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tail hath twelve feathers, of a light afh-
colour on their under fides. The legs and
feet are black.
The Guira is in the, colleftion of Earl
Ferrers. The Sayacu is in the colleafion
of Dr. Fothergill. They are both Birds
of Brafil and its neighbourhood.  The
Guira hath been figured in fmall by Marc-
grave, and his figure, tho' mean, has been
copied, turned, tortured, and almoft loft,
by being toffed from compiler to compiler
ever fince Marcgrave's time. The Sayacu,
I believe, was never figured before its
appearance on the plate annexed.  See
lMarcgrave's brief defcription of it in Wil-
lugby, P. 256. and of the Guira Guacu-
beraba, P. 239. Tab. xli.  Briffon has
colleded them both from Marc(-rave into
his Ornithology, Tome III. the Sayacu,
P. I 8. the Guira, P. 5 3 3 -


tres. La queue a douze phumes, qui font
de couleur de cendre blanchatre en d'j us.
Lesjambes et les pieds font noirs.
Le Guira efl dans le recueil du Comte
de Ferrers.  Le Sayacu eß1 dans celui du
Do~e~ur Fothergill.   Tous deux font des
Q/eaux du Brejil, et des pays vo,/ins.  Le
Guira a te' de;ine en petit par Marcgrave,
et Jon de/fin, quoique mnfrable, a ete copiJ,
change', et mis a la torture, jufques d etre
prefque meconnoi/able, en payfant entre les
mains de tant de compilateurs.   Pour ce
qui eJi du Sayacu, je ne crois pas qu'on en ait
jamais dejind la fJgure avant qu'elle part
fur la planche ci-jointe. JFoyez en la courte
d4fcrifption de Marcgrave dans Willughby,
Piage 256. et du Guira Guacuberaba, Page
239. Planche 4' .  Brji/n les a transfere's
de Marcgrave dans Jon Ornithologie, Tome
III. le Sayacu, Page i 8. le Guira, Page 5 3 3 .


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CH AP. CXLIL.


P L A. 35'


* Jiie Yellow Red-pole, and the
Black Gros-beak.


Le- Rouge-tete Jaune,
bec Noir.


et le Gros-


-T   1 E Birds figured on this plate were  L  ES deux' Offaux gravesf ur
cetteplanc/Ie
bothn drawn from   the living Birds,       ont etJe define's apres lesic
lets vivans,
kept as finging Birds in cages ii London.  garde's, conine l'on garde Zes
Ofy aux de chant
They are figured of their natural fize. The  a Londres, daCns des cages.
 I/s font graves
'Yellow  Bird's note refernbies that of a  de grndeur naturelle.   a note
de/'Ofau
Canary-bird, of which genus it feems to    )7aune rtfmble celle d'unz Serin,
du gcmi'
be a Ipecics.                              duquel i/fm/ble que celui-ci tyl
ine tiece.
The Yellow    Red-pole is the foremoft     Le Rouge-tete Yaune c/I l plus
en avant
'figure on tbe plate.  The bill hath its   fur la plancbe.   Le bec a Jat
  mnzadi"/u/m'
upper mandible dulky, and the nethern of fiperieure d'uin noir o/fur, et
la .eandibzi/e
a yellowilh fleth-colour.  The eyes are of h7,tnieure eji d'un jauune, couleur
de c/aa7r.