. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . un-der which it had green Feathers fcolloped with black reach^^ing to one third of its Back \ the reft of the Back was cloath-ed with beautiful yellow Feathers: The fore part of itsNeck, Breaft and Belly of a fcarlet Colour, as were alfbthe fcapular Feathers of the Wings. The firft four Feathers of all the Rows of Coverts wereof a du(ky yellow, fpotted with dark brown j the upper Co-verts next the Back dark blew and fpotted with black -y thetwo firft Quills very dark inclining to
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . un-der which it had green Feathers fcolloped with black reach^^ing to one third of its Back \ the reft of the Back was cloath-ed with beautiful yellow Feathers: The fore part of itsNeck, Breaft and Belly of a fcarlet Colour, as were alfbthe fcapular Feathers of the Wings. The firft four Feathers of all the Rows of Coverts wereof a du(ky yellow, fpotted with dark brown j the upper Co-verts next the Back dark blew and fpotted with black -y thetwo firft Quills very dark inclining to black, on the exteriorWeb of each eight Spots of duiky yellow, the reft of theQuill-Feathers of the Colour of the firft Coverts. The long Feathers of the Tail were dark and fpotted,and tipt with yellow; it had on the upper part of its Taillong narrow fcarlet Feathers with yellow Tips; the Legsand Feet were yellow; I do not find this beautiful Bird def-cribecl by any Author; it was in the PolTellion of the Ho-nourable yohn Spencer Efquire, at his Houfe in IVindforPark^ where I went by his Order to draw it. ne. *,;v. -I f ■- %
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