. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . 2/1 fbe. ( 44 ) The great Titmouje or Ox-Ky^ Fringillago feu Parus major. Numb. XLVI. ITS Length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail is fix In-ches ; Breadth, when the Wings are extended, nine Inches and aquarter; weight eleven Drams; its Bill is ftreight, black, half an Inchlong, and of a moderate thicknefs; both Mandibles of equal Length;the Tongue broad, ending in four Filaments; the Feet of a lead orblue Colour; the Head and Chin black. From the corners of the Mou
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . 2/1 fbe. ( 44 ) The great Titmouje or Ox-Ky^ Fringillago feu Parus major. Numb. XLVI. ITS Length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail is fix In-ches ; Breadth, when the Wings are extended, nine Inches and aquarter; weight eleven Drams; its Bill is ftreight, black, half an Inchlong, and of a moderate thicknefs; both Mandibles of equal Length;the Tongue broad, ending in four Filaments; the Feet of a lead orblue Colour; the Head and Chin black. From the corners of the Mouthon each fide, below the Eyes, a broad white Line or Spot pafTmg back-ward takes up the Cheeks; on the hinder part of the Head is a whiteLine which fcparates the black of the Head from the yellow of the Neck, Shoulders, and middle of the Back are of a yellowifh green;the Rump is blue; the Breaft, Belly and Thighs are yellow; yet thelower or hindermoft part of the Belly white; a broad black line, reach-ing from the Throat to the Vent, divides the Breaft and Belly in quill Feathers of the Wings are in
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