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tender parts, and by that means put the others in great confufion, while they 

 endeavour to make off. The motion of thefe little birds is extremely nimble, fly- 

 ing frequently backwards and forwards, to an fro, in an inftant; and that, often, 1 

 with their bodies in a perpendicular pofnion : but as they return from thofechacing 

 combats, their flight is fo fwift that you cannot obferve them; nor know what 

 courfe they take, but by the ru filing noife they make as they cut through the air. 



They make their little nefts chiefly of cotton, or the down of fome other plants, 

 intermixed with a few hairs and a little fine mofs j and faften them generally to 

 fome fmall branch of an orange or lemon tree, where they are well covered by the 

 foliage and larger branches. * 



TODUS r. Viridts, petlore rubro, rojiro recto 



Rubecula 



iis elegantijji 



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The Tom 



The green Sparrow c/'Edw. t. 221. 



This little bird is hardly 



the 



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Humming-bird j but its legs and 



thighs are longer, and the bill more compreiTed and quite ftraight. It is a very fa- 

 miliar and beautiful bird, and will often let a man come within a few feet, and 



before it moves. It keeps much about houfes in 



ok for minutes together 



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3untry parts, flies very flow, and probably may be eaflly tamed 

 ORIOLUS Subolivaceui canorus, rojlri apice attenuato 



adunco 

 The red- eyed Fly- catcher of Catemy. 



The olive Fly- catcher ofEdw, part 5 



The Whip-tom-kelly, 



I believe this to be a bird of paflage, and pretty frequent in fome of the neigh 

 bouring parts of America; but it is alfo often feen in 'Jamaica^ and fometimescon 

 tinues there for a confiderable part of the year. It has not many notes, but thefe ar 

 loud and fweet. Its claws are of the common form ; but the bill is rather longer 

 than the middle digit, ftraight and roundiih, and the upper part ends in a flender 

 crooked point that turns over the extremity of the other. 



CUCULUS 1. Major olivaceus, caudd longiori, ciliis 



bris. 





The Old Man 



This bird is feldom feen out of the bufhes or woods, where it generally lives ; 



bill is longer than any of the digits, ftraight 



and moderately comprefled 



fides ; but the top of the uppermoft part is pretty flender and bends over the 

 d of the lower. The tip of the tongue is as if lacerated ; the rictus is pretty large, 

 d the eyes, which are not far from it, are furrounded with red lids. The colour 



of the whole body is nearly of 



but. on the back and 



pper part of the 



gs it approaches to a light brown : about the throat it is whitifh ; and the belly 



moil y 



The win 



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roundifh and Abort, not reaching beyond the rump 



but the tail is almoft as long as the reft of the body, and compofed often feath 

 whereof the four uppermoft are the longeft, and cover the reft, which grow gradu- 

 ally fhorter, are tiped with white underneath, and placed three on each fide. It has 

 four toes on each foot, but two of thefe are placed before, and an equal number 





behind 



the Wood-peck 



MEROPS 



It has a lliort eafy flight, and is not timorous 



mbs and holds like 





I. Niger, iride fubargented. 



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Monedula, &c. Slo. H. t. 257 



The purple Jackdaw of Cat. t. 12. 



The Barbadoes Blackbird 



This bird is of a delicate form, and all fhining black, except the iris which is whi- 

 tim. The bill is nearly of the length of the middle toe, pretty thick at the bafe,ofa 

 conic form, tapering and arched moderately to the top. The tail is pretty long ; 



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