. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . 7//. T/-/, • ////7/1 V^f/. . i (35) The Minor^ Numb. XXXVIII. THIS Bird is about the Bignefs of thei Mizzletoe Thrujh;its Bill of a beautiful red Colour j the Irides of theEyes pale yellow ; on the hind Part of the Head is abroad Stripe of yellow, reaching as far as the Eyes, theEnds inclining downward; the whole Bird is black, ex-cepting two long white Marks in the two outmoft quillFeathers of the Wings; its Legs were of a orange Co-lour; the Claws black. This Bird im
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . 7//. T/-/, • ////7/1 V^f/. . i (35) The Minor^ Numb. XXXVIII. THIS Bird is about the Bignefs of thei Mizzletoe Thrujh;its Bill of a beautiful red Colour j the Irides of theEyes pale yellow ; on the hind Part of the Head is abroad Stripe of yellow, reaching as far as the Eyes, theEnds inclining downward; the whole Bird is black, ex-cepting two long white Marks in the two outmoft quillFeathers of the Wings; its Legs were of a orange Co-lour; the Claws black. This Bird imitates a human Voice,fpeaking very articulately. I drew this Bird at Mr. Mere^sCofFee-Houfe, in King-ftreet, Bhomshury. Sir Hans Sloanhad one of thefe Birds that fpoke very prettily, which heprefented to Her Majefty Queen Carolina, They arebrought from The I ( 36 ) The Water-Ouzel Merula aquatica. Numb. XXXIX. TTS Weight is two Ounces and a half; its Length from the Point of•*• the Bill to the End of the Tail, eight Inches and a half, to the Endof the Claws nine ; Breadth, when the Wings were expanded, fourteenInches. It hath a fhorter Body than the Blackbird^ and a thicker Neck ;its Bill is ftreight, fharp pointed, tenderer than the Blackbirds.^ mea-furing from the Point to the Angles of the Mouth about an Inch long,or fomewhat lefs, black coloured ; the Head and upper Side of theNeck are of a dark du^ky Colour or black, with a Tindture of red; allthe Back, and both prime and covert Feathers of the Wings are partycoloured of cinereous and black, the middle of the Feathers being black,the Edges blue; the under Side of the Neck and fore Part of the Breadare milk white, the Feathers contiguous to the white are redifh, thelower Belly towards the Tail black; the Eye-lids white round about. It hath in each Wing eighteen Quills; the T
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