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~ The Natural Hiftory of JAMAICA. 
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XIX. Sitta, fea picus cinereus major, roftro curvo. Tab. 259. Fig. 2. 
Raij. fyn. p. 168. . 
Another Sort of Loggerhead. 
This Bird was eight Inches long, meafuring from the end of the 
Bill to that of the Tail, and a Foot from the end of one Wing to 
that of the other extended, the Bill was three quarters of an 
Inch long, rais’d in the middle of the upper Chap, which was fharp 
and crooked at its End. It had two round Holes for the Noftrils, 
and briltty Hairs fticking out about the Original or Bafe of the Bill; 
The Head and Back were grey, the Wings and Tail were dark 
brown with Orange colour’d Streaks along their Sides, the Tail was 
three Inches long, under the Chaps it was grey, and the Breaft and Belly 
were whitifh. The Legs and Feet were more than an Inch long cover’d 
with brown Scales, there were four Toes, whereof three ftood for- 
wards, that in the middle being three quarters of an Inch long, it 
had crooked fharp blackifh Claws. 7 : 
It feeds on Worms, Cimices, &c. | | 
The Figure of the Bill as Grav’d in Table 259. is not crooked enough. 
XX. Pica lutconigra varia. Tab. 253. Fig. 4. ° The yellow and black 
Pye. Raij. fym. p. 181. 5s ee 
‘The Yellow Woodpecker. 
Trt was nine Inches long from the end of the Bill to that of the 
Claw. of the middle Toe, and almoft of the fame Length to the end of 
the Tail: ‘The Billi was an Inch long, ttrait, black, and pointed, the Legs 
and Toes were black, with the Claws of the fameColour, thrée ftand- 
ing forwards and one backward. The~Colour of the Head was black, 
fo was the Throat, with pare of the Back and Tail. The Wings were 
black and white, all the reft of this Bird was of a light Orange Colour. 
This feeds on Infeéts. sie -_ 
This Bird was fent to the Duke of Albemarle from Rio dela Hacha, 
the Governor of that Place thinking ita fit Prefent for him. They have 
the fame Cuftoms in hopping about, cc. with Magpies. 
XXI. Gallus gallinaceus Cy gallina Domeftica. — Willaghb. p. 154. 
Tab, 26.'\Raij. fyn. p. 51. & 182. oe “ nus 
The Common Dunghill Cock and Hen. 
They’ thrive extréamly well in all the hot Partsof the We/t-Indies, 
and Oviedo fays ¢ib.:14. cap. 3. they were carried’ thither from Spazz. 
Tab. 27. Raij. [ya. Pe'5t. & 182. 
Lhe Turkey. 
XXII. Gallo pavo five Meleagris & Numidica avis: Willaghb. p. 159- 
They thrive wonderfully in all the hot Parts of the We/-Indies, and 
are there éxcellent Food, and as Dz Tertre fays, they breed three or 
four Times: in a Year. ¢ 
; : Gggs XXII. 
