CHINA. 1751. 36*7 



cd to feek its livelihood among the rice. It 

 was, 



Larinis Scbach, or the crefled red or ruiTet 

 butcher-bird, Edw. 54. Its ihape is as fol- 

 lows : the bill is Ihort and narrow, the upper 

 ja-zu is the longed, it is fharp and bent at the 

 point. Near the head it has feven or more 

 briltles : the lower jaw is fpotted : the tongue 

 is lacerated at the point : the feven tail fea- 

 thers are long, but the middlemofi are longer 

 than the reft : its forehead is black, and about 

 the eyes there is the fame colour. The wings 

 are black at the top ; but below, and in par- 

 ticular on the infide, they are whitifh, and 

 outwardly quite white: the head> the neck, 

 and the fore-part of the back, are afh-coloured : 

 the hind part of the back, and the uropygium 

 are red : it is red mixed with white at the top. 

 The thighs are covered with down : the legs 

 and feet are naked, and blackifh. It has three 

 fore-toes ; and one hind-toe, which is as long 

 as the middle fore-toe. 



The 27 th of September. 

 Generally clear weather. 



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