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coverts of the tail are quite white. The fix- 

 teen quill feathers are black, with broad white 

 crofs ftripes; the nine foremofl of which have 

 one, the tenth two, and the reft three or four 

 white lines a-crofs, excepting the three leiler 

 coverts of the wing. The eight feathers of 

 the tail are black, and have at top and below 

 a white {tripe : the thighs, and the beak as 

 far as the noftrils, are covered with little yel- 

 low-brownifh feathers : xhefeet and toes are 

 dark grey ; of the three fore- toes the middle- 

 mofl is the longeft, the reft are of the fame 

 length with the back-toe. This bird was of 

 the fize of a pigeon. I was told that the 

 Spaniards called it Coccis on account of the 

 note which is peculiar to this bird. 



March the 26th. 



At half an hour after fix in the morning, 

 we faw the Ifle of Tcneriffe, (in N. N. W.) 

 which belongs to the Spaniards, with the other 

 Canary ifles, Canaria, Palma, Gomora, harice- 

 rota, Ferro, Port Sanclo, Forta Ventura, and 

 Madeira. Tcncriffe feems very barren towards 

 the fea fide, on account of the high mountains 

 without trees j but it is faidtobe very agree- 

 G 4 able 



