. A general history of birds . co congener, Ani, Raii, 35. & 185. Will. 81. Id. Engl. , Raii. 168. 27? Ani, Bout de Petun, Buf. vi. 420. Pl. enl. 102. f. 2. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. , Voy. dAzara, iv. No. Blackbird, Catesb. Car. App. pl. 3*Chattering Crow, Damp. Voy. iii. p. Ani, Gen. Syn. i. 360. pl. 13. SIZE of a Blackbird; length thirteen inches. Bill one inchlong, brownish black; at the base some black bristles, which turnforwards; there are also some long hairs on the eyelids, like eye-lashes ; the plumage in general is black ; the fe
. A general history of birds . co congener, Ani, Raii, 35. & 185. Will. 81. Id. Engl. , Raii. 168. 27? Ani, Bout de Petun, Buf. vi. 420. Pl. enl. 102. f. 2. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. , Voy. dAzara, iv. No. Blackbird, Catesb. Car. App. pl. 3*Chattering Crow, Damp. Voy. iii. p. Ani, Gen. Syn. i. 360. pl. 13. SIZE of a Blackbird; length thirteen inches. Bill one inchlong, brownish black; at the base some black bristles, which turnforwards; there are also some long hairs on the eyelids, like eye-lashes ; the plumage in general is black ; the feathers of the nape,neck behind, and wing coverts margined with steely dull purple;quills and tail violet black ; the last six inches long, greatly cunei-form, and in certain lights appears undulated with numerous trans-verse, darker-coloured bars; the second quills have also somewhat ofthe same appearance ; legs black, and scaly. * The toes in this plate are placed three before and one behind, no doubt by mistake. ^/r/wr ■ //, 9M ani. 337 The female does not differ externally from the male. This is no doubt the Chattering Crow, or Cacao Walk, of Sloaneand Dampier, and is common in Jamaica. The latter voyager metwith them in Brazil, under the name of Mackeraw. Said to becommon also in Paraguay, but not to reach 28 degrees of Southlatitude.—These birds likewise inhabit Saint Domingo, and otherIslands of the West Indies, and we believe Cayenne, and most otherparts of South America : are known at Berbice, by the name ofHoeje. They have the singularity of many laying in the same nest,*to make which, they all unite in concert, and after depositing theireggs, sit close to each other in order to hatch them ; and it is furthersaid, that when the young come forth, the parents, without distinction,do the best to feed the whole flock ; the nest is of course sometimes ofa large size, composed of dry twigs, lined with leaves; and it isobserved, that when the sitting birds leave
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