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feventy-fix grains. The bill is very {lender, and black : irides 

 hazel : on the crown the feathers are orange- coloured, bounded 

 on each fide by black : the plumage on the upper parts is yel- 

 lowilh green, paleft on the rump: under parts rufous white, 

 with a greenifh tinge on the fides : the wing coverts dufky, 

 croffed with two white bands : quills and tail dufky, edged with 

 pale green, and fome of the inner feathers have blackifh edges : 

 legs yellowifh. 



The female has the colours paler, and the crown of the head Female. 



yellow inftead of orange. 



This pretty fpecies inhabits England, where it abides through- p LACE A 

 out our winters j but befides this, is found throughout Europe, Manners. 

 as well as met with in the three other quarters of the globe, 

 with very little variation. It is mentioned as both a Ruffian *, 

 Swedifh, and Norway bird ; is in France, Auftria, and Italy ; alfo 

 at the Cape of Good Hope, and no doubt in the other parts be- 

 tween : it is alfo an inhabitant of the north part of America, 

 Penfylvania f, and New Tork\; and I have lately feen a fpe- 

 cimen brought from Cayenne \ ; if fo, why not in the interme- 

 diate parts* alfo ? It is feen as far north as Shetland, but there 

 difappears before winter. It is faid fo to do in the more nor- 

 thern countries, but in all to bear the cold to admiration §. 



It feems to frequent oak trees, in preference to others. I have 

 more than once feen a brood of thefe in a large oak in the 

 middle of a lawn, the whole little family of which, as foon as 

 able, were in perpetual motion, and gave great pleafure to many 



* Georgi. f Edwards. \ Major Davies*. 



II The fpecimen which I faw from Cayenne had black legs. 

 § It is perhaps rather from defect of infefts, than mere cold, that the bird is 

 obliged to change place. 



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