. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . /Zi?. .yif^t M^ea^ Sa^. S. ^^//t^^t- ^€^. /yj y. 3v-. K^^ arKal:er rieci fj£iz/?r£. ..y^^&TTt/a, Ua^z^aii/uf. (^lea^ar^il^tn S^e^. iv^. J4 ■ ^73^- The greater Redflart, Numb. LV. THIS Bird is equal in bignefs to the Starling; its Lengthfrom the tip of the Bill to the end of the Claws arenine Inches and a half; the Meafure of the Wings,when extended, is fourteen Inches; the Bill is more thanan Inch long, broad and flat, as in Stares^ not round andrifing in a ridge as in Blackbirds
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . /Zi?. .yif^t M^ea^ Sa^. S. ^^//t^^t- ^€^. /yj y. 3v-. K^^ arKal:er rieci fj£iz/?r£. ..y^^&TTt/a, Ua^z^aii/uf. (^lea^ar^il^tn S^e^. iv^. J4 ■ ^73^- The greater Redflart, Numb. LV. THIS Bird is equal in bignefs to the Starling; its Lengthfrom the tip of the Bill to the end of the Claws arenine Inches and a half; the Meafure of the Wings,when extended, is fourteen Inches; the Bill is more thanan Inch long, broad and flat, as in Stares^ not round andrifing in a ridge as in Blackbirds; black of Colour, the up-per Chap longer, fharp-pointed and fomewhat crooked jthe Mouth yellow within, the Tongue a little cleft at theend; the Legs and Feet cinereous, the Claws black, theSoles of the Feet yellow; the whole Bird is party-coloured,being a mixture of white or grey, black and yellow; fomeCock Birds are of a fulvous Colour, fpeckled with manywhite Spots, and a few black ones: The Tail is Ihort, fcarceexceeding three Inches, made up of twelve Feathers ofequal length, all of a fulvous red, excepting the two mid-dlemoft, that are dufky, which
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