. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . undHemp-Seed ; its Stomach or Gizzard fleihy; above the Stomach theGullet is dilated into a kind of Bag, fet with papillary Glandules. ThisBird I had from Sir Rokrl Abdy^^ Tie ( 44 ) he Portugal Dovt, Numb. XLVIII. THIS Bird is a fmall matter bigger than tlie com-mon Turtle-Dove kept in Cages; the Head, Back,Breaft, and Belly were of a dusky brown ; the Bill black;The Irides of the Eyes of a beautiful fhining faffiron Co-lour: it had on the middle of its Neck on each Side twoor t
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . undHemp-Seed ; its Stomach or Gizzard fleihy; above the Stomach theGullet is dilated into a kind of Bag, fet with papillary Glandules. ThisBird I had from Sir Rokrl Abdy^^ Tie ( 44 ) he Portugal Dovt, Numb. XLVIII. THIS Bird is a fmall matter bigger than tlie com-mon Turtle-Dove kept in Cages; the Head, Back,Breaft, and Belly were of a dusky brown ; the Bill black;The Irides of the Eyes of a beautiful fhining faffiron Co-lour: it had on the middle of its Neck on each Side twoor three Feathers of a ihining black with white Tips;the wing Feathers were dusky, their Edges of a deepyellow, the fcapular Part adorned with black Featherswith white Edges; the Tail was made up of twelve Fea-thers, the outmoft of which had their exteriour Websand Tips white, the reft of the Feathers of a dark Alh-colour with white Tips. The Legs and Feet red; the Claws black. This BirdI had of a Captain which traded to Portugal, who toldme they were very common in that Country, VHfi ^^(73 i^i,c\ «j cjj ets m 4^. ^J/ie Fa7tzi4a/ ^oi-e- I 49
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