. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . together, and the eggs aretwo. The base or softer part ofthe bill is a blackish grey, thetip yellowish white, strong,much hooked, and bulging onthe side. The forehead is of abright silken green, the crowngreenish grey, the chin andthroat gamboge-yellow, theremainder of the neck, thebreast
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . together, and the eggs aretwo. The base or softer part ofthe bill is a blackish grey, thetip yellowish white, strong,much hooked, and bulging onthe side. The forehead is of abright silken green, the crowngreenish grey, the chin andthroat gamboge-yellow, theremainder of the neck, thebreast, belly, lower back andrump, yellowish green. Thetail has the two middle featherswholly green, and slightly ex-ceeding the rest in length. Inits habits it is arboreal. Mr. Selby gives the follow-ing note which accompanied the skins of Yiuago militaris, and Vinagoaromatica. Green Pigeon.—This beautiful bird has brilliant red feet are something like the Parrots, and it climbs in the samewiy as that bird. lit is very difficult to find ; for although a flockis marked into a tree, yet its color is so similar to the leaf of thebanyan (on the small red fig of which it feeds), that if a bird does noimove you may look for many minutes before you can see one, although there may be fifty in the THE AROMATIC VINAli< GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. In the birds of this order, the bill is convex, the upper mandibletying in an arch over the lower one; and the nostrils are arched overwith a cartilaginous membrane. The feet are formed for running,without a back toe; and the toes are rough underneath.
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