. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ////y /,/, ■/ ///7 J: ///. T/?r r^cA k-IIr^r jj//m^ //UrM/u^~,hi( 1 Jy. ■.i/.t^i )Zt>.? rri/iaA-^ 2A^, gn^€£/t 72re/i ( 55 )The Green Wren. Regulus non Criftatus, Numb. LIX. ITS Weight two Drams, being in Length, from theTip of the Bill to the End of the Claws or Tail, whichis all one, fivQ Inches; in Breadth, when the Wings areextended, feven Inches. The Head, Neck, Back, and Rump of the Cock areof a dusky green ; the Chin and lide of the Face underthe Eyes yellowilh, with a
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ////y /,/, ■/ ///7 J: ///. T/?r r^cA k-IIr^r jj//m^ //UrM/u^~,hi( 1 Jy. ■.i/.t^i )Zt>.? rri/iaA-^ 2A^, gn^€£/t 72re/i ( 55 )The Green Wren. Regulus non Criftatus, Numb. LIX. ITS Weight two Drams, being in Length, from theTip of the Bill to the End of the Claws or Tail, whichis all one, fivQ Inches; in Breadth, when the Wings areextended, feven Inches. The Head, Neck, Back, and Rump of the Cock areof a dusky green ; the Chin and lide of the Face underthe Eyes yellowilh, with a Spot of the fame Colour oneach Side the Breaft near the fcapular or upper Part ofthe Wing; the Breaft, Belly, and Thighs are very white:a yellowifh Line is produced from the Noftrils above theEyes almofl: to the hinder Part of the Head; the Wingshave eighteen prime Feathers of a dusky Colour havingtheir out Edges green; the Tail is two Inches long madeup of twelve Feathers of the fame Colour of the Wings. The Bill llender, ftreight, lliarp of a dusky Colour ;the upper Mandible fomewhat longer and hooked in theCock, in the Hen not; the Noftrils large; the Legs andFeet fmall of
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