. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 1—The CERE, {^ceray Lin.] the naked Ikin which coversthe bafe of the bill, as in the Hawk kind. 2—The ORBITS, [^orbita, Lin.] the ikin which furroundsthe eye. It is generally bare, but particularly in the Par-rot and the Heron. Head of the Great JJh-coloured Shrike*. 1—When the bill is notched near the tip, as in Shrikes,Thrufhes, &c. it is called by Linnasus rojirum emarginatum. 2—Vihrijfe^ (Lin.) are hairs that ftand forward like feel-ers : in fome birds they are flender, as in Flycatchers, & point both upwards and downwards,

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. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 1—The CERE, {^ceray Lin.] the naked Ikin which coversthe bafe of the bill, as in the Hawk kind. 2—The ORBITS, [^orbita, Lin.] the ikin which furroundsthe eye. It is generally bare, but particularly in the Par-rot and the Heron. Head of the Great JJh-coloured Shrike*. 1—When the bill is notched near the tip, as in Shrikes,Thrufhes, &c. it is called by Linnasus rojirum emarginatum. 2—Vihrijfe^ (Lin.) are hairs that ftand forward like feel-ers : in fome birds they are flender, as in Flycatchers, & point both upwards and downwards, from both the up-per and under fides of the mouth. 3—Captflrum,—a word ufed by Linnseus to exprefs thefhort feathers on the forehead juft above the bill. In fomebirds thefe feathers fall forward over tlie noftrils : tliey quitecover thofe of tlie Crow. Rojirum cultratum, (Lin.) when the edges of the bill arevery Iharp, as in that of the Crow. zxnx TECHNICAL TERMS. Head of the Night-jar.

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