. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . 2£ 2l£r^ JVai/-. :r/i£ ^laJc B/n^ ■ ^^^ J^%.^/^ MknUt. 3fer^ JVtn/. OTieSla^A Ba-r^Hen. i (35) The Black Bird, Meruli. ffdUca/Ju Numb. XXXVII. IQo. ITS Length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail is elevenInches, Breadth fifteen Inches, Weight three Ounces and ten Drams. The Bill is an Inch long, in the Cock of a deep yellow; in the Henthe tip and upper part is black: the Mouth in both Sexes is yellow within:the Bill of the Cock is black when young, and
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . 2£ 2l£r^ JVai/-. :r/i£ ^laJc B/n^ ■ ^^^ J^%.^/^ MknUt. 3fer^ JVtn/. OTieSla^A Ba-r^Hen. i (35) The Black Bird, Meruli. ffdUca/Ju Numb. XXXVII. IQo. ITS Length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail is elevenInches, Breadth fifteen Inches, Weight three Ounces and ten Drams. The Bill is an Inch long, in the Cock of a deep yellow; in the Henthe tip and upper part is black: the Mouth in both Sexes is yellow within:the Bill of the Cock is black when young, and changes yellow at a Yearold; he alfo changes to a black when he hath mewed his chicken Fea-thers. The Hen is rather brown, or of a dark ruffet, than black. TheCocks cannot be diftinguifhed from the Hens when young, but by theIrtdes of the Eye, which is yellow in the young Cocks. The Numberof quill Feathers in Wing are eighteen, of which the fourth is thelongeft. The Tail is four Inches long, made up of twelve Feathers, thetwo outermoft of which are fomewhat fhorter than the reft. The Feet are black; the outermoft fore-Toe and the back-Toe areequal, and the outermof
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