. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . s Bird is very fingular in his Care and Lovewhich he ihews to the Hen, when at Rooft he covers her all Night withhis Wing. In each Wing are eighteen prime Feathers, the five or fix outermoftare white, and have the one third of the Length from the Point of alight brown Colour; all the reft have their exterior Webs black, andtheir interior Webs light brown. It hath two black Spots on the upperCoverts of the Wings on each fide. The Tail is about two Inches and three quarters long, c
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . s Bird is very fingular in his Care and Lovewhich he ihews to the Hen, when at Rooft he covers her all Night withhis Wing. In each Wing are eighteen prime Feathers, the five or fix outermoftare white, and have the one third of the Length from the Point of alight brown Colour; all the reft have their exterior Webs black, andtheir interior Webs light brown. It hath two black Spots on the upperCoverts of the Wings on each fide. The Tail is about two Inches and three quarters long, compounded oftwelve Feathers of the fame Colour with the Back. The Hen is fomething fmaller than the Cock, and of a more beauti-ful yellowilh brown; the Wing and Legs of the fame Colour with thofeof the Cock. The Hen is without the Beard, and more pale on theBreaft. Thefe two Birds I bought of Mr. Bland on Tower-Htll^ who told mehe had them from Jutland, I have been fince informd by Sir RobertAbdythat they are found in the SaltMarJhes in EJfex, and by others thatthey are likewife in the Fens in Lmcolnjlnre. The. :Fji^^?/lnn^:^e^n. JTh^ JB&aTd TTIanlui /rzrm. JuleJand, ¥ 49
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