-zag direction ; tail very long; belly red; builds in the hole of some tree; eggs three or four, nearly white, the size of a pigeon's; the female during her incubation is supplied with food, carefully watched by the male, and soothed by his song; the female has also a melancholy accent during the season of love. The French in St. Domingo call this bird the ENGLISH LADY. Found in varions parts of South America. The Viridis, or Yellow-bellied-CURUCUI, is eleven inches and a half long; song, or rather whistle, not unpleasant; two varieties found in Brazil. The Indicus, or INDIAN CURUCUI, is found in India; the Fasciatus, or FASCIATED-CURUCUI, in Ceylon. (35) ORDER, GRALLE, (Lath.) COURIER. The genus CORRIRA, (Lath.) or COURIER, consists of one species only, the Italica, or ITALIAN-COURIER, having a long straight bill, withont teeth; thighs longer than the body; feet four-toed, palmate; the hind-toe not connected; it is less than the curlew, and runs swiftly; inhabits Italy. (36) The genus MOTACILLA, (Linn.) or SYLVIA, as the WARBLERS are termed by Dr. LATHAM, has been described pretty copiously in the first Part; but as the WARBLERS, peculiarly so called, are most common to tropical and other warm climates, The PENSILIS, fam'd for perennial song, Was pleas'd, amid pines, his soft notes to prolong; and, as few are known in our own country, a separate notice of some of the most striking is here introduced. ORDER, PASSERES, (Linn.) WARBLER, the SUPERB, the BABBLING, the AFRICAN, the THORN-TAILED, the YELLOWPOLL, the PALM, the BANANA, the PENSILE. The Cyunca, or SUPERB-WARBLER, the most beautiful species of the whole genus, is five inches and a half long; colour blackblue, beneath white; feathers of the head long, lax, turgid; front, cheeks, and lunula of the neck, fine blue; female brown above, beneath white; blue round the eyes; one other variety. Inhabits New Holland; the second variety Manilla. The Curruca, or BABBLING-WARBLER, is found in France, Italy, and India; it is a restless noisy bird, imitating the notes of other birds. The Africana, or AFRICAN-WARBLER, which is more than seven inches long, inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. Its note is said to resemble a flute; flesh in much estimation. The Spinicauda, or THORN-TAILed-Warbler, is the size of a sparrow; the chief peculiarity is its tail, which is cuneiform, and the feathers are almost bare of webs for one-third of their length, ending in points. Inhabits Terra del Fuego, and found occasionally in Paraguay; another variety at the Cape of Good Hope. The Estiva, YELLOW-POLL-WARBLER, or BLUE-EYEDYELLOW-WARBLER, inhabits America; makes a soft noise, compared to that of a linnet. The Palmarum, or PALM-WARBLER, is five inches long; plumage above brown, beneath dirty yellowish-white. Inhabits St. Domingo; its song consists of four or five notes only, not unpleasant. Found among palm-trees, in which it builds its nest; eggs two only. The SUPERB in rich robes flaunted by without lute; And the AFRICAN blew, as it pleas'd him, his flute; One, the BABBLING, was heard in a neighbouring vale; While the MOTMOT (37) ran past with his singular tail. The Bananivora, BANANA-WARBLER, or Bananiste, is often seen on the bananas, on which it is supposed to feed; song trifling; inhabits St. Domingo. The Pensilis, or Pensile-WarbLER, inhabits St. Domingo and the pine thickets of Georgia; it is five inches long, and a most beautiful species; nest very curious, hanging by the top and playing with every blast of wind; the opening is beneath, through which the bird rises some way upward, over a kind of partition, and descends again to the bottom, on which the eggs, four, are laid on a soft downy matter. The nests are frequently seen suspended on the withes which hang from tree to tree, and chiefly such as are over water; song very delicate, and continued throughout the year; the female also sings, although not equal to the male; feeds on insects and fruit; breeds, it is said, two or three times a year. The Carolinensis, LOUISIANE-WREN, or Caroline-Wren, is five inches long; inhabits various parts of South America; called Tout voix by the French; song said to be little inferior to the nightingale; nest like a melon; the entrance to which is about the middle; it is suspended between reeds, and lined with feathers; it is made by the female, the male bringing her the materials. The Calendula, or RUBY-CROWNED-WREN, is larger than the Golden-crested-Wren; plumage above olive, with a tinge of brown, beneath yellowish-white; note loud; it has also a pretty soft warbling one; inhabits South Carolina and Georgia. (37) ORDER, PICE, (Lath.) MOTMOT. The genus MOMOTUS, (Lath.) or MoтMOт, consists of two species; the characteristics are a strong, slightly curved bill, serrate at the edges; nostrils feathered; tongue feathered; tail There, with loud and soft note, too, the RUBY-CROWN'D WREN; And the CAROLINE warbled most sweet in the glen. The WOODPECKERS came, in their brightness array'd, Still "tapping," still scooping till holes they had made. For the poultry fit guardian and governing king, There the FAITHFUL JACANA (38) with spines on his wing. wedged; feet gressorial; distinguished also from all other birds by having the two middle tail feathers quite naked of their vanes, for about an inch, at a small distance from the extremity. The Brasiliensis, or BRAZILIAN-MOTMOT, is bright green above, below a more obtuse shade of the same colour; length seven inches; bill conic, serrate; toes three before, one behind. Found in South America; feeds on insects; shy, solitary, and almost incapable of flight. This bird is called by EDWARDS the BRAZILIAN Saw-billed RoLLER, by MARCgrave, Guira GUAINUMBI. (38) Order, Grallæ, (Linn.) JACANA, the CHILESE, the CHESNUT, the FAITHFUL. The genus PARRA, (Linn.) or JACANA, comprehends more than ten species, natives of the warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and America; they have a tapering, somewhat obtuse bill; nostrils oval, in the middle of the bill; front covered with lobate caruncles; wings spinous. The following are some of the most interesting examples: The Chilensis, or CHILESE-JACANA, has the bill two inches long; neck, back, and forepart of the wings violet; throat and breast black; wings and short tail brown; spurs on the wings yellowish, conic, bony, half an inch long, with which it defends itself; size of a Jay; noisy; feeds on worms, &c.; builds in the grass; eggs four, tawny, speckled with black. The Jacana, or CHESNUT-JACANA, has the body chesnut |