2 5' 4 Phyfical and Mifcellaneous 



of the Lahe of Marks , as the latter is in other Places. 

 It is all over of a Lark Colour, excepting the Bread, which is 

 fomewhat lighter, and ftiineth like That of a Pigeon. This 

 Bird hath an exceedingly fweet and melodious Note , infi- 

 nitely preferable to That of the Canary Bird, or Nightingale. 

 Several Attempts have been made by the Gentry of this King- 

 dom, to bring It to Kairwan , and other Places : but they 

 have always found it of fo delicate a Nature, as immediately 

 to languifh and pine away upon changing the Climate. 

 T^e Afl, cc- ^y-^ ^fjj coloured Lark is common about Bizerta, and fome 



loured Lark. -' 



Other Places. 

 waterFowi. Befidcs fuch Water Fowl as we have common in our own 



liland, I have feen the following Species in this Country. 

 r^.Barbary Thc Anas Tlatfrynchos , or Barharj Shoveler , (as We 

 itr pIw" may call It,) is of the Bignefs of a Wigeon. The Feet are 

 rynchos. ^^^^ ^^^ ^-^^ broad, flat, black and armed with Teeth ; the 



Breaft;, Belly and Head are of an Iron Colour, the Back much 

 darker, and upon each Wing there are three contiguous Spots 

 of blew, white and green. 

 Thereduechd Thc Barhary Shoveler with a lejjer Bill, is a little bigger 

 shovekr. ^^^ ^^^ former, having a reddilh Neck , and the Head a- 

 dorned with a fmall Tuft of tawny Feathers. The Belly is 

 white ; but the Back is diverfifyed with a Number of alter- 

 nate Streaks of black and white. The Feathers of the Tail 

 are pointed, and the Wings have each of them a contiguous 

 black and white Spot. The Tip of the Bill is black, and the 

 Feet blewer than the Wigeon's. 

 7--&. White The Bar'bary\ilQ^^^, thick, blew-billed Duck or White-Head, 

 ^^^^' is of the Bignefs of a Wigeon ; of a rufty Iron Colour, except 



the Head, which is all over white. 

 n,e Black The Black Headed Barhary "Duck, hath the Wings fpotted 

 ""'^' like the narrow billed Shoveler. The Bill is of a dark Colour, 

 long and narrow ; the Feet are brownifh ; the Neck inclineth 

 to be grey ; the Back and the Wings are blackifh ; and the Belly 

 of an Iron Colour mixed with white. 

 t;^. Grey The Barhary grey Tail^ is as fmall again, as any of the 

 ^'''- former Kinds. The Belly is whitifli, the Legs dark, and the 

 Body and Wings of a grey ifh Colour. Upon each Wing there 

 is a black and green Spot, bordered round with white. 



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