ID -W'' Light foot's Account of ■ 



The male and female have the fame coloured plumage, fo 

 that one delciiptlon will ferve for both. They differ a little in 

 fize, but their external appearance is the fame. They are both 

 larger than the Pettycbaps defcribed by Willoughby j fmaller 

 than the White-throaty and nearly of the fame lize with the 

 JVilloW'Wren ; but to be maore particular. 



The cock-bird weighed, when jufl killed, exadly (ewtn. 

 pennyweights and nine grains ; the hen fix pennyweights and 

 nine grains, or one pennyweight lefs. 



The males meafured, from tip to tip of the extended wings, 

 feven inches and a half; the female fix and three-quarters. 



From the end of the bill to the extremity of the tail, th& 

 cock meafured five inches and a half; the hen only five 

 inches. 



The bill in both meafured half an inch, which is longer 

 in proportion than in mofl: of this genus. The tipper mandi- 

 ble is of a dark horn colour, (lightly incurved near the extre- 

 mity, with a minute indenture on either fide near the point ; 

 the lower is pale red or flefh- coloured, with a fhade of yellow ; 

 the inlide of the mouth deep orange-coloured ; the tip of the 

 tongue cloven and ciliated ; the noflrils oval, and deflitute of a 

 briftly covering ; but at the bafe of the upper mandible, on 

 either fide, near the angle of the mouth, arife three fhort vi- 

 b7'iffce pointing downwards, black at their fummits, white at 

 their bales ; a circumfl:ance common to many others of this 

 genus. The iris of the eye is olive-brown ; the pupil black. 

 The fhort feathers of the orbits or eye-lafhes are of a dirty 

 white colour. From the corner of each eye to the noflril is a 

 broad flroke or band of tawny-white feathers, lying ov^er each 

 other, and running narrowefl: towards the bill ; this affords an 

 excellent mark to diftinguifh the fpecies^ 



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