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

 got upon the Wing. 



The Kitawiah or African Lagopus (as we may call It) isr^^Kkawi- 

 another Bird of the gregarious and granivorousKind which like- pus AtrlS- 

 wife wanteth the hinder Toe. It frequenteth the nioft 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- 

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

 in a beautiful Yellow. 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 Rhaad s, red upon the Breaft and white in the Legs, 

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

 eafy Digeftion. 



The Barharj Partridge is the fame with the greater, or redr/^^Barbary 

 legged Partridge, already known to our Naturalifts '. ButPerdixfuffa^ 

 there is a Species of the Quail Kind,thatdiffereth from the ordina- The Quaii. 

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

 Both of them are Birds of PafTage; as islikewife the Woodcock 

 which maketh If s firft Appearance in OCtoher and continueth 

 'till the March following. The Africans call it [J^^?*" J\^*a. 

 Hammar el Hadjef] The Afs of the Tartridges. 



Among the lelTer Birds we may place a Species of the Thrulh ne 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 theThruih's, the Uropygium 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 fhorter and ftronger. It agreeth in the Falhion of 

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

 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 Capfarbe capa 

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

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



I Vid. Ra'tj Synop. Avium, p. j7. 



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