. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . LXXVir. T is much about the bignefs of the common Wren; itsBill is in ftiape like that of the Goldfinch, of a red Co-lour; the upper part of the Head and Back are of a dulkyColour, in fome Birds lighter, in fome darker; the Wingsand Breaft are duiky with a mixture of red and white Spots;the Tail it felf is an Inch and a half long, the upper parthalf way red, the lower black; its Legs and Feet are ofa dufky yellow. The Hen was of a duiky Colour on the upper part ofthe Head and Bac
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . LXXVir. T is much about the bignefs of the common Wren; itsBill is in ftiape like that of the Goldfinch, of a red Co-lour; the upper part of the Head and Back are of a dulkyColour, in fome Birds lighter, in fome darker; the Wingsand Breaft are duiky with a mixture of red and white Spots;the Tail it felf is an Inch and a half long, the upper parthalf way red, the lower black; its Legs and Feet are ofa dufky yellow. The Hen was of a duiky Colour on the upper part ofthe Head and Back, the Wings of the fame Colour withfome Spots of white; the Breaft and Belly were of a paleyellow, with a Spot of white under the Bill; the Tail andLegs of the fame Colour as in the Cock. Thefe Birdsvary 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. Oldham had, whichwere very tame. They are brought from the Kajl Indies^their Food is Canary Seed. I ;0? y/t£ Lylrfuit/ifUAZ^j Oac/i, an^ <^e??^. S/e^za/?~^^//t/i k?€^/. r^ii/i/ 12. jjj^. ^^ti*- 7S
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