. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . rcregio Americae Auftralis, Cayana didta. Tota avis (exceptis remigibusalariun primoribus caudaque quje nigricant) fplendidifllme eft phaenicea. Rof-trum aurantium. Caput leviter criftatum. Penns hypochondriorum feu lateralescaeteris multo longioies. Crura pedefque fufca. Quod ad phyficos Europa;os hujus fpeciei notltia pervenerit, debetur om-nino felici diligentise 111. Domini D Orcy, qui tabellam archetypam depin^icuravit, a qua deiineata eft figura quam amiciffime nobifcum communicavicDominus Woodford, unde hanc noftram mucuati fumus. No. IL
. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . rcregio Americae Auftralis, Cayana didta. Tota avis (exceptis remigibusalariun primoribus caudaque quje nigricant) fplendidifllme eft phaenicea. Rof-trum aurantium. Caput leviter criftatum. Penns hypochondriorum feu lateralescaeteris multo longioies. Crura pedefque fufca. Quod ad phyficos Europa;os hujus fpeciei notltia pervenerit, debetur om-nino felici diligentise 111. Domini D Orcy, qui tabellam archetypam depin^icuravit, a qua deiineata eft figura quam amiciffime nobifcum communicavicDominus Woodford, unde hanc noftram mucuati fumus. No. IL K Certiffimc ( 62 ) Cernfllme jam primo defcripta eft ec inter aves quse in America gignuntur,merito numeratur lautifTimas. De moribus modoque vivendi prorfus fptcimen defcripferimus non modo pulchritudine fed et raritate com-mendatum, de venia defperare nolumus, licet fortafle jpfa avis in MufeumLeverianum non adhuc fit relata. Quamvis CoracijE nomine diftinxij fatendum tamen eft cam sequali fere juread genus Am^elis pertinere. THE. : IMEIILiITAlRlS» TMIK CKOLMSOK ROXiXiBR ^< ( 6j ) THE CRIMSON GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill ftrait, bending a ilttle towards the end, edges culcratcd. Nostrils narrow and naked. To£s three forward, divided to their origin; one backward. Pennant. Gen. p. lo. SPECIFIC Roller ? witJi the long wing-feathers and tail black. THIS moft beautiful fpecies of Coracias ? is a native of Cayenne, inSouth America, and is not lefs remarkable for its extreme rarity, thanfor the fuperior fplendor of its appearance j the whole biid (except the re-miges or long wing-feathers and the tail, are black) being of the richeftand moft vivid crimfon. The beak is orange-coloured : the head flightly crefted:the hypochondria] or fide-feathers are confiderably longer than the reft ; thelegs and feet are dufl^y. This bird is an undoubted non-defcript, and may be numbered amongft themoft fplendid birds of the American contin
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