. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . rd is fomething bigger than a Pigeon; theBill large, of a pale BufF Colour; the Irides of theEye yellow, the Pupil black; on the top of the Head it hatha tuft of Feathers of a bright blue; all the reft of the Headand Neck are of a Scarlet Colour, below that a beautifolRing of yellow; the Breaft and upper Part of the Backis alfo Scarlet, the covert Feathers of the Wings greenintermixt with yellow. The Quill Feathers are of a beau-tiful ultramarine blue; the lower Part of the Back,
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . rd is fomething bigger than a Pigeon; theBill large, of a pale BufF Colour; the Irides of theEye yellow, the Pupil black; on the top of the Head it hatha tuft of Feathers of a bright blue; all the reft of the Headand Neck are of a Scarlet Colour, below that a beautifolRing of yellow; the Breaft and upper Part of the Backis alfo Scarlet, the covert Feathers of the Wings greenintermixt with yellow. The Quill Feathers are of a beau-tiful ultramarine blue; the lower Part of the Back, Bellyand Thighs, are white intermixt with rofe Colour, endingnear the Tail with a Mixture of Scarlet. The Tail is pur-ple intermixt with a redifh brown; the Legs and Feet areAlh-colourd, the Claws black. This Bird is the moftbeautiful of all the Parrot Kind that I have yet feen; itis very docible, learning any Language, and pronouncingvery articulately any thing he is taught. I faw one ofthefe Birds fold for twenty Guineas, by Mr. Bland^ at theTyger on Tower-Hill, who has a great Colle6lion of fo-reign E The ( 14 ) , ,,/, / The ^ack-Daw, Monedula; oJ(^ Numb. XIV. /it ^ . TTS Length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail was 13 -*- Inches and a half, the Breadth when the Wings are extended 2 Feet 4 Inches, its Weight near 10 Ounces; the Bill flrong, from the Point to the Angles of the Mouth an Inch and a quarter long; the Noftrils round, with a covert of little hairy Feathers over them and half the Bill; the Tongue cloven, the Irtdis of the Eyes whitifh, the Ears large. The whole Plumage is black with a bluifh Glofs, except the hinder Partas far as the middle of the Neck, which inclines to light a£h Colour, as ualfo the Breaft and Belly, but lefs. The Number of prime Feathers in each Wing is lo, of which the firft/ is fhorter by half than the fecond, the third and fourth the longeft of all;from the eleventh the fix following have the tops of their Vanes fo run
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