Class II. D A R T F O R D. 389 



WWITH reddlfli hides: eye-lids deep 161. Dart- 

 . crimfon. A flender bill a little curved ^^^^' 

 at the point: whole upper part of the head, neck, 

 and back, of a duflvy brown tinged with a dull 

 yellow : throat, under fide of the neck, the breail 

 and belly deep ferruginous ; the middle of the 

 belly white •, quil-feathers dulky edged with white : 

 baftard wing white : exterior fide of the interior 

 feather of the tail white, the reft dufky -, and long 

 in proportion to the fize of the bird : legs yellow. 



A pair of thefe were fhot on a common near 

 Bartford^ in April 1773, and communicated to me 

 by Mr. Latham \ they fed on flies, which they 

 fprung on from the furze bufh they fat on, and 

 then returned to it asain. 



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