. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . %j. dUnfV de^uv. T^l^me^ti-^ Ow-f-e^e ^Ae ^cAZ)an/. (J) 7%e Magpy or Pianet. Pica Varia Caudata. / /} <^ Numb. XV. IT7. ITS Length from the Tip of the BUI to the End of the Tail is 18 Inches and a when the Wings are expanded 23 Inches and a half; Weight is 8 Ounces and5 Drams; Bill i Inch and three quarters, black, thick and ftrong, the upper Chap fome-what crooked and fharp-pointed; the Tongue cloven at the End, and black; the Sides oftheFilTure of the Palate rou
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . %j. dUnfV de^uv. T^l^me^ti-^ Ow-f-e^e ^Ae ^cAZ)an/. (J) 7%e Magpy or Pianet. Pica Varia Caudata. / /} <^ Numb. XV. IT7. ITS Length from the Tip of the BUI to the End of the Tail is 18 Inches and a when the Wings are expanded 23 Inches and a half; Weight is 8 Ounces and5 Drams; Bill i Inch and three quarters, black, thick and ftrong, the upper Chap fome-what crooked and fharp-pointed; the Tongue cloven at the End, and black; the Sides oftheFilTure of the Palate rough with Hair like Excrefcences; the Noftrils round, and be-fet with refleiled briftly Hairs ; the Iridei of the Eyes are of a pale Hazel Colour, in thenidating Membranes is feen a yellow Spot, The Head, Neck, Back, Rump and lower Belly are of a black Colour; the lowerPart of the Back near the Rump is more dilute, and inclining to cinereous; the Breailand Sides are white, as alfo the firft Joint of the Wing ; the Wings are fmaller than theBignefs of the Body would feem to require. The Tail and prime Feathers of the Wingsglifter with very beautiful Colours (but o
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