I z A Natural Mfiory of 



Tongue he has a black Stroak, very plaih' 

 to be leen if you open his Mouth, which the 

 Hen hath not ; or, at leaft fo faint, that 'ti* 

 hardly vifible ; but the firft Time the Cock 

 moults his Feathers, he lofes that black 

 Stroak : He may then be known from the 

 Hen by bis Colours, in the Beauty of which, 

 he much excels her. His Breaft has a caft of 

 Green, Red, Purple, &c, elfe the Feathers all 

 over his Body are Black,with a blue and pur- 

 ple Glofs, varying, as it is varioufly expofed 

 to the Light ; only the tips of the Feathers 

 on his Head, Neck, and Breaft are Yellowifh ; 

 and on the Belly, &c. White: All' his Spots 

 and Colours, are brighter than thofe of the 

 Hen. The Bill of the Cock is of a pale 

 Yellow, inclining to White ; in the Hen, 

 pusky, 



^he Vjncy &c. of the Starling's Building 

 her Nejl. 



THIS Bird ufually breeds in May, has 

 young Ones fit to take towards the End 

 cf that Month, fometimes by the Middle of 

 it. They build their Neft in the Holes of 

 Towers, Pidgeon-Houfes, Trees, &c. The 

 Goodnefs of thefe Birds does not depend up- 

 on the Places where they Breed, tho' fome 

 liaye giyen the Preference to one Sort^ and 



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