. A general history of birds . he plumage fulvous, inclining to rufous;legs yellow brown. A specimen of this is said to have been kept alive for some timeat Versailles, where it went by the name of Indian Pie; and a drawingof it sent to Florence, from which M. Gerini copied his figure.—Native place unknown. 4—WALKING ANI. Crotophaga ambulatoria, Ind. Orn. i. 149. Lin. i. 155. Gm. Lin. i. 363. Borowsk. Ani, Gen. Syn. i. 363: THIS is said to differ in nothing from the others, except in^thesituation of the toes, being placed three before, and one behind. Xx2 340 ani. Inhabits S
. A general history of birds . he plumage fulvous, inclining to rufous;legs yellow brown. A specimen of this is said to have been kept alive for some timeat Versailles, where it went by the name of Indian Pie; and a drawingof it sent to Florence, from which M. Gerini copied his figure.—Native place unknown. 4—WALKING ANI. Crotophaga ambulatoria, Ind. Orn. i. 149. Lin. i. 155. Gm. Lin. i. 363. Borowsk. Ani, Gen. Syn. i. 363: THIS is said to differ in nothing from the others, except in^thesituation of the toes, being placed three before, and one behind. Xx2 340 ani. Inhabits Surinam. This must rest solely on the authority ofLinnaeus, as we have not met with any one who has seen such a bird,and it is much to be suspected, that this able Naturalist may havebeen deceived, either by a false drawing, or by a specimen itselfhaving been put into attitude by some one unacquainted with thenatural character, as was the case in respect to that figured inCatesbys Work, above mentioned. PI. XXXVII. -•-.,?. I ///■/-^///? ///</// - r/f/f PLANTAIN-EATER. 341 GENUS XIII —PLANTAIN-EATER. 1. Violet Plantain-Eater. || 2. Touraco Plantain-Eater. DILL stout, triangular, the upper mandible elevated at the baseand bending at the tip; both the mandibles dentated on the edges. Nostrils rounded at the ends, oval, placed in the middle of thebill. Tongue short, thick, stout. Toes placed three before and one behind. 1.—VIOLET PLANTAIN-EATER—Pl. XXXVII. Musophaga violacea, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxiv. Sck. d. Berl. Gesell. ix. s. 16. taf. i. Tern: Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. Cuckow, Lever. Mus. pl. in p. Plantain-eater, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 104. pl. 125. Shaws Zool. viii. p. 47. pl. 4, and 5. THIS curious, and hitherto little known bird, is nineteen incheslong. The bill from gape to tip one inch and a half; in shape verysingular, especially the upper mandible, being nearly triangular,losing its attachment at the hind part, where it is elevated, andhangs ov
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