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very naturally expreifeth the beating of the Air, when It is 

 got upon the Wing. 



The Kitaw'uth or African Lagopus (as we may call It) is ixv Kitawi- 

 another Bird of the gregarious and granivorousKind which like- pis AWca-" 

 wife wanteth the hinder Toe. It frequenteth the moft bar-""'* 

 ren, as the Rhaad doth the more fertil Parts of thefe Coun- 

 tries, being in Size and Habit of Body like the Dove, with ihort 

 feathered Feet alfo, as in fome Birds of that Kind. The 

 Body is of a livid Colour, fpotted with black ; the Belly black- 

 iflr, and, upon the Throat, there is the Figure of an half Moon 

 in a beautiful Yellows The Tip of each Feather in the Tail, 

 hath a white Spot upon It, and the middle one is long and 

 pointed, as in the Merops. The Flefh is of the fame Colour 

 with the Rhaads, red upon the Breaft and white in the Legs, 

 agreeing further, in being not only of an agreeable Tail, but 

 eafy Digeftion. 



The Barharj Partridge is the fame with the greater, orredT-z^-^Barbary 

 legged Partridge , already known to our Naturahfts '. But Kid 'x fuka' 

 there is a Species of the Quail Kind,thatdiffereth from the ordina- ue ouaii. 

 ry one, in having no hinder Toe, and in being of a lighter Colour. 

 Both of them are Birds of PaiTage ; as is likewife the Woodcock 

 Λvhich maketh It's firil Appearance in O&oher and continueth 

 'till the March following. The Africans call it [J=f=^J1^*^ 

 Hammar el Hadjel^ The Afs of the Tartridges. 



Among the leiTer Birds we may place a Species of the Thruili Ue Green 

 Kind, not inferiour to the American Birds in the Richnefs of ^^"''^'" 

 It's Plumage. The Head, Neck, and Back are of a fine light 

 Green, the Wings of a Lark Colour, the Breaft white and 

 fpotted like the Thruili's, the Uropjyginm or Rump of an elegant 

 Yellow, and the Extremity of the Feathers upon the Tail and 

 Wings, tipped with the fame Colour. If we except the Feet, 

 which are fliorter and ftronger. It agreeth in the Failiion of 

 the Bill, and in the whole Habit of Body with the Thruili. 

 This Bird is not very common, appearing only in the Summer 

 Months, when Figs are in Seafon. 



To the little thick billed Birds, we may add the Cap/a The Capfa 

 Sparrow, which is as big as the common Houfe Sparrow, ^^'""''• 

 and as often feen in the Date Villages, to the weftward 



I Vid. Ra'ij Synop. Avium, p. 5-7. 



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