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is dusky edged with green ; the outward webs of 

 the nine next quil feathers are green ; the green 

 part is widened by degrees in every feather, till 

 in the last it takes up half the length ; from the 

 tenth almost the lower half of each feather is 

 yellow, the upper black ; the exterior coverts 

 of the wings are black ; the two middle feathers 

 of the tail are black ; the rest above half way 

 are of a most lovely yellow, with black tips. 

 The colors of the female are paler; her throat 

 and sides are white spotted with brown ; the 

 head and back are of a greenish ash-color, 

 marked also with brown. 



Mr. Willughby tells us, that this is a song 

 bird : that in Sussex it is called the barley-bird, 

 because it comes to them in barley- seed time. 

 We are informed that it visits these islands at 

 very uncertain periods, like the grosbeak, &c. 

 It is to be met with in the bird shops in Lon- 

 don, and being rather a scarce bird, sells at a 

 higher price than the merit of its song deserves : 

 it is known there by the name of the Aberda- 

 *oine. The bird catchers have a notion that it 

 comes out of Russia. Dr. Kramer* informs 

 us, that it conceals its nest with great art, and 

 that no one could discover it, though there are 



* Kramer elench. 366. 



