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oe a, Hundred and one Copper Plates,
Enpeiren from the Life.

Publithed by the Author ELE AZAR ALBIN,
and carefully colour’d by his Daughter and Himfelf,
from the Originals, drawn from the live Birds.

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Sites E Knowledge of Nature has been always a Study fo

agreeable, that it has been the Purfuit of the fineft
Genius’s in all Ages. The greateft Men have applied them-
Jelves to it with the greateft Satisfaction to their own Minds
and Inftruction of the Publick, to whom we are obliged
for their Labour.

I am perfuaded that thofe who perufe this Work, will
be fatisfed that they never faw a Collection of Birds fo

zutirely compleat in all its Branches as this is.

I have ufed all poffible Care to come near to the Life
in every particular Bird, and have reprefented to every
one's View the great Variety and Beauty of Colours of each,
with the neareft Approach to Nature that Art is capable

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and not from any other Drawing or Copy

I unced not put the Reader in mind how lifelefs bare De-
Jcriptions only of Birds are, without the Reprefentations of
them in their proper natural Colours: To fupply therefore
this Defect has been the Scope and View of this Work.

And as nothing renders the Creation more admirable,
than the beauteous Colours of the feather’d Part of it, and
as nothing is more pleafing to many Perfons than to keep thefe
Creatures by them, for a Subjeét of their conflant Admira-
tion, therefore it is, that I have taken fuch Pains, to be fo
very exact in the moft lively Reprefentation of them in their
moft beautiful Colours.

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The Vulture.

Numb. I, -

i (goes Bird is as large as an Eag/e, its Bill is black and
crooked at the-End, after the manner of all the Vul-
ture Kind. Its Eyes large, the Pupil black, the Irides of
a yellowifh flame Colour. Its Head and Neck bald, ha-
ving a foft hairy Down inftead of Feathers; at the lower
part of its Neck is a round Ruff of Feathers very narrow
and long, of a yellowilh dun Colour. _The whole Bird,
excepting the Quill Feathers of the Wings and ‘Tail, is of
the fame Colour. It was feathered down to its Feet, which
were of an Afh Colour; the Talons black.

It is a fierce bold Bird, and will {trike at any thing that
comes near him: I faw hn at Tottenham-Court Fair, nor
he was brought to be fhewn; the Man who had it eed it
the Kagle of the Sun.

BRB The

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The ip Falcon.

HE Beak of this Bird was black, the Nares yellow
and open, the Irides of the Eye yellow, the Pupil
Patti-Colour, in Circles of black and brown. The Head,
Back, fcapular Feathers, and firft and fecond Row of co-
vert feathoksof the Wings were of a pale blewifh Ath Co-
lour; the top of the Head and Back finely {potted with
black; the Breaft, Belly and Thighs were of a yellowith
white, with aShade of Blew on the upper part of the Breaft;
the Wings very long, reaching almoft to the end of the
Train; the third and eighth Feathers of the fecond Row of
Coverts have a large Spot of white on each.

The Quill Feathers and the next incumbent on them
are blackifh with white Edges; the Thighs and lower part
of the Belly are fpotted with long black Spots like Ermin.

The Train is blewith with feven Rings of a dufky Co-
lour; the Legs and Feet yellow, the Talons black.

It had a majeftical and fprightly Look; this Bird I had
out of the Collection of Sir Thomas Lowther.

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The. Cock Ringtail or Hlenbarrier.
Numb. III.

Ta Weight was eighteen Ounces, the Length from the
Tip of the Beak to the End of the Train twenty two
Inches, Breadth three Foot feven Inches, the Leg five In-
ches, being longer than in other Hawks; a yellow Skin
eovers the upper Chap reaching from the Root of the Beak
beyond the Noftrils, the reft of the Beak is black, hooked
and prominent, the lower Mandible ftreight.

The Pupil of the Eye black, the Irides yellow; st hath
feveral white Feathers about the Eyes; the top of the Head
and Back is of a dark ferrugineous Colour; it hath a Ring
of yellow Feathers round the Neck.

_ The Wings are of a dark reddifh brown, all the exte-
rior Edges of the Feathers white, the Breaft and Belly of a
reddifh yellow, the lower part of the Belly and Thighs
more dilute. eae

The Rump is white, with two peculiar Spots of yellow
like the Shape of a Diamond, on a Card; the Train is ten
Inches long, made up of twelve Feathers of the fame Co-
lour of the Breaft, excepting the two middlemoft, which
areof a dark ferrugineous Colour, with five dark Bars acrofs
the Train fet at equal diftances.

The Legs and Feet are yellow, the Talons black; this
Bird was fent me by my Honoured Friend Sir Robert Abdy
out of Effex. See the Hen, Vol. the fecond Numb. 5.

B 2 The

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The Sparrow Hawk Cock.

_Numb._ IV.

C Bay S Bird is almoft as big as a Pigeon; its Length from the point
of the Beak to the end of its Tail is fourteen Inches, the diftance
between the Wings, when extended, twenty fix Inches.

The Beak is fhort, hooked, blew and black towards the Tip: the
Bafis of the upper Chap is covered with a green Sear. It hath an an-
gular Appendix or Tooth on each fide under the Noftrils. The Noftrils
are oblong; the Palate blew; the Tongue thick, black, and a little
cleft. The Irides of the Eyes yellow, the top of the Head, hind part
of the Neck, Back, and Wings, of a dark Colour inclining to black ;
the Breaft, Belly, and Thighs of a pale buff Colour, with waved reddifh
Lines acrofs.
~ The Tail is about fix Inches long, made up of twelve Feathers of
an obfcure dusky Colour, their Edges light brown; the Thighs are
ftrong and flefhy, as in all Birds of Prey; the Legs long, flender, and
yellow; the Toes alfo long; the outmoft, as in other Hawks, being
joyned to the middlemoft by a Membrane below; the Talons black;
it lays five Eggs, white and fpotted near the blunt End, with a Circle
as it were a Coronet of blood red Spots. It feeds only upon Birds, ne-
ver touching Beetles or other Infects, for its bignefs it is a very bold Bird,
and is frequently trained up and made for Hawking.

See the Hen, Vol. firft Numb. 5.

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The Windhover Cock.
, Nimbdaave

A Nigiee Bird weighed ten Ounces: Its length, from the point of the
Beak to the end of the Tail, was fourteen Inches and a quarter:
Its breadth, or diftance between the Wings, extended two Foot and a
half; the Beak fhort, prominent, hooked, and fharp pointed: The
Bafe of the upper Chap covered with a Skin or Membrane, in which
are the Noftrils, the middle part of the Beak next the Sear is white, the
re{t of a dark blew: Where it begins to bend it hath a Tooth or Angle,
which is received in a Dent or Cavity in the lower Chap. The Noftrils
are round; the Tongue cleft; the Eye-lids yellow; the Eyes defended
by prominent Rows; it hath a wide Mouth, and the Palate blew.

The Head is great; the Crown flat, inclining to an Ath Colour ;
the Back, Shoulders and covert Feathers of the Wings ferrugineous,
marked with dark Spots; the Rump cinereous; the Breaft and Belly
pale ferrugineous, varied with dark Lines drawn downwards;. the lower
_ Belly is {potted with large Spots of a dusky Colour.

The Flag-Feathers of the Wings were’ in number twenty fete, the
exterior of which were black, their exterior Edges white, thofe next
the Body reddifh, with a Spot at the End of each; the under fide of the
Wing white, with dusky Spots: The Train was made up of twelve
Feathers, the outmoft Tips white, then fucceeds a black Bar or Ring
of an Inch broad, the reft of the Feathers being of a rufty Ath Colour,
The Legs and Feet of a lovely yellow, and the Talons black. It
had a Gall: In the Stomach was found Beet/es and Fur of Mice; Koftrels
are often reclaimed and trained up for Fowling, they catch not only
{mall Birds, but alfo young Partridges. 2

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The black Wing'd Horn’d Onl,
Numb. VI,

T was twice as big as the /effer Horn Ow/; its Bill black,
the Irides of the Eyes of a fhining Orange Colour; the
Head brown variegated with long Marks of black; the
Horns not fo large as in the others of this kind; the Rings —
or Hoods that encompafs the Face, dark brown, mixed
with’ fome white Hair here and there, the Back and Wings
almoft black; the Breaft, Belly, and Thighs of a dufky
yellow, with long Marks of brown and white. The Tail
was made up of twelve dufky yellow Feathers, having
twelve Crofs Bars on each, fet at equal diftances from each
other.

The Legs were feathered down to the Feet which were
of a reddifh yellow; the Talons long, crooked and black;
they are found near Bo/ogua and other Places in /taly. The
Situation of the Toes agrees with thofe of the great Horn
Ow/, having three before and one behind. ‘This Bird I
had out of the Collection of Sir Thomas Lowther.

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The large Brown Oul.

Numb. VIt.

HIS Bitd was as big again as the common drown Owl:

Its Bill black; the THides of thé Eyes of a lovely thi-

ning yellow, aypithh a Circle of black Feathers round

each. The Hoods round the Face white, intermixt with

fome light brown Feathers; the top of the Head, Back

and Wings brown, with large Marks ofa dark dufky

brown, with: forne Spots of white on the upper part of the
Wings; the Breaft and Belly of a pale yellowith dun,
with long flender dark Marks in the middle of each Feather ;

their out Edges white; the Thighs, Legs, and Feet more

dilute without any Spots and feathered down to the Toes _

end. The Talons black; the Tail was made up of twelve

pale dun Feathers, with ‘thiee dufky Bars in each towards

the lower part of the Tail. This fine Bird I had out of

the Colle&tion of Sir Thomas Lowther; it differs from our

brown Owl both in the Bignefs and Colour of its aos
See Vol. the firft, Plate the gth.

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~The Black Owl.
Numb. VII.

HIS Bird was about the bignefs of the common brows
Owl, it weighed eleven Ounces and.a half; its length
fon the tip of the Bill tothe end of the jee four-

teen Inches and-a half, the breadth when the Wings were
extended, two Foot sa eleven Inches, the Bill an Inch and
a quarter long, of a yellow Colour. “The Eyes were large,
the Irides yellow; both upper and lower Eye-lid terminate
ina Membrane, having black Edges. The. Ear Holes were
great and eerie with Valves.

It was for the apparent Magnitude of the Bird very light,
full of Feathers, a Wreath or Hood of {tiff Feathers reach-
ing beyond the Bars, encompafies the Face and Eyes, and
ends under the ons like a Woman’s Hood; within this
is another Circle of Feathers, the Tips of both are of a light
blewifh Afh Colour; a Circie of dark Feathers encompatles
the Eyes, which are large and bright, and makes it look
very beautiful.

The top of the Head, Back, Wings and Tail, were
of a dark brown fpotted with black, the Breaft and Belly
of a blewifh Afh Colour, fhadowed and motled with duf-
ky brown. :

The Legs were feathered down to the Feet, the upper fide
of the Toes dufky, the under fide or fole of cae Foot callous,
and of a yellowifh Colour, as it were granulated with little
Knobs. The inner fide of the Claw of the outer Fore-toe is flat-
ted intoan Edge, the better to hold its Prey. The

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The Bird of Paradife.

Numb. IX,

HE Manucodiata, or Bird of Paradife, for bignefs and thape of
Body, comes near to a Swallow: The Feathers invefting it are of
feveral Colours, very beautiful and lovely to behold: The Head

like that of a Swallow, and large for the fmallnefs of the Body; the
Bill fomewhat longer than caviok the Swallow. No lefs than ten forts
of Birds of Paradife are defcribed by Naturalifts; which differ in Size,

Figure, or Colour, from each other. There has.been divers Stories Gee
vered by the antient Authors concerning thefe Birds, that in former
Ages were generally received and accepted for true, even by Men of
Learning, which are now difcovered to be Fables, and rejected and ex-
ploded by all Men: Such as their wanting Feet and Legs; that they lived
upon Celeftial Dew; that they Hew perpetually without any Intermiflion,
and took no reft but on High in the Air, their Wings being {pread; that
they were never taken alive, but that they always fell down dead upon
the Ground, &c. ‘Thefe moft beautiful Birds (as /drovandus reports)
are called by the Inhabitants of the Molucca Iflands, -Manucodiate,
that isGod’s Birds, andare had in great Efteem and Veneration. They
are called Birds of Paradife; both for the excellent Shape and Beauty of
their Bodies, alfo becaufe where they are bred, whence they come, and
whither they betake themfelves, is altogether unknown, fince they are
only found dead upon the Earth; fo that the Vulgar imagine them to
drop out of Heaven, or Paradife, all which things are now fufficiently
known to be falfe and fabulous both by Eye Witnefles, and by the Birds
themfelves brought over entire. As for that Particular of their wanting
Legs, thefe Birds are well known to have their Legs ftrong and armed
with crooked Talons, as being the Members of Birds of Prey. They are
faid to fet upon fmall Birds and kill and eat thefh. This Bird I had out

of the Collection of Sir Thomas Lowther ne

C The

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The Hen Maccaw.
Numb. X.

f I'S length from the tip of its Beak, to the end of its
Tail, was thirty Inches: The Body equals that of a
well fed Capon: The Beak hooked, making an exact Se-
micircle, the top of the Head, upper fide of the Neck,
the Back and Wings, and upper fide of the Tail, of a ve-
ry pleafant blew or azure Colour; the Throat, Breaft,
Belly, Thighs, Rump, and under fide of the Task Site a
lovely yellow. The Tail was about eighteen ens long.
The Legsarevery fhort and thick, of an afhColour, asare
alfo the Feet, armed with great, pipoked, black ‘Talons; ;
it differs From the Cock, which is of a heninGal {carlet and
blew Colours. See the ‘Cork, Fol. the fecond Numb. 17.
Thefe Maccaws are the largeft of all the Parrot kind,
and bear a good Price, being commonly fold for ten Gui-
neas. This Bird feems to be the fame with that A/drovandus
calls the greateft blew and yellow Maccaw, and likewife the
- Maccaw called Ararauna by the Brafilans defcribed by
Margravtus. 3

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The Barbadoes Parrot.

Numb. XI,

'T was as big as a large tame Pigeox. Its Bill was of
a Horn Colour, the Irides of the Eyes of a beautiful
Saffron Colour, the Pupil black, which it could contract
and inlarge at pleafure; theEye was incircled with a Skin of
a cinereous Colour; on the fore part of the Head it was
of a pale afh Colour, encompaffled with a beautiful yellow,
which reaches round the fides of the Face, and under the
Throat. The top of the Head, Back, Breaft, and Belly,
of a lovely green, the Thighs yellow, as was alfo the up-
per fcapular Feathers of the Wings; the firft three exterior
covert Feathers of the Wings are of a fine blew, the next
Row of Coverts red, the firft fix Quill-Feathers were of a
dark purplifh blew; ‘the Tail was compofed of twelve Fea-
_ thers, of a beautiful green Colour, its Legs feathered down
to the Feet, which were of a cinereous ath Colour, the
Talons Blick:

This Bird was as tame and good tunourad: as nie" was
beautiful, fuffermg his Miftrefs to play with hii as. with
a Dog; healt talked very prettily; he was brought from
Barbadoes by a Captain which traded to the Weft Indies.

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The Cockatoo, or White Crefted Parrot.

Numb. XII.

ic was about the bienefs of a large tame Pigeon, its Bill
black, the Irides of the Eye red, the Pupil black, the
Skin round the Eye afh Colour; the whole Body, Wings,
and Tail was white, with a Tincture of yellow: It hada
Creft of Feathers on its Head, which it would fet up when
it was difpleafed; its Legs anil Feet were of a greenith afh
Colour, the Talons black.

It was a pretty tame and familiar Bi would come on
the Hand, and fuffer himfelf to be handled, repeating the
Word Cockatoo feveral times, which was all the Words he
could pronounce.

I faw this Bird at Mr. Blana’s at the Tiger on Tower Hiill,
where I drew the Picture.

Mr. Nathaniel Oldham had one of thefe Bide as large
as one of the AZaccaws, all white excepting the under part
of his Creft, which was of a fine fcarlet Colour, and when
he fet it up, made him look very beautiful. |

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The Angola Parogucet.

Numb. (XIII.

"gees beautiful Bird was a {mall matter bigger than a
Turtle Dove, its Bill is of a greenifh afh Colour, its
Head, Back, Breaft, Belly, and fcapular Feathers of the
Wings, were of a beautiful Gold yellow, with Shades of

bright {carlet.
The covert Feathers of the Wings green, except the two

outermoft in the fecond Row of Coverts, which was blew,

as was alfo the Quill-Feathers. ‘The Tail long and forked,
of a yellowifh green Colour, the Legs, and Feet of a. fed
ferrugineous Calonan.

This Bird was brought from Angola, on the Coaft we :

Guinea, and was in the Poffeffion of a Gentleman near the
Cuftom-Houfe, who was pleafed to let me draw its Picture.
Thefe Paroqueets are likewife brought from the Ka//-/n-
dies, andare found chiefly in the midland Countries; they
ot and build on the higheft Trees; they fly in Compa-
nies, and with great Noife, asdoth the whole Tribe of Parrots;
they will learn to pronounce fome words, if they are kept
tame. | 3

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A Parogueet from Bengall.

Numb. XIV.

T HIS Bird is of the bignefs of the leffer fized Parrots,
the upper Mandible is of a buff Colour, the under of
a blackifh, the back part of the Head of a pale
red, with a Shade of purple, the Throat black, with a
{mall Ring of the fame round its Neck; the Breaft, Belly,
and ‘Thighs of a pale yellowifh green ; the Back and Wings —
of a fine grafs green; the Tail was compofed of four Fea-
thers, the two middlemoft the longeft; their upper fides of
a grafs green, the under fides of a pale yellow; the Legs of
a light cinereous afh Colour. This Bird I had of Mr. Daz-
dridge: It was brought to him from Benga//, in the Year
1737, and is called by the Natives Fridatutah. :

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(a5 )
The Small green Parogucet from Eatt India.

Numb. XV.

; i Bird is a {mall matter bigger than the Sky Lark,.
its Bill of a dufky yellow, and hooked, as all the Par-
rot kind are; the Pupil of the Eyes black, the fore

part of the Head and Throat of a fine fcarlet Colour, the

hind part of the Head, Back, Breaft, and Wings of a

beautiful green Colour; the Feathers of the Rump of a

Bright blewifh green, the Tail fhort; the three outmoft

Feathers on each fide are of a fcarlet Colour, witha black

Border, and the Tips green, the Legs and Feet of a erilly

cinereous Colour; they are a tame beautiful Bird; the Cock

and Hen are commonly kept in a Cage together; the Head
of the Hen is not of fo fine a red, as that of the Cock;
they are fold for two Guineas a Pair, and may be had at

Mr. Bland’s, at the Tiger on Tower Hill.

The

( 16 )
The Wood Crow from Switzerland.

Numb. XVI.

HIS Bird is about the bignefs of a common Hen, its Bill is red,
long and fit to thruft into narrow Chinks and Holes of the Earth,
Trees, Walls, and Rocks, to fetch out Grubs and Infeéts lurking
there. It alfo feeds on Grafhoppers, Crickets, the Grubs of the Cock-
chafer, little Fith andFrogs. Its Head is of a dusky yellow, with Shades
of red; it hath a Creft on the hinder part of the Head hanging down;
the Body, Wings and Tail are of a dark green, with a Shade of Purple;
the Legs and Feet of the Colour of the Bill; they build for the moft
part in high Walls of demolifhed or ruinous Towers, which are com-
mon in Switzerland; they fy very high; they lay two orthree Eggs; the
Young fly about the beginning of “fae, and if taken before they can
fly are eafily fed and made tame, foas to fly out into the Fields and
return of their own accord. The young ones are commended for good
Meat, and counted a Dainty; their Flefh is fweet and their Bones ten-
der. Thofe that take them out of the Nefts, are wont to leave one in
each, that they may the more willingly return the following Year.
They are called in Switzerland Waldrapp, and Steinrapp, that is
Wood-Crows, becaufe they delightto live in woody, mountainous, and
defert Places; where they build in Rocks and old forfaken Towers.
This Bird I had out of the Collection of Sir Thomas Lowther.

The

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The Dial Bird or Bengall AZegpie.

_Numb. XVII. XVIII.

T HIS Bird was a Cock, it was about the bignefs of the
Song Thruth ; the Billblack, the Edges towards the An-
gle yellow, the Irides of the Eyes yellow, the Head,
Back, and Breaft black, witha caft of blew; the Belly and
Thighs white, as was alfo the under fide of the Tail; the
_fcapular and firft fix Quill-Feathers black; the firft row of
Coverts, andthe upper Quill-Feathers white, the Legs and
Feet brown. | | |
The Bill of the Hen was of a dark Colour, inclining to
black, the Irides of the Eyes yellow; the Head, Neck,
Back, andBreait, of a dufky Colour; the Belly, and Thighs
white, the firft fix Feathers of the Coverts and Quills was
black, the reft of the Wing white. The Tail was com-
pofed of twelve Feathers of equal length, the upper fide of
a dufky Colour, the under fide white, the Legs and Feet
brown. ‘Thefe Birds were brought from Bengal/, in the.
Year 1724, and are called by the Natives the Dia/ Bird.
It is now in the Poffeffion of Mr. Dazdridze, who was
pleafed.to let me draw it. ,

D The

( 18 )
The Baniahbow from Bengall.

Numb. XIX.

| ae S Bird was fomething bigger than the AZffel Bird;
its Bill thick, towards the bafe of a yellow Colour,
ending in a fharp Point; the Noftrils large, the Irides of ©
the Eyes of a beautiful yellow Colour, the Pupil black ;
the Head, Back, and Wings of a light brown; the ex-
terior Edges of the covert and Quill-Feathers white; the
Breaft, Belly, and Thighs more dilute; the Tail was made
up of twelve Feathers, of a dufky Colour; the Legs and
Feet yellow ; it was brought from Benga// in the Year 1734,
and is now in the Pofleffion of Mr. Dandridge, who was.
pleafed to give me the liberty of drawing it.

The

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(19 )
The yellow Bird, from Bengall.

Numb. XX,

gl Cie Bird was about the bignefs of a Fieldfare; its
Bill an Inch and a quarter long, {trong and ending
in a fhort Point, of a pale red Colour; the Pupil of the Eye
black, the Irides white, a broad black Line encompafling
the Eye, and ending in a Point on the fide of the Head;
the top of the Head, Breaft, Belly and Thighs were of a
moft beautiful yellow Colour, as were alfo the two outer
Feathers on each fide the Tail; the eight middle Feathers
black.

The epee and Quill-Feathers black, their exterior
Edges white, excepting the three firft feathers of the firft
and fecond Row of Coverts, which are yellow.

The Legs and Feet were of an afh Colour. A drawing
from the Life of this curious Bird was brought from Bengall
to Mr. Dandridge, who was pleated to let me make a draw-
ing from it.

( 20 )
The Contra, from Benegall.

Numb. XXI.

es Bird 1s about the bignefs of a Pie/dfare, its Bill
of a pale orange Colour; from the bafe of the upper
Mandible goes a broad white Mark which furrounds

the Eye on each fide; it has a tuft of white Feathers under
theEyes; thetop of the Head and Throat are black; a Ring
of a dirty white encompaffes the back fide of the Neck; a
Line of white from each Eye encompafies the hind part of
_ the Head, almoft touching the Ring on the Neck; the Back,
Wings and Tail are black, excepting fix long Marks of white
on the Covertsof the W ings; the Breaft, Belly, and Thighsare
white, the Legs and Feet of a yellowifh brown. It was
brought from Bezgal/ in the Year 1734, and 1s now in the
Poffeflion of Mr. Dandridge, who gave me leave to draw it,

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( 23)
~The Bengall Woodpecker.

Numb. XXII.

HIS Bird is of the fame bignefs of our Exghi/h green
Woodpecker, the Billis of a light afh Colour, blunt
at the End; the Tongue long, ending in a Horney

Subftance, as in the reft of this kind; the fore part of the
Head and Throat are motled with {mall dufky and white
Feathers; under the Eyes is a Tuft of white Feathers,
pointing backwards; it had a Creft of fcarlet Feathers,
hanging down behind the Head, the back part of the Neck
black; the Back and Wings are of a yellowih green, the
fcapular part of them dark brown, with large white Spots; ;
the four firft prime Feathers black, with fix Marks of white
~ acrofs them, at equal Ovens the Throat and Breaft
white, with large long Spots of black, the Belly white, the
Edges of the Feathers dutky, the Thighs and lower Belly

near the Vent white, without any Marks or Spots.

The Tail is Fee up of ten black ftff Feathers, ben-
ding inwards; the Legs and Toes of a dark ath Colour,
hee bottoms of the Feet redifh brown. It was brought
from Bengal/ in the Year 1737, and is now in the Poffet.
fion of Mr. Dandridge.

( 22 )
The leffer black Woodpecker.

Numb. XXIII.

y T'S length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the
# ‘Tail istixInches; the Breadth, when the Wings were ex-
panded, eleven Inches and a half; the Bill was an Inch and
a half long, of a brown Colour; the Tongue long, as in
other Woodpeckers; the Irides of the Eyes whitifh, the
fore part of the top of the Head was black, the hind part
red; the reft of the Bird was black, excepting the Edge of
the fcapular part of the Wing, and under the Vent, where
it had fome white Feathers ; the Legs and Feet were yellow-
ifh, the Claws black; the Tongue long and {ftiff, as in
other Woodpeckers: ‘This Bird] had from a Gentleman very
curious in Birds, &¢. he told me it came from New Eng-
fand.

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(23, ))
. The Hamburgh Tree Creeper.

Numb. XXIV.

ape HIS Bird is fomething bigger than a Sparrow; its Bill
is black, the Irides of the Eyes yellow, the top of the

Head and Neck of a redifh brown, with a caft of
purple; the under part of the Neck and Throat is divided
acrofs with broad Streaks of brown and white; the Back
and Breaft of a yellowifh brown, with long black Spots,
as was alfo the fcapular Feathers of the Wings, except the
laftRow next the Coverts, which were white; the firft Row
of Coverts dark brown, their exterior Edges white, the laft
Row of Coverts white, the prime Feathers of the Wings
light yellowifh brown.

‘The Tail was made up of twelve Feathers, the middle-
moft being the longeft, the upper fide of a dark brown,
the under fide white; as was alfo the lower part of the Bel-.
ly and Thighs.

This Bird is common in Hamburgh ; ; it is-obferved when
among a Row of Trees toclimb up the firft, fearching it all
round, and then to come down again on the Body of the
Tree to the Ground, going on to the next Tree, and fo
from one Tree to another, till it has fearched them -all,
making very little ufe of its Wings while amoneft the Winecs.
it feeds on Beetles and other Infects.

This Bird I had from Mr. Caffei/, who gave me this ac-
count of it, from his own Obfervation, when he was in that
Country.

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( 24 )
_ The fiwall Tree Creeper. - m

Numb. XXYV.

Ll, is a very {mall Bird, a little bigger than a golden
Wren; it hath a long feces {harp Bill, bending down-
wards like a Bow, the upper part of a dark Colour, the
gether white at the Bafe, and black at the Tip; the Tongue
not longer than the Bill, wherein it differs from the /Vood-
peckers, yet hard and Riff at the Point, and fharp like a
Goad; the Irides of the Eyes of a dark hazel Colour.
othe Throat, Breaft and Belly are white; the Head, Back
_ and Wings of a fulvous red, inclining to a fox Coleuy: in-
fefnixed with white and black Specks; the Tail donfiite of
tenFeathersonly, asdoesthe Woodpeckers, andisvery long tor
the bignefs of the Bird, zz. two Inches and a half, fharp
pointed, fiff, of a dufky red, or redifh dun Coléut:

The Feet are of a light BOW, the Legs fhort; the Feet
have long Toes, all armed wan very iong, {fharp, white
Claws, efpecially the back Toe, w hich 1 it hath extraordina-
ry long, like a Lark.

It runs up the Bodies and Boughs of Trees, having its
Feet and Tail fitly difpofed for that purpofe.

It is frequent in Kxg/and, and builds in the Hollows of —
Trees, after the manner of Woodpeckers, and lays a great
number of Eggs, fometimes not fewer than twenty.

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( 25 )
The Fig-eater.

Numb. XXVI.

TF HIS isa {mall long bodied Bird, its Billflender, and of a
dark reddifh Colour; the top of the Head, Back and
Tail of a dufky red, cinereous and yellow Mixture; it hath
the fame number of Wing and Tail Feathers as in other
{mail Birds; the Quill and Coverts more dark than the reft;
their exterior Edges white, on the Throat is a large Spot
of white, the Breaft yellow, fpotted with black; the under ©
part of the Belly and Thighs white, the Legs of a pale red-
difh Colour. This Bird I had out of the Collection of
Sir Thomas Lowther.

Mr. Willoughby in his Orwitholgy makes fix or leven
Kinds of this Bird. See Chap. V. page 216.

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The Smirna Kingfifher.

Numb. XXVII.

| HIS Bird was about three times as big as our King-
iL fifber; its Bill long and thick at the Bafe, ending in

afharp Point, of a red Colour ; the Irides of the Eyes
white, the top of the Head and Neck brown, as was alfo
the lower part of the Belly and Thighs; a broad Stripe of
white crofles the Breaft, and ends under the fcapular of the
Wings; the Back, Wings and Tail are all over of a dark
green; the Legs and Feet of a beautiful red. This Bird
was fhot by Conful Sherrard in a River of Smirna, and
brought over by him preferved in Spirits of Wine, from
which I made a drawing exactly like the Bird.

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( 27)
The large Kingfifber from Bengall.

Numb, XXVIII.

T HIS Birdwasas large as our Thrufh; its Bill was three
Inches long, of a fcarlet Colour, very thick at the

Bafe, and ending in a fharp Point; the Irides of the
Eyes of a lovely yellow; the Head and upper fide of the
Neck, and upper part of the Back brown; the Throat,
Breaft and part of the Belly white, on each fide of which it had
five large Spots of brown; the lower part of the Back,
Wings and Tail of a beautiful light blewifh green, excep-
ting the Coverts of the Wings, which were brown; the
lower Belly and ‘Thighs brown.

The Legs were fhort, and the Toes long, both of an orange
Colour. It was brought from Bexga// in the Year 1734,
and is now in the Poffeflion of Mr. Daudridge, who was
pleafed to lend it me to draw the Picture.

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The Jmall King fifher from Bengali.

Numb. XXIX.

specs. Bird is of the bignefs of our Kingfifher, in Vol.
the firft Numb. 54; its Bill of a fcarlet Colour; on
the Forehead adjoming to the Bill was a Spot of yellow,
and under the Throat a large Spot of white, a bread black
Line from the Bill intervening, and encompaffing the Eyes.

The top of the Head was of a dirty red, under that a
Line of dark blew, feparated from the Back by a broad
Stripe of white, the Back was of a dark blew, the Wings
of adark ferrugineous Colour, the Rump and upper fide of
the Tail red; the under fide of the Neck, the Breaft, Bel-
ly, and Thighs, and under fide of the Tail, were of a
beautiful yellow Colour; the Legs and Feet fcarlet. This
Bird was fent from Bezga//, and is now in the Poffeffion of
Mr. Dandridge, who was pleafed to let me draw it.

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( 29 )
The Bengall Bee-Eater.
Numb. XXX,

T is almoft as big as the Song Thrujh; its length from
the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail is twelve In-
ches; Breadth, when the Wings are expanded, eighteen
Inches; its Bill is black, thick at the Bafe, bending down-
wards, from the tip to the Angles of the Mouth almoft two
Inches long; the Irides of the Eyes of a beautiful red;
from the Corners of the Mouth, through the Eyes on each
fide is extended a black Stroke; from the Bafe of the upper
Chap over the Eye, and under the Chin are bright, but
pale blew Feathers; the top and back part of the Head is
of a dufky yellow; the Back and Wings of a yellowifh
green; the tips of the Quill-Feathers of the Wings brown;
the Breaft and Belly of a light green; the Thighs and
lower part of the Belly, near the Vent, of a pale yellow,
intermixt with green; the Tail was made up of twelve Fea-
thers, the five outermoft on each fide were three Inches long,
of a yellow and green Mixture, the two middlemoft were fix
Inches long, of a dufky Colour, ending in fharp Points; the
Legs are very fhort, but thick for the length; the fore Toes
are joined together as far as the firft Joint, as in the K7zg-
fifoer; both Legs and Feet black. This Bird was brought
from Bexzgall in the Year 1734, and 1s in the Pofleffion of
Mr. Dazdridge; 1 believe this to be a Cock Bird.
See the Elen Vol. the fecond Numb. 44.

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( 30 )
The Oftrich.
Numb. XXXI.

T is the greateft of all Birds, the Head is fmall, depreffed or flat-

crown’d, like a Goofe’s; the Bill alfo is compreffed, and compared

with the Body, very{mall, of a triangularFigure, and Horn Colour,
the End being blackifh; the flit of the Mouth is large, reaching fo far
that its Angles lie directly under the Eyes. The Eyes are great with
Hazel-Coloured Irides. ‘The Head and Neck, and almoft as far as the
Breaft, are bare of Feathers, as alfo the Thighs, the Head and Neck
are covered with a certain Down, or thin fet Hairs inftead of Feathers;
the fides under the Wings, and the Thighs are abfolutely bare, and of
a Flefh Colour; the Wings are fmall, and unufeful for fying, defigned
by Nature, only to affift the Bird in running, being {pread and moved;
the Feathers in the Back of the Cock are black, in the Hen dusky, with
light brown Edges, the large Quill-Feathers of the Wings and Tail are
purely white, the latter is thick, bufhy and round, and not to be fpread
asin other Birds, and are in great Requeft with Soldiers for their Hats;
its Neck and Legs are very long; it hath but two Toes, wanting the
Back-toe and inmoft Fore-toe, the outer was five Inches and a half long,
the other eight, armed with a ftrong Claw; the Toes are conneéted
with a thick {trong Membrane, as far as the farft Joint.

It {wallows Iron, Leather, Grafs, Bread, Hair, and whatever elfe
you offer it promifcuoufly: Howbeit it doth not concoé Iron or other
hard things, but voids them intire by Stool. Thefe Birds are bred in
the Defarts of Arabia, and in Africa, and fometimes are feen in great
Companies; they lay very large Eggs, which they bury in the Sand;
they are hatched by the heat of the Sun, the old ones taking no far-
ther care of them. 3

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The Hamburgh Cock.

x Numb. XXXII,

o toes Bird is of a peculiar Breed, which ts brought
B from Hamburgh by our Merchants; he 1s of a ftate-
ly Carriage, lofing none of his height; his Bill was thick
at the Bafe, ending in a fharp Point; the Irides of the Eyes
are of a lovely yellow, encompaffed with a Circle of dark
Feathers, under which was a Tuft of black Feathers,
which covered his Ear; his rofe Comb reached but half way
on his Head, the hinder part of the Crown was invefted
with dark brown Feathers, inclining to black, as was alfo
the Throat below the Gills; his Neck was cloathed with
long hackle Feathers, of a red and orange coloured Mix-
ture, the Points of fome of them black; the Breaft and Bel-.
ly, as far as the Thighs, of the fame Colour, with large
round Spots of black; the Thighs and lower Belly of a
velvet black (which has given fome of the Ladies the occa-
fion of calling him velvet Breeches); the hind part of his
Neck and Back waseof a darker red, his Wings fome-
thing paler, the exterior Edges of the Feathers dark brown;
the Tail was made up of red, black, and orange coloured
long Feathers elegantly reflected or arcuate; his Legs and
Feet of a lead Colour; the bottoms or foles of the Feet
yellowith. ‘This fine Cock was fent me by my honoured
Friend Sir Robert Abdy, from his Seat at Albyus in Effex.

The

(2324).
Bantam Cock.
Numb. X XXIII.

§ ens little Cock was all Life and Courage, fighting any Cock that
he could come at, although as big again as himfelf, alfo Dogs,
Cats, or any other thing which came in his way; his Bill was reddith;

the Irides of the Eyes red; on his Crown a fine rofe Comb, a Tuft of
white Feathers covered his Ears; his Neck and Back were clothed with
long haccle Feathers, of a yellow and orange Colour intermixt; his
Breaft, Belly and Thighs black; from the Thighs grew long ftiff eee
thers reacmine beyond his Knees we Inches, which they call Boots; his
‘Legs were alfo feathered down to his Toes; the Tail was made up of
twelve ftiff black Feathers, two large Sickle Feathers, and feveral {mall
flender ones incumbent on it. ‘The original Breed of thefe Fowls are
brought from Bantam in India.

The Bantam Hen.
Numb, XXXIV.

HEY are of divers Colours, but I took this for one of the moft

beautiful ones; her Bill was of a yellowifh horn Colour; fhe had
a {mall red Comb; the fide of her Face round about her Eyes was red,
and void of Feathers; her Ears were covered with a Tuft of brown; on
the Top of her Head were fome {mall white Feathers; her Body, Wings
and Tail yellow, motled very thick all over with Marks and Spots of
dark Colour; fhe was booted and feathered down to her Toes, as all
of the true Bawtam kind are.

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( 33)
The Turkey Cock.

Numb. XXXV;

TS Billis of a horn Colour; the Irides of the Eyes of

a blewilh white; the Head and Neck are altogether
bare of Feathers, covered with a carunculous flefhy Sub-
{tance, party coloured with white, red, blew and purple;
it hath no Creft or Comb like a Cock, buta certain red flefhy
Appendix, arifing above the upper Chap of the Bill, which
is fometimes extended to that length, that it not only reaches
all along the Declivity of the upper Chap, but hangs down
below the tip of the Bill, at leaftan Inch, fo that the Bull ts
covered with it, that it cannot be feen but fideways ;~ this
Appendix, when it walks or feeds, is contracted fo that it

falls fhort of the length of the Bill; the Feathers of this Bird

fomewhat refemble a Hawk’s, and have their ends white; 1t
hath very long Legs; its Tec. and Claws are like thofe of

the Dunghill Code

Turkeys love hot Countries, yet they can bear cold ones
well enough, after they are grown up and ufed to them, but
their Chickens are very nice and tender, and not to be reared
without great Care and Attendance; cheit Flefh is very white
and delicate, yielding a plentiful ane firm Nourifhment.

The Antipathy this Fowl hath againft a red Colour, fo
as to be much moved and provoked at the Sight Mee

38 very ftrange and admirable.

F The

( 34)
The red Pheafant Cock from China.

Numb. XXXVI.

BT was almoft as big as our Exglijh Pheshceotl its Bill of

a light brown; the Irides of the Eyes yellow; the top

of the Head yellow, from whence hung down. a Creft of
long fcarlet Feathers variegated with {calloped black Lines
fet at equal Diftances, which it could erect at Pleafure, un-
der which it had green Feathers {colloped with black Cranne
ing to one third of its Back; the reft of the Back was cloath-
ed with beautiful yellow Feathers: The fore part of its
Weck, Breaft and Belly of a fcarlet Colour, as were alfo
the fcapular Feathers of the Wings.

The firft four Feathers of all the Rows of Coverts were
of a dufky yellow, fpotted with dark brown; the upper Co-.
verts next the Back dark blew and fpotted with black; the
two firft Quills very dark inclining to black, on the exterior
Web of each eight Spots of dufky yellow, the reft of the
Quill-Feathers of the Colour of the firft Coverts.

The long Feathers of the Tail were dark and fpotted,
and tipt with yellow; it had on the upper part of its Tail
long narrow fcarlet Feathers with yellow Tips; the Legs
and Feet were yellow ; I do not find this beautiful Bird def-
eribed by any Author; it was in the Pofleffion of the Ho-
nourable Fobw Spencer Efquire, at his Houfe in 7, se
Park, where I went by his Order to draw it.

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The White China Pheafant.

Numb; XXXVII.

Li was about the bignefs of our Hzgl/b Pheafants;. its
A’ Bill is of a dufky yellow; from the Bafe of the’ upper
Chap all along the top of the Head was a Creft of black
Feathers hanging down behind; the Eye is encompafted with
white, and round that a fcarlet Colour powdered with {mall
Specks of dark red, which reach from the Bill to the hind
part of the Head, and are much broader than the red in our
Cock Pheafants; the Neck, Back, Wings and ‘Tail are
white, with fome faint Shades and Marks. From the Bafe
of the under Chap is a black Mark on the Throat, which
increafes in Breadth on the Breaft and Belly waved on each
fide, and decreafes under the Vent ending in a Point on the
under fide of the Tail; the Thighs are alfo black, the Legs
and Feet are of a fcarlet Colour, the Claws black; this Bird
I faw at a Lady’s at Enfield, where | madea drawing from
it. I do not find this Bird defcribed in any Author.

F 9 | The

( 36.)
The Buftard.
Numb, XXXVIIL XXXIX.

[" is as big as the Zurkey; its lenoth from the tip of the Bill to the end

of the Tail was fixty Inches; its breadth between the Wings, when
extended, two Yards and a half; its Bill like a Hen’s, the upper Chap
being fomething crooked; the ‘Head and Neck are afh coloured, the
Belly white; the Back is yericoated with red and black tranfverfe Lines ;
quivants the back Toe, which is efpecially remarkable; for by this Note
alone, and its bignefs, it is fufficiently diftinguifhed from all other Birds
of this kind: It feeds upon Corn, Seeds of Herbs, Colworts, Dandelion
leaves, &°c. In the Stomach of one diffeéted was found a great Quan=
tity of Hemlock Seed, with three or four Grains of Barley, and that in |
Harveft time; they are found on Newmarket and Royfton Heaths in
Cambridg [pire and Suffolk, and elfewhere in Waftes and Plains: They
are of flow flight, and when they are upon the Ground can hardly raife
themfelves from it, by reafon of the Bulk and Weight of their Bodies,
from whence without doubt they got the Latin name Zarda.

Dr. Douglas has obferved in the Male two Stomachs, one for the Food
and the other a Refervatory for Water to fupply hewn they feeding ion:
dry Heaths remote from Ponds and Rivers: Some fay one may catch
them with ones Hands before they can compofe themfelves to Hy; but
this isa Miftake: for though it be long before they can raife themfelves
from the Earth, yet are they very timorous and circumfpect, and will
not fuffer a Man tocome within a Furlong of them, before they take
Wing and fly away; yet our Fowlers report that they may be run down
with Greyhounds.

The

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Be) lock.

(:37 .)
The red Peruvian Hen.

Numb, XL.

HIS Bird is of the Bignefs and Shape of the Cara/ow

A en; its Bill, fides of its Face and upper part of its
Neck were of a dark afh Colour; the Pupil of the Eyes
black, the Irides red; round the top of the Head was a
Creft of white Feathers with black Tips; the lower part of
_ the Neck and the whole Body were red, the Legs and Feet
are black. ‘This Name is impofed on it for want of know-
ing its real Name: It was kept at Richmond Palace, when
Her late Majefty was Princefs of Vales, amongft her Col-
lection of Rarities of this kind; I drew it from the Bird,
but could not meet with any one that could give me a par-
ticular account of it, excepting in the Colour; it is pretty
much like the Carafow Hen, and feems to be of the fame
Species with that Fowl: The difagreement that is between
them in the Colours may be perhaps owing from the diffe-
rent Places they are brought from, or fuch difference as is
common amoneft tame Fowls.

The

( 38)
The French Fiel? Duck.
Numb. XLL

T is a Bird peculiar to France, where there is not a Countryman but

_knows it, at leaft by the Name. It is fo called, not becaufe it is a
Water Bird, but becaufe it fits on the Ground like the Water-Duck, but
it hath no Similitude or Agreement with Water-Fowl, being a Land-
Bird; it is of the bignefs of a Phea/ant; the Head, faving the bignefs,
relembling a Quail’s, the Billa Pu//ez’s. It is more known by its Name
than by its Shape: for they have a Country-Proverb againft fufpicious
Perfons, wherein they fay, that they play the Land-Duck. It is taken
in Plains and open Fields, as they take Partridges, in Snares, with
Nets, and alfo with Hawks; but it is very crafty in defending and fhifting
for itfelf, flying near the Ground with great Force and Swiftnefs for
two or three hundred Paces, and then alights, running fo {wiftly, that
f{carce any Man can overtake it. It hath only three Toes on each Foot,
like the Buffard; the Head, Back and Wings are of a yellowifh brown,
variegated with black and white, the Breaft, Belly and Thighs were pa-
ler, inclining to white, the Legs and Feet cinereous; all its interior
parts are as in other granivorous Birds; it is reckoned among the delicate
Birds, and efteemed as good Meat as the Pheafant. It feeds on all forts
of Grain, and upon Ants, Beetles, and Flies, and alfo on the Leaves of
green Corn. ‘This Bird feems not to have been mentioned by the An-
tients; I had it out of the Collection of Sir Thomas Lowther.

The

41.

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The Common Dove Floufe, or Wild Pigeon.

Numb. XLII,

“a BIS Pigeon weighed thirteen Ounces; was in length from the Bill
to the Tail.end thirteen Inches, in breadth twenty fix.

Its Bill was flender, fharp-pointed and indifferently long, about the:
Noftrils foft and whitifh, by the afperfion of a kind of furfuraceous Sub-
ftance, elfe dusky: The Tongue neither hard, nor cloven, but fharp and
foft; the Irides of the Eyes red, the Legs and Feet red, the Claws black.

The Head was of a pale blew; the Neck as it was diverfely objected
to the Light, did exhibit to the Beholder various and fhining Colours.
The Crop was reddifh, the reft of the Breaft and Belly afh coloured;
the Back beneath and a little above the Rump was white, (which is a Note
common to moft Wild Pzgeons) about the Shoulders cinereous, elfe
black, yet with fome Mixture of cinereous. The number of plume
Feathers in each Wing was about twenty three or twenty four, of thefe
the outmoft were dusky, of the reft as much as was expofed to fight
black, what was covered with incumbent Feathers cinereous. The co-
vert Feathers of the ten firft Remiges were of a dark cinereous; the reft
of the covert Feathers (almoft to the Body) dark, the tips and exterior Webs,.
were cinereous, the interior black, the covert Feathers of the under fide
of the Wings purely white.

The Tail was made up of twelve Feathers, four Inches and a half
long, the middlemoft being fomewhat longer than the extremes; the
tips of all were black, the reft wholly cinereous.

it had a great Craw full of Grumil Seed. The blind Guts very hort,
{carce exceeding a quarter of an Inch; it hath (as we faid of Pigeons
in general) no Gall Bladder, and lays but two Eggs at a time; thofe
Kinds vary much in Colour, ‘There are found of the mordinarily milk.
white.

é The

( 40 )
The Jacobine Pigeon.

Numb. XLIII.

ce HIS Pigeon is vulgarly called the Fack, is, if true, the
{malleft of all Pigeons, and the fmaller ftill the better:
It has a Range of Feathers invefted quite over the hinder
part of the Head, which reaches down on each fide of the
Neck to the Shoulders of the Wings, and forms a kind
of Frier’s Hood: from hence this Pigeon has its Name
Facobine, becaufe the Fathers of that Order all wear Hoods
to cover their bald Crowns; hence the upper part of this
Range 1s called the Hood; and the more compact thefe Fea-
thers are, and the clofer to the Head, fo much the more
this Bird is efteemed. The lower part of this Range of

Feathers is called by us the Chain, but by the Daehn itis

called the Cravat; the Feathers of this Chain ought to be
long and clofe, fo that if you ftrain the Neck a little, by
taking hold of the Bill, the two fides will lap over enh
other in fome of the beft; but there are very few now to be
found in Exgland compleat. The Facobiue ought to havea
very fhort Bill, the fhorter the better, and a clean pearl Eye;
as for their Colours there are reds, yellows, blews, blacks
and mottles; but be the Colours what they will, they ought
to have a clean white Head, white Feet and white Tail.
Of thefe Pigeons fome are feather lego’d and footed, others
are not, and both forts are equally “elteem ‘d, according to
the various Inclination of different Fancies.

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The Stock Dove.
Numb. XLIYV.

T is as big as the common Pigeon, it weighed fourteen Ounces and

a half; its length was fourteen Inches, breadth, when the Wings

were extended, twenty fix. The Colour and Shape of the Body
almoft like the common Pigeon; the Bill flender and of equal length,
and of a pale red Colour. The Top of the Head is cinereous, the Neck
covered with changeable Feathers, which, as they are varioufly objected
to the Light, appear of a purple, blew, and fhining green; no Silk like
them. ‘The fore part of the Breaft, the Shoulders and Wings are dafhed
with purplifh or red-wine Colour, whence it took the Name (Oezzas);
the Wings, Shoulders, and middle of the Back are of a dark afh Colour,
the reft of the Back to the Tail of a paler; all the Quill-Feathers (ex-.
cept the four or five outmoft, which are all over black, with light Ed-.
ges) have their lower part cinereous, and their upper black, the Tail is
five Inches long, made up of twelve Feathers, having their upper part
cinereous, their lower, for one third of their length, black, the nether
fide of the Body, excepting the upper part of the Breaft, is all cinereous;
the Wings clofed, reach not to the end of the Tail; in both Wings on
the upper Row of Coverts are two black Spots on the outfide the Shafts,
and not far from the tips of the Feathers; the Legs and Feet are red,
the Claws black, the blind Guts very fhort. It had no Gall Bladder:
At had a large Craw full of Gromil Seeds, &¢. and a mufculous Stomach,
long Tefticles, and a long Breaft-bone.

G 3 The

( 42 )
The Turtle Dove from (ndia.
Numb. XLV.

aE Hen, excepting the Feet which are red, and the
= Bill which is black, asin the Cock, isall over white:
But the Cock hath his Head, Neck Breaft and Wings,

as far as the Quill-Feathers, and Back down to the Rump —

of a reddifh or dun Colour: The Quill-Feathers of the
Wings and the Rump and whole Tail are of adufky Co-
lour, having their Shafts black and Edges white; the Breaft,
Belly and ‘Thighs are white, the lower part of the Belly,
near the Vent, yellowifh; the Irides of the Eyes are of a
moft lovely {hining Saffron or rather fcarlet Colour; a black
Ring encompafles the back part of the Neck, ending in a
Point on each fide; they are tame pretty Birds, and kept
in, Cages by the Curious, in which they will breed-and bring
up their young; they feedon Hemp Seed, Millet, &?c. but
delight moft in feeding on Wheat.

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L VA Dove. from China Loe Mein Lol, Suly Pai. 1725:

(43 )
The China Dove.

Numb. XLVI.

Z° HIS Dove was about the bignefs of the Indian Turtle
= Dove; its Bill of ablewith afh Colour; the Irides of
the Eyes of a beautiful white; the top of the Head
and round the Eyes afh Colour; che fides of the Head yel-
low; the ends of the Feathers red on the fide of the Neck;
above the Scapular of the Wing was a broad Stripe of blew
Feathers, the hind part of the ‘Neck and Back brown, the
ends of the Feathers black, the {capular Feathets more di-
lute, andtheirends variegated with black and white: The firft
and ‘lat Feathers in the Row of Coverts black, their exte-
rior Edges white, the middle Feathers all “nnn the Quill-
F dathers black, ther Edges white; the Breaft fall Belly of
a beautiful pale rofe Colour; the Tail was made up of twelve
Feathers of a light dusky Colour; the Legs and Feet red,
the Claws white.

_ This beautiful Bird I faw at the late Mr. Richardjon’s A-
deta in Alderfgate Street, who was pleafed to let me

raw it

G 2 The

( 44 )
The Nincombar Pigeons Cock and Hen.

Numb. XLVII. XLVIII.

| Rae were fomething bigger than a same Pigeon; the Bill long,
© of a dark afh Colour; the Irides of the Eyes were red, the Head
black, with a Caft of blew; the Neck was adorned with long Feathers
of various Colours, viz. blew, red, purple, and gold intermixt with a
beautiful green; the Back was cloathed with broad Feathers of the fame
Mixture of Colours.

The Scapular Feather of the Wing green; the three firft Quill-Fea-
thers blew, as was alfo three of the laft Row of Coverts, the reft of the
Quills and Coverts were dusky, intermixed with brown and red.

The Breaft, Belly and Thighs of an obfcure brown Colour, the Legs
and Feet of a dirty yellow, with dark brown Scales on their fore fides;
the Tail was made up of twelve white Feathers of equal length.

The Hen was much of the fame Colours, but not fo bright as thofe
of the Cock, nor the Feathers of the Neck fo long; their Note was like
the Cooing of a Pigeon; they fed on Rice in the Husk, a Quantity of
which was brought over with them from the Iflands of Mincombar
near Peg in India, where they are wild after the manner of our Wood
Pigeon. ‘Thefe Birds have a diftemper incident to them, which isa
Stone growing in their Gizzard in the fame manner asthe Stone in the
Gall of an Ox, one Coat upon another till it is fo large as to ftop it quite
up and kill the Bird; I bought thefe two Birds by my Lord Petre’s
Order, and prefented them to Sir Hans Sloane; who has them now in
his Poffeffion; they were brought over from India in the beginning of
the Year 1737.

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47.

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(45).
The Humming Birds.

Numb. XLIX.

HE Long-Tail-Humming Bird is the leaft of all the Species of this Kind of

Birds, of which Naturalifts reckon nine different Sorts, and the leaft that we
know of found upon our Globe; its Bill is a little more than an Inch long, of a yel-
lowith Colour, the Pupil of the Eye black, the Irides yellow, the top of the Head
and Back of a dusky green inclining to a blew, with dark Shades; the Throat, Breaft
and Belly of a beautiful green, the Edges of the Feathers of a beautiful yellow inter-
mixt with gold, the Wings of a dufky red, or copper Colour, with a Mixture of gold;
the Feathers of its Tail were of the fame Mixture of the Wings, only darker; thefe
Birds move their Wings with that fwiftnefs as hardly to be difcerned by the Eye, dar-
ting themfelves here and there in a Moment; it will alfo poife itfelf by the help of
its Wings for a long fpace of time in the Air, as if it refted and ftirred not, and fo
being on the Wing, fuck the Flowers with its Bill, for it lights not upon them,
which I have obferved them to do many times in ‘Yamaica; our Bee moth imitates the
Adtions of this Bird the moft of any thing in Nature by its {wift flying, darting, and
hovering on the Wing when it fucks the Flowers.

This Bird I had by the Name of the Mango Bird, which I believe to be an impofed
Name: It is one of the Humming Birds; the Head, Back and Wings were a mixture
of copper Colour, red and gold interchangeably mixt, very beautiful to behold; the
Breaft, Belly and Thighs were a velvet black intermixt with a fhining green; the Tail
is a little more than an Inch long; the Feathers of a mixt Colour, of blew, red and
green; the Bill and Legs are of a blewifh Colour. In the year 1701, when I was at
Famaica, 1 took one of thefe Birds in the dufk of the Evening with her Neft, which
was built with Cotton in the Branches of the Phyfick-nut Trees growing in that
Ifland, in which was two {mall white round Eggs as big as Peas; the long tail’d Bird
I copied from the natural Bird at Saiter’s Coffee-Houfe at Chelfca. (ren

The

( 46 )
The Hortulon.

Numb. L.

Pathe Bird is of the bignels of the Buzxting, in Vol.
BR the fecond Numb. 50. Its weight is about an Ounce
and a half; the length from the Tip of the Bill to the end
of the Tail feven laches long; Breadth, when the Wings
were extended, eleven Inches cat a fale the Bull is great
and thick of a flelhy Colour, having a hard Knob or Pro-
minence in the upper Mandible, wherewith 1 it is thought to
bruife Wheat, Oats, or other Con

The Head; Neck and upper part of the Breaft is of a
pale oreenith yellow, the Back and Wings of a reddifh
TinCture and brown Shade; the under part of the Breaft
and Thighs whitifh, with tranfverfe Lines and Shades of
pale red; the under fide of the Tail yellow; the Legs and
Feet of a pale ferruginous Colour. This Bird I had out
of the Collection of Sir Thomas Lowther.

Thefe Birds are accounted a great Rarity in Banquets,
and bear a high Price in France and other Countries.

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(47)
The black Lark.

Numb. LI.

a HE Bill of this Bird was of a dufky yellow; the Iri-
des of the Eyes yellowifh: It was all over of a dark
reddifh brown, inclining to black, excepting the hind
part of the Head, on which was fome dufky yellowith Fea-
thers; likewile eae Feathers with whitifh Edges on the
Bell
The Legs, Feet, and Claws were of a dirty yellow.
This Lark was taken with a Clap Net by one of the Bird-
catchers in a Field: near Afighgate, and brought to me by
Mr. Davenport, which I have taken care to draw exactly
from the Bird, neither adding nor diminifhing inthe Draught
or Colouring. This being a a Curiofity, I was defired “by
one of my Subferibers.to make a Plate. of it.

The

( 48 )
The Grefted Lark.

Numb. LII.

T is bigger than a Sky Lark, hath a greater and longer Bill, almoft
an Inch long, meafuring from the Point to the Angles of the
"Mouth; the upper Chap dusky, the lower whitifh. The Tongue is
broad and fomewhat cloven; the Irides of the Eyes are of a cinereous
hazel Colour; the Creft-Feathers are blacker than the reft, and almoft
an Inch long, which he can erect or lower at pleafure; the Back
is more cinereous and leffer {potted than in the common Lark, the
Rump almoft wholly deftitute of Spots.
The prime Feathers of the Wings are in number eighteen, befides the
outmoft very fhort and {mall one, the outward Vane of the firft Pinion

» Feather is ofa dirty white, inclining to yellow, the reft are not fo black

as in the common Lark, and have fome mixture of a pale red even in
their lower part; the Breaft and Belly are white, with a dafh of yel-
low; the Throat fpotted asin the common Lark; The Tail is two Inches
and a quarter long, made up of twelve Feathers, the two outmoft of
which have their exterior Borders white, with a dafh of red, the reft
black, the third and fourth are wholly black; the fifth and fixth of the
fame Colour of the Body.

It differs from the common Lar, firft in Bignefs, fecondly in the
Creft, thirdly in the Colour of the Back, which is lefs fpotted, and not
fo beautiful, fourthly the Tail not fo long, fifthly in that it foars not fo
much in the Air, and when it mounts up ftays not fo long there, fixthly
that it flies not in Flocks as they do, laftly (as A/drovandus obferves)
it is frequently feen about the Banks of Lakes and Rivers.

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(45)
The Nightingale.

Numb! UWE

Otwithftanding the particular Fancy of divers Perfons, for this or that Bird,

which they efteem and prefer to all others, the Nightingale, by the generality of
Mankind, is ftill accounted the chief of all finging Birds; he fends forth his plea-
fant Notes with fo lavifh a Freedom, that he makes even the Woods to eccho with
his melodious Voice ; and this delightful Bird, fcorning to be outdone, will not yield
to any Competitor, either of Birds or Men; the Wood-Lark is his greateft Antagonift,
between whom there fometimes happens fuch a Contention for Maftery, each
ftriving to outvy the other, that like true bred Cocks, they feem refolved to dye
rather than lofe the Victory; if the former carries it in Stoutnefs and Freenefs of
Song, fo does the latter in his pleafing Variety of foft warbling harmonious Notes,
in which to my Fancy, none excels, or is equal to him.

The Nightingale is not fo remarkable for any variety or beauty of Colours, but
well known for its finging by Night: In Size it is about the bignefs of the Goldfinch,
fomething longer bodied, the Head, Back, Wings and Tail are of a reddifh brown
Colour; the Breaft and Belly paler, inclining to a dirty white, the Legs of a yellowifh
fieth Colour; they build in a thick Hedge low to the Bank, making their Neft of
Leaves, Straw, and Modfs, and lay five Eggs.

Thofe Birds are not feen in this Kingdom in the Winter time, where they are,
when abfent from us, is altogether unknown: They come towards the latter end of
March and beginning of frz/, and leave us at the latter end of Summer. Thofe
kept in Cages will fing feven or eight Months in the Year, from the beginning of No-
vember till Midfummer ; keeping them clean: Their Food is Sheeps Hearts and boiled
Eggs, and now and then a Meal Worm, or Spider. :

( 50
The Hen Wheat-Ear.
Numb. LIV.

T is bigger than the Houfe Sparrow; the Bill is flender, ftreight,

black, and more than half an Inch long; the Colour of its Head

and Back is cinereous with a Mixture of red; the Rump white, the
Belly is of a light hair Colour, inclining to white; the Quill-Feathers
and Covert Feathers are black, their exterior Edges are of a reddifh yel-
low, and in fome Birds white. ‘The Tail is two Inches and a quarter
long, made up of twelve black Feathers, their exterior Edges the fame
with the Quill-Feathers; the Legs and Feet black; its Stomach is not
very mufculous, out of which when diffected was taken Beeles and
other Infec?s. It commonly breeds in forfaken Coney Burrows.

In Suffex the Boys, to catch thefe Birds, ufe this Art; they dig long
Turfs of Earth, and lay them acrofs the Holes whereout they were dig-
eed, and about the middle of them hang Snares made of Horfe-hair.
‘Thefe Birds being naturally very timorous, if a Hawk happens to ap-
pear, or but a Cloud pafs over and intercept the Sun-Beams, they haf-
tily run to hide themfelves in the Holes, under the Turfs, and fo are
caught by the Neck in Snares. Upon the Downs in Suffex they are
taken in great numbers in Harveft-time or beginning of Autumn, where
for their Fatnefs and delicate Relih, they are highly prized. eee the
Cock, Vol. rhe firft

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The greater Redfiart.

Numb. LV.

A HIS Bird ts equal in bignefs to the Star/ing;_ its Length
i. from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Claws are
nine Inches and a half; the Meafure of the Wings,
when extended, is fourteen Inches; the Bill is more than
an Inch long, broad and flat, as in Stares, not round and
rifing im a ridge as in Blackéirds;, black of Colour, the up-
per Chap longer, {harp-pomted and fomewhat ieletle
the Mouth yellow within, the Tongue a little cleft at ite
end; the Legs and Feet cinereous, “the Claws black, the
Boles of the Feet yellow; the ati Bird is party-coloured,
being a mixture of white or grey, black and yellow; fome
Cock Birds are of a fulvous Colour, fpeckled with many
white Spots, anda few black ones: The Tailis fhort, fcarce
exceeding three Inches, made up of twelve Feathers of
equal length, all of a fulvous red, excepting the two mid-
dlemoft, that are dufky, which yet in fome Birds are alfo
above half red; it 1s to be obferved, that-all the Tail-Fea-
thers have their outer Edges conde the top of the fame
Colour with the middle Feathers.

It is faid to abide and build in mountainous Places. It
is kept in Cages for itsfinging. ‘This Bird I had out of the
Collection of Sir Thomas Lowther.

H 2 The

(52)
The Bengall Redffart.

Numb. LVI.

T was fomething bigger than the Redfart; the Bill of
a dark afh Colour; the Irides of the Eyes white; the
top of the Head from the Bill to the hinder part black;
from under the Eyes grows a Tuft of fcarlet Feathers, the
bottom of which is furrounded with white, the back part
and bottom of the white with black, then fucceeds four Se-
mi-circles of black, growing lefs by degrees, and parts the
brown and white on the fide of the Neck; the hind part
of the Neck, the Back and Wings are brown; the Breaft, —
Belly and Thighs white, under the Vent red; the Tail
was made up of twelve pale dufky Feathers.

The Legs and Feet are black; this Bird was brought
from Bengal/l in the Year 1734, without any Name being
affixt to it; it feems to be of the Infectiferous Tribe by its
Bill, for which reafon, and its red Colours, I fhall beg
leave to call it by the Name of the Bengal] Redfart. Itis
now in the Poffleflion of Mr. Dandridge, who was pleated
to lend it me.

The

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(453°)

The Mountain Titts.

Numb. LVII.

HESE Birds are of the bignefs of the éw Head
Titmoufe; ‘The Bill of the Cock was yellow, the Iri-
des of the Eyes white; a long Stripe enclofed the Eye, and
ended in a Point towards the Neck, the Head was blewith,
the upper part of the Neck, Breaft and Belly yellowih;
the Back, and fcapular Feathers of the Wings of a yellow-
ith brown: The quill and covert Feathers of a blewith afh
Colour.

The Tail was made up of twelve Feathers, their Mid-
dles brown, the exterior Edges of a blewifh afh Colour;
the Legs and Feet blew.

The Bill of the Hen was blew, the Head, Back, Wings
and ‘Tail were of a light brown Colour; the Throat white,
the Breaft, Belly and Thighs of a pale yellowifh buff Co-
lour; the Legsand Feet cinereous. ‘Thefe Birds are found
in fome Parts of Germany and Italy. I drew them out of

the Collection of Sir Thomas Lowther.

The

( 54 )

The Black Cap and WI hite Throat.
Numb. LVITI.

HIS Bird is very fmall, not weighing above half an Ounce: Its length from the

tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail is five Inches, breadth, when the Wings
are extended, nine Inches; the top of the Head is black, whence it took its name:
under the black on the fide of the Head white, the Neck cinereous; the Back, Wings
and upper fide of the Tail of a dufky Colour inclining to green.

The Tail is made up of twelve Feathers two Inches and a half long, a little forked,
the nether part of the Neck, Breaft and Belly are of a light afh Colour inclining to
white; the Bill ftreight and black: the Tongue cloven and rough; the Legs and Feet
are of a lead Colour, the Claws black; the outmoft Toe below is faftned to the mid-
dlemoft. The Head of the Female is of a brown or chefnut Colour, rather than
black. Thefe Birds are frequent in Jfa/y; it is alfo found in Exgland in the Spring.

The White Throat feems to be almoft of the fame Magnitude of the Black Cap,
the upper Chap black, the lower white; the Tongue is flit with a deep Incifion; the
Mouth within yellow or amber Colour, the back Toe great, the exterior fore Toes -
equal, and lefs than in other fmall Birds, joyned at bottom to the middlemoft, the in-
terior by an intervening Membrane, which is not obferved in other Birds of this kind ;
the upper part of the Body is of a reddifh brown, the Head more cinereous; the
Throat, Breaft and Belly are white, the outmoft Edges of the Quill-Feathers alfo
white.

It frequents Hedges and Gardens, feeds upon Beetles, Flies and other Infects,
creeping and hopping up and down in Buthes like the Hedge Sparrow, and builds in
Bufhes not far from the Ground; the outer part of the Neft is made of the tender
Stalks of Herbs, and dry Straws, the middlemoft of fine Bents and foft Grafs, the
infide of Horfehair and other foft Hair; it lays five Eggs of a dufky Colour, mingled
with white and green befprinkled over with black Spots, It comes to us in the Spring,
and leave us in Winter.

The

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Seemann ist

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( 55)
The Hedge Sparrow.

Numb. LIX.

aout S Bird is about the bignefs of a Robin Red-Breaf?; its Bill is long

and flender, of a dusky Colour inclining to black; its Back, Wings
and Tail are a dark brown with a.reddifh Mixture; the Head is dusky
with a blewifh Caft; the Breaft is of a blewifh lead Colour, the Belly
more dilute; the Legs are of a dusky brown: This Bird 1s as well known
as any of our {mall Birds, being found almoft in every Bufh, that hard-
ly a Boy that fearches the Hedges, but can give an account of its Neft,
Eggs, &c. It would therefore feem unneceflary to take much notice of
it, but that I think the Hedge Sparrow too much neglected, no Bird is
more defpifed; Iam fure he ought to be more valued; he being a ve-
ty pleafant Song-bird, fings fweetly, and has a great variety of pretty:
Notes: I have known them kept in Cages by fome curious Perfons, and
much valued for their fine finging ; a great many People cage worfe,
and account them good Birds; tis Plenty that leffens the Worth of this
Bird, as of every thing elfe, though ever fo valuable in it felf: The
Hen is known from the Cock, by the Palenefs of her Breaft, and being,
of a brighter Colour on the Back; they build their Neft of fine green.
Mois, platted with a little Wool and Hair; the Hen lays commonly
five Eggs of a pale blew Colour; fhe has young ones at the end of
April, or the beginning of May; you may take them at ten Days old,
and feed them with Bread and Flefh-meat chop’d very fine, and mixed:
together, made moift as for other Birds.

( 56 )
Sedge Bird.

Numb. LX.

| ies Bill is flender, ftreight and of a dufky red; from
the Bafe of the upper Mandible is a broad dirty white
Mark reaching over each Eye; its upper Side and Wings
are of a dufky Colour; the Breaft and Belly of a pale yel-
lowifh white; all the exterior Edges of the Wing-Feathers
are of a pale yellow; its Legs and Feet of a reddith yellow;
the ‘Tail was made up of twelve dufky brown Feathers: It
frequents watery Places, among W7//ows and Sedges: I take
this Bird to be the Sa/caria of Gefner, his Defcription being
almoft the fame with this. He alfo fays, it feeds upon
Flies, Spiders, and other Infects, which it finds among
Willows; which that it may enjoy alone, it drives away all
other fmall Birds. I take the Poft Bird to be very much
like this.

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($2)
The Virginia Groas Beak Flen.

Ninh.) (ox

7 Bestare Bird is as big as the Song Thrufb ; its Bill is of |
a pale red, very thick towards the Bafe, fhort and
ending in a tharp Point; on the top of the Head i is a Creft
of brown Feathers, which it raifes or lets fall at Pleafure;
the Head, Back and Wings were of a reddifh brown Co-
lour, the Brea and Belly | more dilute; the Tail was made
up oflawelved eathers, the middlemoft of which was of a
dark Colour, inclining to black, the outermoft of a reddifh
_ brown; the Legs and Feet are of the fame Colour. ‘They
are brought from Yirgimia, New-England, and other Parts
of North America, where they catch them as we do Larks
in England, by {weeping away the Snow and baiting the
place with /7rgimia Wheat, fc. It hath an agreeable me-
lodious Song with fome Notes like the Exgh/b Nightingale.
The Hen fings as well as the Cock, when kept in a Cage.
The ftrength with its Bill is. furprizing, it being able ce
crack Almonds, Olive fiones, and Indian Maiz, very expe-
ditiouily, the Kernels of which it is very fond of: In Hxe-
land they bring them to feed on Hlemp Seed. Several have
been fo curious to try to breed them here, but to no pur-

pole.

I . The

(52)
The Gamboa Groafbeak.

Numb. LXII.

beak, defcribed in Vol. the firft Numb. 56. Its Billis
very large and {trong, from a broad Bafe ending in
a fharp Point of the Figure of a Cone having a large Ca-
vity within, of a dark afh Colour, the Pupil of the Eyes
black, the Irides white, the Head and part of the Neck
black, ending in a fharp Point on the fore part of the Breaft.

The reft of the Body, Wings and Tail are of a beautiful.

yellow Colour, intermixed with a greenifh Shade; the Legs
and Feet of a blewith afh Colour. This Bird was brought
from Gamboa on the Coaft of Guinea, and was in the Pof-
feffion of his Grace the Duke of Chandos in an Aviary at
his Grace’s Country Seat at Edgeworth, where I went to
draw it. :

g ‘HIS Bird was about the bignefs of the common Grof- ~

62

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( 59 )
The greater Brambling.

Numb. LXIII.

T is fomething bigger than the Lark: Its length from
the point of the Bill to the end of the Tail is fix Inches,
breadth, when the Wings were extended, thirteen Inches;
its Bill is half an Inch long of a horn Colour; the end of
the Tongue is divided into Filaments; the top of the Head
dufky with yellowifh and white Spots; the Back is of a
dufky yellow, with dark Spots and Shades; the Throat,
Breaft and fcapular part of the Wing of a light Chefnut
Colour; the Belly and Thighs are white: the Quill-Fea-
thers of the Wings are black, their exterior Edges of a
pale greenifh yellow; the Tips “of the firft Row of Coverts
white, making a white Mark acrofs the Wing: It hath a
forked Tail two Inches and a half long, made t up of twelve
dusky Feathers, their exterior Edges yellowifh; the Legs,
Feet and Claws are black, the back Claw the longeft, A
Larks. This Bird I had of a very curious Gentlenan,

I 2 The

( 60 )
The Brambling.
Numb: EXIV.

T isa {mall matter bigger than the Chafinch; its Billis thick, ftrong,
‘ftreight, from abroad Bafe diminifhing into a fharp Point, almoft like
a Cone or Funnel; in fome Birds wholly black, in others black at
Point, and yellow at Bottom. Its Tongue is like the Chaffinch’s; the
upper Chap of equal length with the lower; its fides ftrong and thinned
into an Edge, (the Bill of the Female hath no part yellow). Its Legs
and Feet are of a pale dusky flefh Colour; the outer Toe is joyned to
the middle below, as in other {mall Birds; from the Head of the Cock
to the middle of the Back, the Colour is like that of a Starling, a fhi-
ning black, the Edges of the Feathers being of a reddith afh Colour,
the lower part of the Back and Rump whitifh; the Throat is of a
yellowifh red, or orange Colour, the Belly white; the Feathers behind
the Vent reddifh. The interior Quill-Feathers of the Wings are red,
the inmoft of all black, with red Edges beginning from the fourth,
feventh or eighth of the fubfequent Feathers; they have a white Spot
on the outfide of their Shafts, by the tips of the fecond Row; under-
neath alfo their exterior Edges are whitifh; elfe the Quill-Feathers are
all black: The Plumage near the Bafe of the Wing underneath is of a
lovely yellow, above of an orange Colour.
The Tail is made up of twelve Feathers, four Inches and } long, of
a black Colour, but the exterior Web of the outmoft Feathers on both
fides is white, and fometimes alfo the interior; the Tips and Edges of
the two middle Feathers are of a reddifh afh Colour.

4 The

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( 6r )
The Red Head Sparrow.

Numb. LXV.

ets Bird is fomething lefs than the foufe Sparrow,
and more flender in its Body; the Bill of an afh Co-

lour, yellow towards the Bafe; the Irides of the Eyes
white; ‘The Top and hind part of the Head red; under the
Bill is a long black Mark, and a large Semi- Spot of the
fame Colour on the fide au the Head; “the fide of the Head
under the Eye, and round the Spot oie alfo a Ring of
white round the hind Part of the Neck; the Back and Sca-
pular Feathers of the Wings readily brown, with long
black Marks; the ends of the Coverts tipt with white,
which makes two Lines of white acrofs the Wing; the fess
verts and Quills are of a lighter brown, without any Marks
or Spots, the Breaft and Belly of a dirty white.

The Tail was made up of twelve Feathers of a dufky Co-
lour, their Edges light brown; the Legs and Feet yellow,
the lars black. Mr. Willoughby in his Orvithology men-
tions a Bird fomething like it. See Se¢?. the third page 250.
This I had from one of the Bird Catchers, who took it on
a Common near the Woods.

The

( 02)
The Mountain Sparrow.

Numb. LXVI. .

oe Bird was of the bignefs of the common Ffou/e
Sparrow, but longer bodyed; the Bull of a dark ath
Cait the Pupil of the Eye black, the Irides white; the
top of the Head, fide of the Face and Throat, of a brown
Colour, motled with black and white; a broad white Line °
comes from the under Chap bending downwards like a
Whifker; alfo a dufky white Line encompaffes the back
part of the Head; the Back is of a dark reddifh brown,

{triped with black, the Wings more red, and not ftriped;

the exterior Edoes of the covert Beaters white; the Tail
was made up of twelve dark coloured Feathers, fpotted with
roundSpotsof white : The Legs and Feet are of a pale reddifh
Colour, the Claws black.

This Bird delights in mountamous woody Places, not
frequented. It was {hot by a Gentleman in the Country,
and fent in a Letter to me by the Name of the Mountain
Sparrow.

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( 63 )
Cape Sparrow.

Numb. LXVII.

HIS Bird was about the bignefs of the baduvine:
Its Bill was of a pale cinereous, the Irides of the Eyes
white, the Head Neck and Breaft black, ending in a Point
on the Belly; the lower part of the Belly, Thighs, and
round the Wings white; the Wings of a light brown Co-
lour, excepting the two firft Quill-Feathers, which were all
black, the reft of the Quills their exterior Edges only
black.

The Legs and Feet light brown, the Claws dufky: The
Tail was made up of twelve Feathers of equal length, of
the fame Colour of the Wings. Its Note was like the
Whiftling of the Wind. This Bird I faw at my Lord J/zy’s,
who was pleafed to let me draw it.

The

( 64 )
The China Bull-Finch.

Numb. LXVIII.

HIS Bird was about the bignefs of the red Livwet ;

its Bill is fhort and thick, of a dusky Colour, the Ir-

des of the Eyes white; the Head and hind part of the Neck

of a blewifh Purple; the Back green, the fcapular and co-

vert Feathers of the Wings are a Mixture of yellow and
reen.

The Quills of the outer part of the Wing are of a dark
purplifh red, the upper Quills red, with a Mixture of
green; the Throat, Breaft, Belly and Thighs of a bright
Scarlet; the Tail was made up of twelve Feathers, of a
dufky red Colour; the Legs and Feet yellow. I faw this
Bird in the Poffeffion of a curious Gentleman, who told
me it was brought from China, and called it the Ching
Bull-Finch.

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(505, 7)
The black Bull-Finch.

Numb. LXIX,

TS Bill was of a dark afh Colour, the I-
rides of the Eyes white, it was all over
black, excepting the Ends of fome of the
Feathers on the Belly, which were red, and
the exterior Edges of the five firft Quill-Fea-
thers of the Wings white; the Legs and Feet
flefh Colour, the Claws black. I had this
Bird from Sir Robert Abdy. It was very
tame and good natured and much valued
by Sir Robert and my Lady.

K : The

( 66 )
The Swallow Gold-Finch,

~ Numb, LXX.

—eHE Bill of this Bird is of a pale flefh Colour; the I-

rides of the Eyes yellow; the Head and Neck black,
{potted with red on the fore part near the Bill; the Back
and Breaft are of a dufky yellowifh brown; thé Belly and
Thighs white, the Wings and Tail the fame with the com-
mon Gold-Finch; the Legs and Feet are of a flefh Colour.
This Bird I was credibly informed, by the Gentleman who
had it, was bred between a Cock Swallow and Hen
Gold-Finch; it had the Note and Actions of the Swallow.
I had it of Nathanrel Oldham Efquire.

The Canary Gold-Finch.

HE Bill ts of a flefh Colour, the Irides of the Eyes
white, the Head was in all other refpects like the
Gold-Finch, but the Colours paler; the Back and

Wings not fo dark; the Breaft, Belly and Thighs yellow;
the T'ail was made up of twelve yellow Feathers with black
tips : ‘Thefe Birds are bred between a Cock Gold-Finch taken
out-of the Neft and bred up tame, anda Hen Canary Bird,
and are called Mule Birds; they never couple or breed with

other Birds.

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( 67 })
The leffer Pied Mountain Finch,

Numb, LXXI.

'HIS Bird is of the bignefs of the Greex-Finch, it hath

a thick fhort and ftrong Bill, of a deep yellow Co-

lour; the fore part of the Head is of a dark brown
almoft black, growing lighter backwards; about and un-
der the Eye light Chefnut, the Back of a brownifh afh Co-
lour, {potted with black; under the Throat a yellowifh
white, with a Ring round its Neck of.a Chefnut Colour ;
the Breaft and Belly are white, mixed with yellow, inclin-
ing to a flame Colour; the fcapular Feathers are white, as
were alfo the firft and fecond Row of Coverts, all the reft
of the Quill-Feathers black, with their exterior Edges
white; the Tail confifts of twelve Feathers, the three out-
ermoft on each fide white, with a fmall dafh of dark brown,
the reft of the middle Feathers brown, the Legs and Feet
black. They are found in the Northern Parts of Yoré/bire.

K 2 The

( 68 )
The Red Tenge (ook and een

Numb. LXXII. LXXIII.

T is Aimathing lefs than the Chaffinch, the Head is par-
ti-coloured of cinereous and black, the Back of a dark
brown and reddifh mixture; the Breaft is white; the low-
er Belly about the Vent yellowilh; the Region of the Crane
or Bottom of the Gullet is of a lovely red, the Edges of
the Feathers yellowifh; each Wing hath eighteen Quill-Fea-
thers, all black but the Edges, which in the exterior are
whitifh, in the interior are red; the foremoft Feathers of
the fecond Row are black, the Edges of the interior, or
thofe next the Rife of the Wing red, the leffer covert Fea-
thers about the Ridge or Bafe of the Wing are red; the
Tail is fomewhat forked, tts two outermoft Feathers being
two Inches and a quarter long, the middlemoft only two:
of the middle two, the Borders or Edges are red, the
re{t white; the Tail confifts of the ufual number of twelve
Feathers; it delights to feed on Linfeed, whence Ge/zer,
in Imitation of the French (who call it Lote) impofed on
it the Name of Lzaria; it feems not to be defcribed by the
Ancients: It is kept in Cages for the Sweetnefs of finging,
wherein it excels all other fmall Birds: It feeds upon Cana-
rySeed, Panic, Millet, Rape Seed, and Hemp Seed: It is
obferved to build in Black-Thorn, White-Thorn or Furze-
Bufhes, and lays three or four Eggs. ‘The Hen 1s paler
than the Cock, and has no red on the Breaft.

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( 69 )
The Twite.

Numb. LXXIV.

T. is in Colour like the Lzvzet, but lefs; it has a fhort
Bill, the Legs blackith; the Cock has a curious red Spot
upon his Rump, which the Hen hath not; it is a merry
brik Bird, that is always a finging, therefore they hang,
him among other Birds, to provoke them to fing; they do
not breed in Exgland ‘that I know of, but come here in
Winter, and go away again in the Spring, but what place
they come from, or whither they go, to us.1s. not known :
_ The Bird-catchers take them as they do Linuets, &&c. ‘They
eat Rape and Canary Seed, but love the Canary beft: It is
a pretty familiar, gentle natur’d Bird, well worth keeping.
I was told by a Gentleman, curious in fuch Enquiries, that
the ‘Twite is common in fome parts of France, and is cal-.
led there. Pets Linotte, the lefler Linnet; and that its Eggs
are like the Eggs of that Bird, but lefs.

( Yo)
The Red Pole.

Numb. LXXYV.

en Red Pole is a very fmall, but an exceeding pretty
feathered Bird: the Head and Breaft of the Cock are
of a fine red: The Hen has a red Head likewife, but not
of fo bright a Colour; it is not a very fine Bird for finging,
but has a pretty chattering fort of Song; it cannot be cal-
led very melodious, yet they are often kept in Cages, and
eat the fame fort of Seeds as the Lzwwet or Chaffinches. We
are not fure that thefe Birds build in Ezgland; they are
found here in Winter, but go away again in the Spring.
I never faw or heard of any of their Nefts bemg found;
I rather believe they come to {hun the Cold, as the Aber-
devine, T'wite, and other Birds do; they are taken as they
catch other {mall Birds; Mr. W7/loughéy has not the Red-
Pole in his Collection, defcribed by that Name, or any o- -
ther that will exactly anfwer; but I believe it to be the
fame with what he calls the lefler Red-headed Linnet; See
his Ornithology page 260. Sec#. 4.

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( 7m)
The Aberduvine.

Numb. LXXVI.

T* Size and Colour it is pretty much like the Canary
Bird, only the Cock has a black Spot upon his Head,
and a little black under his Throat: The Hen is more upon
the grey and has a {potted Breaft and Belly ; they are live-
ly merry Birds, and fing very prettily, and are frequently
kept in Cages.

_Thefe Birds do not breed any where in E:ngland that e-
ver I heard of, but fhift Places according to the Seafons of
the Year; they vilit our Parts in the Winter-time, and
leave us in the Spring; they frequent the Alder Trees, €c.
By the River fide: The Bird Catchers take them as they
do Linnets, Goldfinches, (Sc. And feed them hke thofe
Birds. It is of a very mild Nature, and not at all crafty,
fo that it is eafily taken by any kind of Engine or Deceit. _

Mr. Willoughby calls it Sifkin; it is, fays he, kept in
Cages for its finging, and is common in Germany and Eng-
land. At Vienna in Aufiria they call it Seifel, a Name
not much different from our Exelifb Sifkin m Suffex; it is
known by the Name of the Barly-tird, fo called becaufe
it comes to them in Barley Seed-time.

I : The

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The Amaduvads Cock and Hen.

Numb. LXXVII.

T is much about the bignefs of the common Wren; its
Bill is in fhape like that of the Goldfinch, of a red Co-
lour; the upper part of the Head and Back are of a dufky
Colour, in fome Birds lighter, in fome darker; the Wings
and Breaft are dufky with a mixture of red and white Spots;
the ‘Tail it felf is an Inch and a half long, the upper part
half way red, the lower black; its Leos and Feet are of
a dutky yellow.

The Hen was of a dufky Colour on the upper part of
the Head and Back, the Wings of the fame Colour with
fome Spots of ices the Breatt and Belly were of a pale
yellow, with a Spot of white under the Bill; the Tail and
Legs of the fame Colour as in the Cock. Thefe Birds
vary very much in their Colours, fome lighter and fome in-
clining to black: They moft commonly are kept in Pairs,
the Cock and Hen agreeing very well together in a Cage;
thefe Birds were drawn from a Pair Mr. O/dham had, which
were very tame. They are brought from the Ka/? Indies,
their Food is Canary Seed.

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(( 73: )
‘The common Heron.

Numb, LXXVIII.

T'S Bill was five Inches long, ftrong and ftreight, from
a thick Bafe gently leflening into a fharp Pomt, of a
yellowifh Colour inclining to green, the Edges ferate for
the better holding of {flippery Fifhes; the Mouth gapes
wide, the Tongue is fharp and long, but not hard; the
top of the Head, Neck, Back and upper fide of the Wings
are of a dufky afh Colour, moft of the fcapular Feathers
have white tips, excepting a long black on the fcapular part
of the Wings: The prime or Quill-Feathers of the Wings
are black, their extreme Edges white: The forefide of the
Neck, Breaft and upper part of the Belly are fprinkled.
with Black, the lower part of the Belly and Thighs are white,
with a Catt of yellowith red.

The Tail is feven Inches long, made up er twelve Fea-
thers of an ath Colour; ; the Legs are long and bare above
Knee, of a fordid green; the Toes are long but joyned to-
sether by a fhort Membrane, becaufe it mult needs be con-
verfant about Waters. The Birds build on high Trees,
and for the moft part many together, under which ‘the oon
ers find a great many Fith, which they let fall.

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( 74)
The Blew Heron.

Numb. LXXIX,

lo Bird was of the bignefs of the common Fleron,
its Weight four Pound; its length from the tip of
{HE Bill'to the end of the Feet thrée Foot ten Inches. Its
Bill was five Inches and a half long, of a fine yellow Co-
lour, the upper Mandible a little hooked at the Point.

The top of the Head and Creft of a blewifh Lead Colour,
from the Bill and under the Eyes to the back part of the
Head white.

The Neck, Back, Breaft, Belly and Thighs are Rs
uh; the Scapular ne covert Feathers of the Wings of a
paler blew; the Quill-Feathers are black, their exterior
Edges blew: The Legs and Feet are of a dufky yellow,
the ‘Toes long, the outermoft Foretoes joyned to the mid-
dlemoft by a Membrane; the Edge of the middle Claw
is cerate.

This Bird I faw at a Gentleman’s at Ponder’s End, who
looked on it asa curious Bird not common.

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Numb. LXXX.

HE Indians call it fo, becaufe of the Swiftnefs of its Flight; its

Body is no bigger than a Pwilet’s, but the Stomach is very flefhy ;
the Males are as black as Ravens, the Neck long, the Head {mall, with
great black Eyes, and the Sight more piercing than the Eagle’s; the Bill
is thick and intirely black, about feven Inches long; the upper Beak at
the end crooked like a Hook. the Toes are fhort, armed with ftrong
black Talons, and divided as heqoulne s, the Wings of this Bird are
very large and long, reaching beyond the Tail, and not without a
provident Defign of Nature, fince the Wings are fometimes employed
to carry him above a hundred Leagues from Land: It is with a great deal
of Trouble that he can raife himfelf upon the Branches, becaufe of the
extraordinary length of his Wings; but when he has once taken his
Flight, he keeps his Wings extended almoft without Motion or Fatigue;
if fometimes the Weight of the Rain or Violence of the ‘Winds force
him, he mounts above the Clouds beyond Sight, in the middle Region
of the Air; and when he is at the higheft he does not forget where he
is, but remembers the place where the Dolphin gives chafe to the fying
Fifh, and then he throws himfelf down like Lightning; not fo as to
ftrike upon the Water, for then it would be difficult for him to rife
-again; but when he comes within twelve or fourteen Paces he makes a
large Turn, and lowering himfelf, as it were infenfibly, till he comes to
skim the Waters where the Chace is given; in pafling he takes up the little
Fifh, either with his Bill or Talons.

He has great red Gills under his Throat, like our Eng/i/b Cocks, which
do not appear butin the old ones, the Females havenone; they are whiter
than the Males, efpecially Bele the Belly: Thefe Birds for a long time
made a little Ifland their Habitation, where all the Birds of that Species
thereabouts come to rooft at Nights, and build in their proper Seafon.
This little Ifland was called are Ife of Frigats, and bears the Name

to this Day.
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(7)
The Bill of the Man of War Bird.
LXXXI.

T isalfo called the Abitrofs; the Scull is four Inches long, and four
| and a quarter high; the length of the Bill feven, two and a half high,

and one and a half broad: the upper Beak is hollow and compofed
of fix Bones, the uppermoft whereof is four Inches and a halflong, above
half an Inch high, and convex; the middlemoft on each fide are alfo four
Inches long, and about one eighthof an Inch thick; the lowermoft above
. five Inches long and three quarters thick; their Edges are furrowed with
oblique and deep Grooves both betoreand behind ; all thefe five Bones are
refimated or bended upward with fome refemblance to a Saddle; the
4ixth is a wonderful {trong Bone, crooked exadtly like the Bill of a Par-
rot, and hollow; by the Bow almoft three Inches, and near an Inch
over. Its Edgesare very keen and f{tanding out with two fharp or pointed
Angles. The Noftrils are three quarters of an Inch long, and almoft
two Inches beforethe Eyes. ‘The nether Beak is compofed of three Bones,
the two hinder four Inches long, near an Inch high, and bended anfwer-
able to thofe of the upper Beak. Their Edges are cut with deep Furrows:
The third at the end of the Beak is hollow, above an Inch long, and
near as high: Its Edges are {harp and hard, and exceedingly convex or
bended downward; underneath a round and fharp Pin grows out from
it in a level towards the Scull, near an Inch and a half long; the Shape
of its Bill fhews it to be a Bird of Prey living moftly on Fifh, which it
takes from the Bird called the Booby, who is very dextrous in catching
the Flying Fifb, when hunted or chafed by the Dolphins; as foon as the
Booby has taken fome of them, the Man of War comes down with
ereat Swiftnefs upon him, the other Bird immediately difgorges the Fith,
which the Manx of War catches before it falls into the Water: This I
have feen them do often when I was in the Indian Seas, This Bill I
had from Dr, Douglas.

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Numb. LXXXH;

“sera S Bird is equal to the white Stork, defcribed in Vol.
the fecoud, Numb. 64.: Its Head, Neck, Back and
‘Wings are blackith, with a certain Glos or Delia teiee of
green, not unlike oe Cormorant; its Breaft, Belly and
Thighs are white, the Bul green, in fome werk which I
believe to be the Goeks. |

The Legs are long and bare above Knees the Membrane
conneéting - the Toes reaches as far as the firft Joint on the
outfide of the Foot, not on the infide; the young ones:
when they want Meat makesa Noile not amlike Flerons ;
im the Stomach of one diflected were found feveral large
Frogs not digefted, and feveral Bones of Frogs.

The Birds frequent Fens, Lakes, and Sea Shores; into
thefe Waters they run, intent upon their Prey, fometimes.
diving under Water, maintaining themfelves by fifhing; its
. Ficth hatha very unfavoury and filhy Tafte.

All Storks make a chattering or fnapping noife with their
Buls, by clapping one Mandible nimbly again{ft the other}
they are faid to live only in. Republicks and free States; but
that is falfe, they having been found in the Territories of f{e-
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( 78 )
The Numidian Crane.

Numb. LXXXIII.

“YTS length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Toes was three
Foot and.a half; the Billlong, ftreight and ending in a Point which
was red, the middle and upper part yellow, the Eyes large, the I-
rides of a fine {earlet Colour; from behind the Eyes proceeded long Ap-
pendices compofed of white Feathers made of fine long Fibres, after the |
manner of the Feathers that young Herons have on the Back near the
Wings.

The Head, hind part of the Neck, Back, Wings and Tail were of a
cinereous or lead Colour: The forepart of the’ Neck was adorned with
black Feathers compofed of fine Fibres of about nine Inches long, ve-
ry foft to the Touch.

The Legs are long, of a yellow Colour and bare above Knee, cover-
ed on the fore fide with great Scales; the Soles of the Feet were fpeckled
like Shagreen ; the fore Toes long, the hind Toe fhort, the Talons black.

This Bird is called Dezoifelles by reafon of certain ways of acting that
it has, wherein it feems to imitate the Geftures of a Woman who affects
a Grace in her Walking, Obeifances, and Dancing. ‘This Refemblance
muft be thought to have fome reafonable Ground, feeing that for above
two thoufand Years the Authors who have treated of this Bird have de-
figned it by this Particularity of the Imitation of the Geftures and Be-
haviour of Men. 4rifforle gives to it the Name of Actor or Comedian.
_ Pliny calls it Parafite and Dancer. Xenophon fays that the Method
which Fowlers make ufe of to take thefe Birds is by rubbing their Eyes
in their Prefence, with Water put into Vefiels which they carry away,
leaving fuch Veffels filled with Glue wherewith thefe Birds glue their
Feet and Eyes, when they endeavour to imitate what they have feen
others do. I faw this Bird at Sir Henry Maynards.

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The Purple Bird.

; Numb. LXXXIV.

HE Porphyrio isa kind of Warer Hen; its Body is all over of 2

fine purple Colour, the Tail of a whitifh afh Colour; its Bill,
Legs and Feet are of a {carlet red, the Claws black; Pé/imy fays that
when it drinks it feems to bite the Water; and hath this Property by
himfelf, to dip and whet his Meat now and then in Water, and then
with its Foot inftead of a Hand, to reach it to its Bill; the beft of this.
kind, he fays, are in Comagene; it hath three long Toes and one fhort
back Toe, two forward, and one long Toe behind; the fhort Toe
above it as it is drawn in the Plate feems to be of no ufe; Mr. Willough-
by (in his Ornithology) fays, neither Ge/ner nor Aldrovandus, nor him-
felf had ever feen this Bird, but Pictures of it only, and feeing that the
Pictures do much vary, and none of thofe that have compiled Hiftories
of Animals, do profefs themfelves to have feen the Porphyrio; we fome-
times doubted whether there were any fuch Bird in Nature, efpecially
feeing fome of thofe things which the Ancients attribute to it, as (for
example) that it hath five Toes on each Foot, are without doubt falfe
and fabulous; but becaufe all the Pictures of it do agree in the Figure
of its Bill, Legs and Feet, and fome other Parts, we have now changed:
our Minds, and are more apt to believe the affirmative, vzz. tliat there
is fuch a Bird as they picture; let others (fays he) who have the hap to:
fee it defcribe it more exactly, and fo remove all Doubts and Scruples.
concerning this matter out of the Minds of the Learned and Curious.

This Bird I had out of the Collection of Sit ZAomas Lowther.

The

( 80 )
The White Woodcock.

Numb. LXXXY.

# TS Bill was of a yellowifh Colour, the Head, Throat,
Breaft, Belly and ‘Thighs were white, the Hind part
of the Neck, and fide of the Breaft had a few dark Fea-
thers f{cattered here and there; the upper {capular Feathers
are of a reddifh brown, the reft of the fcapular Feathers
white, with red Edges; the covert and Quill-Feathers are
white with a Caft of red, the Tail white, the Rump juft
above the Tail red; the Legs and Feet are yellow. I was
ordered by Sir Robert Abdy to draw this Bird; it was fhot
by Ofay Macdowel Efquire, and 1s preferved in a fine glafs
Cafe at the Southampton Coffee-Floufe in Chancery Lane.

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The Fack-Snipe or Fudcock.

Numb. LXXXVI.

T weighed two Ounces; its length from the tip of the Bill to the end
* of the Claws were ten Inches and a quarter, to the end of the Tail
eight and a half; it is about half as big asa Swipe; the Colour of the
Rump is a fhining blewifh purple, like the Feathers of a Stare’s back;
the tips of the Feathers are white; the fcapular Feathers covering the
Back have their outward Border yellow, the middle part brown, with .
red Spots; their inner Border is of a fhining blew, yet without any Mix-
ture of purple: The Neck is parti-coloured of brown, white, and pale
red; the top of the Head black, with a red Tinéture; above the Eyes
pals a broad Line of pale yellow; the Throat is of a pale red, painted
with white and brown Spots; the Breaftand Bellyare white; between the
Eyes and Bill is drawn a black Line or Border; the Males in this Kind
differ from the Females neither in Colour, nor Magnitude. The prime
Feathers of the Wings are in number twenty four, of which the firft or
outmoft ten were brown or dusky; the tips of the next ten white; the
three laft or inmoft on the outfide the Shaft were ftreaked with red
and black. The tips of the greater covert Feathers are white: The
lefler Row of Wing Feathers are black, but partly tipt with red.

The Bill was two Inches long; the upper Chap a little longer than
the nether, towards the end broad and rough, with Points (chamfered)
yet the very outmoft tip isfmooth; the Legs are bare above the Knees,
pale coloured with a dafh of green, the Toes divided to the bottom,
the Back-toe fmall, the Claws black. It feeds upon Beetles and other
Infects. © :

It hides itfelf among Rufhes, not rifing fometimes till you are juft
ready to fet your Foot upon it: It is taken by fome for the Cock of the
common Snipe; but upon diffe@ting of them, there is found both Male
and Female of this {mall Kind.

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( 82 )
- The Poole-Snipe.
Numb. LXXXVIL

HE Bull is two Inches long, flender, of a dark red at
the Bafe, and black towards the Point 5 the longue is
fharp, flender and undivided, the upper Mandible

longer and fomething crooked at the very tip; the Irides
of the Eyes are yellow, the Noftrils oblong; the top of
the Head, hind part of the Neck and Back ie of a dufky
brown wih tranfverfe waved dark Marks inclining to black,

with light Edges; the fore part of the Neck a pale cinere-
ous brown, with light waved Lines acrofs; the firft feven
Quill -Feathers, and three of the firft Row of Coverts in-
cumbent on them black with light Edges: the reft of the
Wing Feathers are brown, their Edges light: The Breaft
is fpoited with large Spots of black; the Belly and Thighs
are white, with a faint Shade of yellowith brown.

The Ta was fhort, made up of twelve brown Feathers
marked with black Hoe licht Streaks acrofs; it was bare
above Knee, the Legs and ‘Feet of a beautiful orange Co.
lour, the back Toe fmall, having a very little Claw: It
breeds in Marfhes, and if any one comes near its Neft, it
flies about, making a great Noife like the Lapwryg.

This Bird differs from the Totanus of Aldrovandus, rh
in that it is much lefs, fecondly that it hath a fhorter Bul
and Feet, thirdly in the dufky Colour of its Back, fourth-
ly in the red Colour of its Legs and Feet.

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Numb. LXXXVIII.

ee Bird was about the bignefs of the Jack Snipe,
Its Bill black, the Noftrils oblong, the Head and
Neck of a pale duiky Colour, the Back and Wings fome-
thing darker, the Quill-Feathers very dark, their exterior
Fdges light; the Belly and Thighs are white, the Tail was
made up of twelve Feathers, their upper Sides dufky, their
under fide white: It was bare above Knee, the Legs and
Feet black, the back Toe very fmall: This Bird was fhot
by a Gentleman near a Pond fide, and was brought me by -
the name of the Tree Widdle; 1 believe this Name impofed
on it is not right, I rather believe it to be the female Stent
or Sanderling. See the Male Vol. the fecond, Numb. 74.

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( 84 )
Mr. Oldham’s Reve.

Numb. LXXXIX.

HE Billwaslong, ftreight, and of a dark afh Colour,
almoft black ; fome fmall white Feathers from the Bill —
encompafs the Eyes; the Head, Neck and Back

' were of a dufky brown the Scapular and covert Feathers

of the Wings light brown, and full of {mall white Specks;

the Quill-Feathers dark brown, the Breaft, and Belly

white, lightly tinged with yellow; the Tail was made u

of ene fhort white Feathers motled with black; the Legs

and Feet are black, and bare above Knee.

This Bird was fhot by Nathaniel Oldham Efquire, as it
was flying over his Gardens at Eéng, near Brantford in
Middlefex. 1 am inclined to believe it to be a Species of
the Reve Kind, but very differing in the Colours of the
Feathers and Legs.

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Numb. XC.

‘HIS Bird was about the bignefs of our Englith Wa-
ter-Rai!; its Bill was long and of a yellow Colour;
the Eyes were encompaffed with a Circle of white

ending in a Point on the back part of the Head; the Irides
yellow, the top of the Head white, the fides of the Face,
and whole Neck of a dark brown; part of the Back, the
Breaft, Belly and Thighs white, the top of the Back, and
the Wingsgreen, except,the firft three or four Quill-Feathers
which were purple, with five large orange coloured Spots in
each Feather; the laft Quill-Feather next the Body is white,
the Tail fhort, made up of twelve Feathers coloured and
{potted like thofe in the Wings; the Legs were bare above
Knee, of a pale yellow Colour inclining to green, as was
alfo the Feet, the Claws black. The Draught of this
Bird I had of Mr. Dandridge, it was fent him from Bexgall
in the Kaft-Lndies.

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( 86 )
The More-Hen.

Numb. XCT.

HE length from the point of the Bill to the end of >.
the Feet was feventeen Inches and a half, to the end
of the Tail thirteen and a half, the breadth, when the
Wings were expanded, twenty two Inches and a half, the
Bill from the Tip to the corners of the Mouth was more
than an Inch long, of a dufky yellow green. The top of
the Head, hind part of the Neck, Back and Wings are
of a dark brown inclining to black; round the Scapular
and out Edge of the Wing, as far as the lower Coverts, runs
a Line of white; the Throat, Breaft, Belly and Thighs are
black, below the Vent and the under fide of the Tail
white; it had alfo four long flender white Feathers on the
upper part of the Thigh behind; the Legs and Feet were
of a fordid green Colour, the Toes long, the Claws black:
Yt will feed very fat; its Flefh is very well tafted and as
good as that of Teal: It gets its Food on graffy Banks and.
Borders of Rivers, and feeds on fuch Infects as it finds
there. See the Cock Vol. the fecond Numb 72.

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Numb. XCII.

oe Bill was black, half an Inch long, the Noftrils placed in a Pro-
tuberance on the middle of the upper Mandible, which I ‘never ob-
ferved in any other Bird: The breadth, when the Wings were expan-
ded, twelve Inches, length fix Inches; the top of the Head and Back
very dark, almoft black; on the Rump is a large Spot of white, the
Belly and Wings fomething paler; the Wings are an Inch and a quar-
ter longer than the Tail, which was made up of twelve brown Fea-
thers an Inch and a half long; the Leg was an Inch and a half and
half a quarter: It was Web-footed, both Legs and Feet dark brown.
When thefe Birds make towards a Ship at Sea they foretell a Storm at
hand, and will keep behind the Stern of the Veffel, as a Shelter for
them till the Storm is over; fometimes Flying and fometimes feeming
to run om the Waves with incredible Swiftnefs, for which reafon they
have given it the Name of Petre/ from Pezer’s walking on the Water.

This Bird I had from Conful Sherwood, who was pleafed to lend .
it me to. draw a Picture fronv it.

Mr. Willoughby calls a Bird which he defcribes fomething like it,
but of different Colours, the Storm Fik. . See his Appendix page 395.

See Dampeir’s Voyage Vol. the 3d, page 97. who calls it the Pere/.

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The great Sea Loon from Newfoundland.

Numb. XCII.

id gaa length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the
| Tail is thirty five Inches, to the end of the Claws
forty four; breadth, when the Wings are extended,
four Foot five Inches; the Bill was five Inches long, black
ending in a {harp white Point; the Head and upper part
of the Neck are of a dufky brown. It had a white Spot
under its Bill, and a Ring of white about its Neck, the
lower part of the Neck green: The Back and covert Fea-
thers of the Wings are black {potted with irregular Spots
of white; the prime Feathers of the Wings are black, their
exterior Edges white; the Breaft and Belly are white, the
Legs of a brown Colour nine Inches long; the outward
Toe, which was the longeft, was five Inches long: It was
Web-footed like a Goofe; it feeds altogether on Fith.
It was brought from MVewfoundland, and prefented to
the Right Honourable the Lord Hay, who was pleafed to
lend it me, to draw its Picture.

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The great black and white Gull.

Numb. XCIYV.

‘fe was the biggeft of all the Gulls I have yet feen; it
weighed four Pounds and ten Ounces; its length from
the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail was twenty fix
- Inches; its breadth from tip to tip of the Wings diftended
fixty fix Inches; its Bill was orange Colour, comprefled
fideways more than three Inches long, fomething hooked
at the end, the lower Mandible underneath bunched out
into a*Knob very red, the Noftrils oblong.

The Irides of the Eyes are of a beautiful red, both Head,
Neck, Breaft, Belly and Tail are white; the middle of the
Back ard “igs Wings are black, the tips of the Quill and
covert«Feathers white.

The Tail was fix Inches long, made up of twelve Snow
white Feathers; its Legs and Feet were flefh Colour the
Claws black; it had a fmall Back-toe, a wide Mouth, a
Jong Tongue, and a large Gullets . it preys upon F ies,
-out of the Stomach of-one diffected was taken a Plaife in-
tire. It hada great Liver divided into two Lobes with a
Gall adhering; fhort and. {mall blind Guts; a mufculous
Stomach, and an oblong Spleen.

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( 90 )
The Razor-Bill.
Numb. XCV.

ie not fo big as the tame Duck: Between the tips of the Wings, when
fpread, it was twenty feven Inches broad; its Head, Neck, Back and
Tail, in general its whole upper fide, is black: Its Belly and Breaft as
far as the middle of the Throat white. The upper part of the Throat
under the Chin hath fomething of a dusky or purplifh black. Each
Wing has twenty eight Quill-Feathers ; the tips of all the covert Fea-
thers to the eleventh are white. The Tail is three Inches long, made
up of twelve Feathers; the exterior fhorter by degrees than the interior:
The Excefs of the two middlemoft above the next to them is greater
than that of the ref.

The Bill from the tip to the angles. of the Mouth is two Inches long,
of a deep black, narrow or comprefied fideways; a little beyond the
Noftrils in the upper Mandible there is engraven a Furrow or Incifion
deeper than that of the Cow/ter-WVeb; as far as this Groove the Bill is
covered with a thick, fhort, foft Down, like the Nap of Ve/wer; the
upper Chap is crooked at the end, concave and over-hanging the
lower: Both are of equal length, channelled with two tranfverfe Fur-
rows or Grooves (the upper for the moft part with three;) that next the
Head which is the wideft, and almoft crofles the whole Bill, being white:
from each Eye to the corner of the upper Mandible is a narrow whitifh
Line: The Mouth within is of a lovely yellow; the Eyes hazel Colour;
the Legs are fituate as in the Yexgum and Coulter-NVeb, of a black Co-
four, as are alfo the Feet and Claws; it wants the back-Toe. It Jays,
fits and breeds up its young ones on the Ledges of the craggy Cliffs
and fteep Rocks by the Sea Shores; their Eggs are large and white va-
ried with black Spots: This Bird was fent me out of York/bire by my
very good Friend Mr. Kvow/ton Gardiner to my Lord Burlington.

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The Swan.

Numb. XCI.

Tee Bird is the biggeft of all the whole-footed Water-fowl with

broad Bills, it weighed twenty pounds; from the tip of the Bill to

the end of the Tail were fifty five Inches, to the end of the Feet

fifty feven; the diftance between the tips of the Wings extended, was
feven foot and eight Inches.

The whole Body is covered with a foft and delicate Plumage, in the
old ones purely white, in the young ones grey; the Quill of the greater
Wing Feathers of this Bird are greater than in the Wild Swan; the Bill
in the young ones of the firft Year is of a led Colour, having a round
Nail as it were at the tip, anda black Line on each fide, from the Not
trils to the Head; from the Eyes to the Bill is a triangular Space, bare
of Feathers, of a black Colour, the Bafe whereof refpeéts the Bill, the
Vertex the Eyes. In old ones the Bill is red, the Hook or Nail at the
end being black: at the Bafe of the Bill grows a great Lobe of tuberous
Flefh of a black Colour, bending forward or downward; this is much
larger in the Male than in the Female; the {pace under the Eyes always
continues black: The Tongue is indented or toothed; the Legs and
Feet black, bare a little above Knee. The inmoft Toe hath a lateral
Membrane appendant: The Claws are black.

It is a very long-liv’d Fowl, fo that it is thought to attain the Age of
three hundred Years; they feed on Fifh, Herbs growing in the Water,
their Roots and Seeds, Worms, Infeéts, and Shell-Fith. A/bertus writes
truly, that its Flefh is black and hard. As the Bird itfelf is far bigger
than a Goofe, fo itsFlefh is blacker, harder, and tougher, having groffer —
Fibres hard of Digeftion, of a bad melancholic Juice; yet for its Rarity
ferves asa Difh to adorn great Mens Tables at Feafts and Entertainments,
being elfe no defirable Dainty. It lays feven or eight Eggs, and fits
near two Months before its young ones are hatcht.

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The Mufcovy Drake and Duck.

Numb. XCVII. XCVIII.

EHE Drake is of a middle Size, betweena Goofe, and

- a Duck; its Bill is fhort and broad, hooked at the
3 end; the upper Mandible hath a ue tuberous piece
of Flefh growing between the Noftrils, reprefenting a {mall
red Cherry; it is red towards the end, ‘the Hook black; the
Irides of the Eyes are white round; it is a red flefhy Sub-
{tance like that on the top of the Bill.

The top of the Head and Neck are dufky, motled with
white, the Back and Wings of an odd Mixture of Colours,
VIZ. dark brown, red, purple, ¢ oreen, and white; the Breaft
and Belly are ane Cah are ae brown Feathers here
and there; the Legs and Feet orange Colour.

The Penis of this Bird is very large, being an Inch thick
and four or five Inches long, and red like Blood, they are
a very profitable Bird, if you feed them well, the Hen
laying a great many Eggs, and in a fhort time hatching a
great number of Ducklings; their Flefh hath a pleafant
Tafte, different from that of the common Duck; the Hen
is of the fame Colours of the Cock, and fometimes white,
and has not that round Cherry-like Excrefcence on the up-
per Mandible.

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The Madagafcar Duck.

Numb. X€IX.

T is fomething larger than the tame Duck, the Bill of
a yellewith brown, the Irides of the Eyes of a fine red,
the Head and Neck of a dufky green, the Back a dark
purple with a-Mixture of blew, the Edges of the Feathers
red, the Breaft a dulky brown, the exterior Edges of each
_ Feather red, the lower Belly brown, the fcapular Feathers
green, fome edged with red; the upper Scapulars dufky
with a Mixture of blew, as was alfo the firft Row of Co-
verts, and all the Quills ther Edges red; the fecond Row
of Coverts green, the Legs and Feet orange Colour; this
Bird was of fo fhining a beautiful Colour, as cannot right-
ly be exprefled in Words: The Breed came firft from
Madagafcar in Eaft India, and was in the Poffeflion of a
Merchant at Ponders End near Enfield, who was fo good
as to let me have fome of the Breed to oblige fome Gen-
tlemen that had a mind to them. |

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The upright Duck.

Numb. C.

1 Gea Bill was. green with a brownifh Caft, the Irides
of the Eyes white, the Top of the Head black; from
the upper Bafe of the Bill a white Line furrounds the top _
of the Head under the black, the reft of the Head is of a
dark Colour, intermixt with green and red, which accord-
ing to the Reflection of the Light makes it look very beau-
tiful; its Neck was variegated with black and white Fea-
thers, the Breaft and Belly white, the fides of the Belly un-
der the Wings, the Thighs and Vent of a dark Colour
inclining to black; the Wing feathers brown, their exterior
Edges white.

The Back was dark with a Mixture of Rainbow Colours
as on the Head, the Legs and Feet of a dufky yellow; this
Bird carries itfelf more upright than any elfe of the Duck
Kind in its walking, and for that reafon they give it the
Name of the upright Duck. Thefe I had of Mr. Nefoet

a Gentleman curious in Fowls.

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Numb, CI.

S a Creature between a Bird and a Beaft, of which there are three
Kinds, that we know of, viz. the fmall common fort, frequent in
England; another fort about one fourth bigger than the common

with large double Ears about an Inch and a half long; and a third
Kind brought from the Indies, one of which is now in the Pofleffion
of Mr. Dandridge, whofe Body is twelve Inches long, breadth, when
the Wings were expanded, two Foot, its Head and Neck refembling a
Fox both in Colour and Shape, the reft of the Body and Wings black.
This is the largeft I ever faw: In the fmall ones there is no remarkable
Difference, but the faze of their Parts. Thefe Animals partake of the
_ four-foored Kind in the Make of the Head, which agrees with thofe of
the Moufe or Rat kind; the fhape of the Trunk of their Bodies like-
wife is much the fame; and are both covered with Hair: They alfo
bring forth their young ones perfectly formed, like the four-footed kind,
and give them fuck. They partake of the Bird kind in having only.
two Legs, befides the Hooks at the Pinions of their Wings: they have
the Power of flying, the Note or Voice of thefe Animals is between
the chirping of Birds, and the cry of four-footed Beafts; it is faid the
Batt fleeps all the Winter in Holes of old Houfes and Walls; it very
rarely appears in the Day time, but flies in the Dusk of the Evening
only ; the Wings of a Batt are wonderful ftrange, confifting of one intire
Skin, webb’d together like the Feet of Water-Fow]; the Claws or Hooks
en the tops of the Wings this Creature makes ufe of, to hang by to
any thing it is minded; whilft it is either feeding, or fleeping &c.

It feeds on Bacon, Cheefe, &c. This | had from Sir Robert Abdy,
which he found with feveral more in.a hollow Tree in his Park.

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ge The Barberry Falcon
The Hen Harrier
Sparrow-Hawk Cock
Windhover Cock
* Black Wing born Owl

. Great brown Owl
Black Owl

Bird of Paradife

Blew Maccaw
Barbadoes Parrot
Cockatoo

Angola Parogqueet
Bengall Paroqueet
Small green Paroqueet
Switzerland Wood Crow
Bengal Dial-bird Cock
The Bantabbow

Bengall Yellow-bird
The. Contra

Bengall Woodpecker
Small black Woodpecker
Hamburgh Tree-creeper
Small Tree-creeper

The Fig-Eater

Smirna Kingfifber
Large Bengalt. Kingfifber
Small Bengall Kingfifher
Bengall Bee-Eater

The Oftrich

Hamburgh Cock

Bantam Cock and Hen
Turkey Cock

Red China Pheafant
White China Pheafant
The Buftard

Peruvian Hen
. French field Duck

Dove Houle Pigeon
Facobian Pigeon

Stock Dove

Indian Turtle Dove

China Dove

Nincomber Pigeon Cock and Hen

Humming Birds

Hortulon

Black Lark

Crefted Lark

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A Catalogue of the Birds dy the Third Folume.

The Nightingale
Hen Wheat-Ear
Greater Réedftart

Bengall Redftart

Mountain Titmoufe
Black Cap and White Throat
Hedge Sparrow

Sedge Bird

Virginia Grofs Beak Hen
Grofs Beak from Gamboa
Greater Brambling

Leffer Brambling

Red Headed Sparrow

Mountain Sparrow

Cape Sparrow

China Bulifinch

Black Bullfinch

Swallow Goldfinch

Leffer Pied Mountain Finch
Red Linnet Cock-and-Hen
Twite

Redpole

Abaduvine

Amaduvads Cock and Hen
Common Heron

Blew Heron

Frigate Bird

Man of War bird’s Bill
Black Stork

Neumedian Grane

The Purple Bird

White Woodcock

Fack Snipe

The Poal Snipe

Tree Widdle

A different kind of ‘Reve
Bengall Water’ Rail
Female More Hen

The Peterill
Newfoundland Diver
Great White Gull

Razor Bill

Swan

Mujfcovia Drake and Duck
Madagafcar Duck

The Upright Duck

The Bat.

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