. A general synopsis of birds . eathers. Tongue not the length of the bill, laciniated at the divided to the origin. Of this race of Birds Linnaus knew but two ; one of which heplaced with his Shrikes, the other with the Grofieaks, contrary tothe fentiments of Brijfon, who had put them in a genus by them-felves. Mr. Pennant has judicioufiy united them again into one,,and we here think right to follow his example ; as, on inveftiga-tion, there is not a doubt of not only thofe, but all the following,being of one and the fame genus. I# Loxia Colius, Lin. Syft. i. p. 301. N° 12 *. CAPE .C
. A general synopsis of birds . eathers. Tongue not the length of the bill, laciniated at the divided to the origin. Of this race of Birds Linnaus knew but two ; one of which heplaced with his Shrikes, the other with the Grofieaks, contrary tothe fentiments of Brijfon, who had put them in a genus by them-felves. Mr. Pennant has judicioufiy united them again into one,,and we here think right to follow his example ; as, on inveftiga-tion, there is not a doubt of not only thofe, but all the following,being of one and the fame genus. I# Loxia Colius, Lin. Syft. i. p. 301. N° 12 *. CAPE .C Le Gbliou du Cap de Bonne Efperance, Brif. orn. iii. p. 304. pi. 16. f. 2. —Buf. oif. iv. p. 404.—PL enl. 282. f. Muf. Description. CIZE of a Chaffinch: length ten inches and a quarter. Billgrey, with a dufky black tip : the head and neck are vina- ceous * So far as Linntsu: gives us a fpecific diftinftion of fpecies, the fynonymis right; but in the end he defcribes forae other bird by miftake; which he fays ll/u/r r,rr/iv/ (//// 101 ceous afh-colour: back, rump, {capillars, and upper wing co-verts, afh-colour : upper tail coverts purplifh chefnut: breaft vi-naceous : from thence to the vent, dirty white: under wingcoverts black : tail afh-colour, greatly cuneiform in fhape; theouter feathers not more than ten lines in length, and white onthe outer web : legs grey : claws dufky black-Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. Place. Lanius macrourus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 134. N° 5. Le Coliou huppe de Senegal, Brif. orn. iii. p. 306. pi. 16. f. ^.— iv, p. 404. pi. 18.—PI. enl. 282. f. 2. CIZE of the lad: length twelve inches and a half. The billgrey at the bafe, and black at the tip : general colour of theplumage a pale grey, which has a vinaceous tinge on the head,neck, and breaft: the feathers on the top and hind part of thehead are of a fea-green colour, and longer than the reft, forminga creft: quills and tail grey brown, the laft inclining to blue, andthe
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