. A general synopsis of birds . and This fpecies is found both in Guiana and Brafil, in the moiflt woods, which it prefers to the more dry fpots, for the fake ofinfects, on which it feeds. It is ieldom feen except Angle, as itis a very folitary bird, keeping for the moll part in the thicken;parts; its flight quick, but fhort; perches on branches of amiddling height, where it fits all night, and frequently partof the day, without ftirring. Though thefe birds are folitary)yet they are far from fcarce, as many may be met with. They are faid to have a Ihort and agreeable note *. The nat
. A general synopsis of birds . and This fpecies is found both in Guiana and Brafil, in the moiflt woods, which it prefers to the more dry fpots, for the fake ofinfects, on which it feeds. It is ieldom feen except Angle, as itis a very folitary bird, keeping for the moll part in the thicken;parts; its flight quick, but fhort; perches on branches of amiddling height, where it fits all night, and frequently partof the day, without ftirring. Though thefe birds are folitary)yet they are far from fcarce, as many may be met with. They are faid to have a Ihort and agreeable note *. The natives of Guiana call this bird Venetore, and the Creoles,Cslibri dcs grands his. At Brafil their flefli is eaten by figured in the Genera of Birds, feems a Variety; it has lefsgreen on the back, and the bread, belly,, and part of the back, of avariable copper-colour. Mr. Pennant fays, that his bird was of the fize of a Lark, other-wife one might have fufpected it to be the next * H:ft. des -tif. Lev- <=Z0/i<f -faefe/ mrr// /rrrrr///?//■ J A C A M A R. 605 Lev. Muf. IN the Lev. Muf. is a Jacamar which correfponds with the above,but the tail is much longer in proportion : the upper parts ofthe plumage are very brilliant: the ferruginous colour of thebelly very clear; and the tail full five inches in length. 1. Var. A. LONG-TAILED GREEN J- Pl. xxvr. Description. CIZE of the green Woodpecker j proportions of a Bee-eater. Billfquare; fides fiat, not comprefled : noflrils bare: head andlimbs green-gold : reft of the body copper-gold : tail cuneiform,longer than the body: beneath from the throat to the tail dullferruginous : the fore toes cloven. The above is defcribed from Pallas *, who fays no more of calls it a new Jacamaciri, but dees not fay from whence itcame. GREATJ- Description. Akedo paradifea, Lin. Syft. i. p. 181. N° 14. Jacamar a longue queue, Brif. orn. iv. p. 89. t. 5. f. 2.—Buf. oif vii. p. 222.—Pl. enl.
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