CHINA. 1751. I3 



longer than a gold-finch. It fometimes fung 

 a little, and was beautifully marked. A couple 

 of thefe were fold here at half a piaftre. Its 

 defcription is as follows : the back from head to. 

 tail is dark, ferrugineous, with bluifh downs : 

 the breaji and the belly are white ; but toward 

 the throat it is black : the bill and head are 

 black :. the crejl confifts of black feathers, and 

 is longer than the bill : near the eyes is aa 

 oblong, fmall, fcarlet fpot, and clofe to this 

 a large one as white as fnow : from the temples 

 to the throat runs a black line : the chin {men- 

 turn) and the throat itfelf are white, but this 

 white isencompaffed with black, except a white 

 line in the middle of the breaft, which joins 

 the white of the throat with the fnowy breaft : 

 the uropygium is yellow at the top : the nine- 

 teen quill-feathers have ferrugineous dark co- 

 verts: the twelve blackiih tail-feathers have 

 white tops : the feet have four toes : the hind- 

 toe is the length of the toes on the fides : of 

 the fore-toes the middlemofl is the longeft. 



This bird is kept in China more for the fake 

 of its beauty, than for its fine fong. It is fed 

 with boiled rice. 



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