. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ua/</-^/ U72,t/licrr7~on (49) The Chinefe Sparrows. Numb. LIII. THESE Birds are of the fame Bignefs of Linnets;the Bills alh-coloured, llaort and thick like that ofthe Chaffinches; the Head, Neck, Bread, and underSide of the Belly of the Cocks are black: the reft of theBody, Wings, and Tail of a redifh brown or light chefnutcolour; the Legs and Feet dusky. The Hens Back, Wings, and upper Part of the Tail,are of a more dusky brown than the Cocks; the lowerPart of the Breaft, an
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ua/</-^/ U72,t/licrr7~on (49) The Chinefe Sparrows. Numb. LIII. THESE Birds are of the fame Bignefs of Linnets;the Bills alh-coloured, llaort and thick like that ofthe Chaffinches; the Head, Neck, Bread, and underSide of the Belly of the Cocks are black: the reft of theBody, Wings, and Tail of a redifh brown or light chefnutcolour; the Legs and Feet dusky. The Hens Back, Wings, and upper Part of the Tail,are of a more dusky brown than the Cocks; the lowerPart of the Breaft, and Belly, of a light hair Colour ; theSides of the Belly, and under the Wings, were regularlyfpotted with black and white; the Legs, and Feet of alight yellowilh hair Colour. Their Note was like thewhiftling of the Wind. The Pourtray of thefe Birds Idrew at Mr. Blands at the Tiger on Tower-Hilly who toldme they were brought from China in Eaji-India by theName of Chinefe O The ( 50 )The Tied ChaffincK Numb. LIV. TH E Bill of this Bird from the Point above halfway was of a rediili Colour with a Stripe of a blueiflilead Colour round the upper and under Mandible, towardsthe Bafe red; the Eyes black, the Irides white, the Eye-Lids black; .the whole Head and Neck white, round thelower Part was a treble Collar, the firft blueiih lead Co-lour, then white, then blue fucceeding the white; theBack redilli brown fpotted with greenifh yellow ; theBreaft and Belly of the fame Colour, with a large fcol-loped Mark of blueilli Colour down the middle of theBreaft. The Wings were white with a faint tin6lure of greenifhyellow, intermixt with a few black Feathers; the Tailwas made up of twelve Feathers, the two outmoft ofwhich on each Side was white, the two next to themblack, the middle ones white; the Legs and Feet of aredifli flelli Colour. This Bird I faw in the PoiTeffion of Mr. NoMe, whotold me it frequented his Brothers Garden at HaveringBower in EJfex, where he u
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