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Title: Narrative of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America; from the year 1772, to 1777: elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & negroes of Guinea
Year: 1806 (1800s)
Authors: Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
Subjects: Slavery -- Suriname Indians of South America -- Guiana Suriname -- Description and travel Suriname -- History To 1803
Publisher: London, J. Johnson, & T. Payne
Contributing Library: Brown University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University

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y concession, and promised likewise torepair my dams, rather than run the risque of brokenbones—thus a reconciliation was established. Walking through these new fields, where a neat housewas already built, I saw some beautiful birds, amongstAvhich Avas the wood-pecker. I ought indeed to have de-scribed this, bird before, and another, the name unknownto me, liaving had an opportunity of doing it when I wasat Magdenburg, but I then took only drawings of them.The Avood-pecker is about the size of a thrush, and of anelegant cinnamon-colour, speckled A\ath dark brown andyellow; near the rump it is entirely yellow; the Iiead iscrested Avith a fine croAvn of small feathers, of the samecolour as the body ; the tail is long and black; the billis straight, and of a sea-green colour, as are the legs andiris of the eyes, under Avhich on each side are tAvo spotsof beautiful crimson. The anonymous bird, which, however, the negroescalled woodo-louso-fowla, from its feeding on Avood-lice, is larger
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,.y/u ////■ /r//.u A///. LoruLm,J%tUf!u/L HetTi^ijfft by J.Jufm^in. SfhmU iAnrcii Titrd. 07 EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 243 larger than the former, and uncommonly brilliant in its c h a p. XXV. plnmage; the head and upper part of its body being of v„,^-J,-^ a rich grass green; the breast and belly crimson, divided by an ash-coloured bar. The tail is long, and of a dark blue, as are the prime feathers in the svings, which are also divided from the green by another ash-coloured bar; the bill is yellow and hooked, being surrounded by a number of small black feathers, as are the eyes, the iris of which is of a blood colour. (Both these birds may be seen in the annexed plate.)—As I have already observed, however rich and beautiful the plumage may be wliich decorates the groves of Surinam, the melodious song there is but seldom heard. They had also here the tame galinos, or Guinea-hens, called tokay, vvhich being so well known m England, re(iuire n

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