in ornithology; a genus belonging to the order gallinae. The bill is moderate; the upper mandible is convex; the nostrils are oblong, sunk, and pervious; the tongue is cartilaginous, flat, and fringed. Pso, at the end; and the legs are naked a little above the knees. The toes are three before and one behind; the last of which is small, with a round protuberance beneath it, which is at a little distance from the ground.

Plate Mr Latham only enumerates two species: 1. Plophia crepitans, or gold-breasted trumpeter. Its head and breast are smooth and shining green. By the Spaniards of Maynas it is called trepetero, and by the French at Cayenne agami, under which last Buffon describes it. It inhabits various parts of South America, Brazil, Guiana, Surinam, &c. but it is most plenty in the Amazon's country. It is about 20 inches long, being about the size of a large fowl, and lays eggs rather larger, of a blue green colour. It is met with in the Caribbee islands, where it is called a pheasant, and its flesh is reckoned as good as that of a pheasant. The most characteristic and remarkable property of these birds consists in the wonderful noise they make either of themselves, or when urged by the keepers of the menagerie. Some have supposed it to proceed from the anus, and some from the belly. It is now certain, however, that this noise proceeds from the lungs. See Buffon, vol. iv. p. 350, &c. Another very remarkable circumstance is, that they follow people through the streets, and out of town, and that too even perfect strangers. It is difficult to get rid of them; for if you enter a house, they will wait your return, and again join you, though often after an interval of three hours. "I have sometimes (says M. de la Borde) betaken myself to my heels; but they ran faster, and always got before me; and when I stopped, they stopped also.—I know one (continues he) which invariably follows all the strangers who enter his master's house, accompanies them into the garden, takes as many turns as they do, and attends them back again." 2. Plophia undulata, or undulated trumpeter, is about the size of a goose. The upper part of the body is of a pale reddish brown colour, beautifully undulated with black. The head is adorned with a dependent crest. On each side of the neck, beneath the ears, begins a list of black, widening as it descends, and meeting on the lower part before, where the feathers become greatly elongated, and hang loosely down. The under parts are generally white, the legs are of a dusky blue colour, like the bill. It is a native of Africa: Mr Latham's specimen came from Tripoli.