. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . Ficic<f jfiMcunu^ Tu^er The qreat Ir/a^A Tfj^o-dp^^ker #fs^v^. Jt^fa Jlti J^idt^ Ct/iert-fcf. zAr^ PluiA^i^A. ( 27 ) The Nuthatch Sitta Jeu Picus cineru?. Numb. XXVUL. ITS Weight was one Ounce; its Length, from the Tip of the Billto the Endof;the Tail,was five Inches and three quarters, to the End of the Toes fix Inches 5 the:Bill was ftreight, triangular, black above, underneath towards the Throat white, al-moft an Inch long, meafuring from the Tip to the Angles of the Mouth;

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. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . Ficic<f jfiMcunu^ Tu^er The qreat Ir/a^A Tfj^o-dp^^ker #fs^v^. Jt^fa Jlti J^idt^ Ct/iert-fcf. zAr^ PluiA^i^A. ( 27 ) The Nuthatch Sitta Jeu Picus cineru?. Numb. XXVUL. ITS Weight was one Ounce; its Length, from the Tip of the Billto the Endof;the Tail,was five Inches and three quarters, to the End of the Toes fix Inches 5 the:Bill was ftreight, triangular, black above, underneath towards the Throat white, al-moft an Inch long, meafuring from the Tip to the Angles of the Mouth; the Tongue;broad, not longer than the Mouth, horny at the End and jagged, the Noftrils round:and covered with fmali Briftles; the Head, Neck, and Back of an- Afh-colour; theSides under the Wings red; the Throat and Bread: of a pale chefnut red; the lowsfBelly under the Tail hath fome red Feathers with white Tips, from the Bill throughthe Eyes to the Neck is extended a black Stroak; the Ghin is white. The Number of flag Feathers is nineteen, of which the firft is very ffiort and little;:the interiour, or rhofe next the Body, have their Webs cinereous; the exteriour dusky ;-t

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