. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . EUzALl;inL>cKrL Cana-7y:.e?i^T^r Canariri C-aruziy Bud 6t. Ziitea ^zij /: r. Wik^ 1 /^/^/^/^ ( ^3 ) TheTelloiv Hammer, Emberiza Flava. ^^ Numb. LXVI. IT is equal to tht Chaffinch, or a little bigger, weighs one Ounce and twoDrams; its Length from the End of the Bill to the End of the Tail is fixInches and a half; Breadth when extended ten Inches and a quarter; itsBill is of a dark dusky Colour, half an Inch long, having a hard Knob in theupper Chap, to break the Corn, the Side
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . EUzALl;inL>cKrL Cana-7y:.e?i^T^r Canariri C-aruziy Bud 6t. Ziitea ^zij /: r. Wik^ 1 /^/^/^/^ ( ^3 ) TheTelloiv Hammer, Emberiza Flava. ^^ Numb. LXVI. IT is equal to tht Chaffinch, or a little bigger, weighs one Ounce and twoDrams; its Length from the End of the Bill to the End of the Tail is fixInches and a half; Breadth when extended ten Inches and a quarter; itsBill is of a dark dusky Colour, half an Inch long, having a hard Knob in theupper Chap, to break the Corn, the Sides of the nether Chap turnedinwards and bent together, like the Buntings ; the Tongue fhorter thanis ufual in other Birds, not reaching beyond the Knob; its Tip hornyand fharp, flit into Filaments; the Eyes Hazel coloured ; the Feet of aHorn Colour, and the Claws black ; the like Cohefion between the outer-mofl and middle Toe at the Bottom, as in other Birds. The Throat and Belly arc yellow, and the Breaft hath a Tin£ture o£red mingled with it, as alfo the Sides under the Wings; the Head is of agreenifh yellow fpotted with brown, and above the Shoulders in the lowerPart
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