Tapera is a little larger than the blackbird, the whole of the body white, with the head, tail, and wings black, the bill stout and pointed.
Tyhe, or Tapiranga, is much larger than the sparrow, the feathers of the wings large, and those of the tail black, the rest entirely crimson; the bill is thick and black, with two white spots upon the lower part. The tyhé negro (black tyhe) is the same size, with a green spot upon the head.
Tingara is the size of a tentilhao, or chaffinch, of a sea green colour, with the head green, the tail short, and the bill fine, short, and pointed.
Tucano is the size of a pullet, black, with the breast between green and yellow; the bill, a little curved, is of a thickness and length disproportionably large for the body. The arassary is another species of tucano, differing in the colour of the feathers; the bill is a little less and straight, its song is the name by which it is designated. The tucano builds its nest in the cavities of old trunks, lays only two eggs, and its first plumage is white, it has on each side of the head a naked portion of a red colour and varnished.
Tuyuyu is much larger than the turkey-cock, white, with the legs black, is very high, with rather a long neck, the bill pointed, without a tail, and is the height of a man; it feeds at the margins of lakes, and its sustenance is fish.
Viuva is the size of a sparrow, black, with the head white, and the tail proportioned. There is another species of viuva the size of a red robin, also black, with the head white, and the body a little large from the feathers curling very much upon the upper part; the bill is short and delicate; it always perches upon dry branches and does not sing.
Urubu is a species of vulture, of the size of a turkey-cock, black, with the head hairy like it, the bill proportioned and curved at the upper part. There are two other sorts of the urubu, both rare, the one differs only in having a portion green, the other, which is called urubu-rey, is of a whitish ash colour, with the tail and wings black, the neck absolutely naked and fleshy, the head imperfectly covered with a soft fur, the crop hairy, the eyelids green, the iris very white, and the bill black. and has on the upper part of the bill a caruncle, composed of various yellow globules of divers sizes, attached to a delicate pedicle.
In the interior lakes there is a species of gull, the size of a swallow, the lower part very white, and the upper of a pearl colour; the tail forked, the wings long and narrow, with the three leading feathers black, as likewise the fore part of the head; the bill is long and yellow.
Patativa of an ash colour, is less than a robin, and sings.
Rendeira is the size of a bullfinch and white, with the head, tail, and wings black, the bill and tail short.