. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . kward,of the fame Colour, the Top more dilute; the Neck is fliort and blackon the fore Fart, with a Border of white proceeding from the Bill;the upper Part of the Neck, Back, and covert Feathers of the Wings ofan amber Colour; the Breaft, Belly, and Thighs more dilute ; thequill Feathers of the Wings are of a dark afli, inclining to black, thehalf of which have their Tips yellow; the upper ones are white, theirAppendices being like to little Drops of red Sealing-Wax; the fmall pi
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . kward,of the fame Colour, the Top more dilute; the Neck is fliort and blackon the fore Fart, with a Border of white proceeding from the Bill;the upper Part of the Neck, Back, and covert Feathers of the Wings ofan amber Colour; the Breaft, Belly, and Thighs more dilute ; thequill Feathers of the Wings are of a dark afli, inclining to black, thehalf of which have their Tips yellow; the upper ones are white, theirAppendices being like to little Drops of red Sealing-Wax; the fmall pi-nion quill Feathers arc tipt with white, which make a large white Spoton the outer Part of the Wing. The Tail is compofed of twelve blackifh Feathers with yellow Tips;the Legs are of a dark brown in fome, of a blueifli black. This Bird is faid to be peculiar to Bohemia: It feeds on Fruit, efpe-cially Grapes, which it feems very greedy of It is of a very hot Tempera-ment, and exceedingly voracious; flies in Companies and is cafily Bird I drew from the natural Bird preferved by Mr. Jofeph H Tit ( 26) The Mack Woodpechn Numb. XXVII. THIS Bird weighed ten Ounces and a half, being in Length, from the Tip ofthe Eill to the End of the Tail eighteen Inches and a half; Breadth between theTips of the Wings extended twenty nine Inches and a half. Its Bill from the Point to the Angles of the Mouth was two Inches and a halflong, ftrong, hard, triangular, as in the reft of this Kind, being parti-coloured black,and white; the Tongue, when extended, is of a very great Length, which it can fliootout and draw back at pieafure, which is common to all the Woodpeckers; its Noftrilsare roul^d covered with refledted Hairs; Its Head large; the Irides of the Eyes of apale yellow. The Colour of the whole Body is black excepting the Crown of the Head, whichdown to the Noftrils is of a lovely red or vermilion Colour. The Number of flag Feathers in each Wing is nineteen, of which t
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