The Natural Hiftory of JAMAICA. 
whitifh, ending fmall and black, with two Apertures for the Noftrils. 
Round about the beginning of the Bill was a little Ring of black, the 
upper Part of the Head, Neck, Back, and Tail, were of a light brown 
or grey Colour, inclining to red, the Wings of a darker brown, with 
fome white fhort Feathers intermix’d, the under Pare of the Neck had 
a black Line in the midule; oneach fide it was of a dirty Yellow, 
or Facille morte Colour, as was alfo the Breaft and Belly, the Legs, 
and Feet an Inch and a quarter long, cover’d with bluifh colour’d 
Scales, the Toes four, whereof three before, that in the middle being 
three quarters of anInch long, and having long crooked, fharp, brown 
Claws. 
fc had not a very thick or mufcular Stomach, which was fill’d 
with the Remains of Worms, ec. it feeds on. The Liver was of a 
dirty blackifh Colour, and divided very much into feveral Lobes, and 
the Intettines had feveral Circumvolutions. 
They are common in the Woods, where they fing not unplea- 
fantly. 
They build their Nefts of the Stalks or inward Hair of that Kind of Vi/- 
cum, Herba parafitica, Mofs, or Herb call’d Old Man’s Beard, defcrib’d in 
the firft Volume of this Hiftory, which they carefully weave amongft one 
another, from the urmoft Extremities of the Twigs of high Trees Sack 
Fafhion, after the manner of hang Nefts, and therein lay their Eggs 
to avoid the Snakes, cc. who cannot then come at them. Thefe Sralks or 
Threads are vulgarly tho’ falfly thought to be Horfe Hair, fuch Nefts 
are frequently feen on the further Twigs of high Trees when the Leaves 
are fallen off that hide them. 
XVI. Lterus minor nidum [ufpendens alter. Tab. 258. Fig. 3. 
Another Sort of the Watchy Picket, or, Spanifh Nightingale. 
There is another Sort of thefe, different only in this, that ’tis 
yellower on the Back, and of a very lively yellow Colour on the Breaft 
and Belly with more black under the Chaps, perhaps the firft and this 
are Male and Female, or may differ only in Age. 
XVIII. Sista, feu picus cinereus major capite nigro, Tab. 259. Fig. 1, 
Rai. fyn. p- 185. 
A Loggerhead. 
This was fix Inches long from the end of the Bill to that of the 
Tail, and eleven from the end ‘of one Wing to that of the other ex- 
tended, it had a black, three fquare pointed Bill near an Inch long, 
comprefs’d, having two round Apertures for Noftrils, and every where 
near its Origin fome black Hairs. The Tail was two Inches and am 
half long, the Head large and cover’d with black Feathers, of- which 
it had a. Crown or Tuft, the Back. with light brown, or. grey, _ the 
Wings and Tail with dark brown’ and blackifh Feathers, and on’ the 
ends of all were white tranfverfé Lines. ‘Under the Chaps, Breaft, 
and Belly were white Feathers, the Legs and Feet were an Inch and an 
half long, cover’d with black Scales, the Toes four, three before and 
one behind, the. Claws black, crooked, and fhort. 
They feed on Infetts, as Cock-roches, cc. ~ 2 oe 
They are common in the Savannas among the Bufhes, and let Men 
come io near them that they knock them down with Sticks, whence 
they have the Name of Loggerheads. XIX. 
