Peet SE IAS MK VEN. 
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 
reft above half way are of a moft lovely yellow, 
with black tips. ‘The colors of the female are pa-‘\__ 
ler: her throat and fides are white fpotted with 
brown; the head and back are of a greenifh ath 
color, marked alfo with brown. 
Mr. Willughby tells us, that this is a fong bird: 
that in Suffew it is called the darlzy-bird, becaufe it 
comes to them in darley-feed time. We are inform- 
ed. that it vifits thefe iflands at very uncertain 
times, like the erofbeak, &c. It is to be met with 
in the bird fhops in London, and being rather a 
{carce bird, fells at a higher price than the merit 
of its fone deferves : it is known there by the name 
of the Aberdavine. The bird catchers have a notion 
of its coming out of Rufia. Dr. Kramer * informs 
us, that this bird conceals its neft with great art; 
though there are infinite numbers of young birds in 
the woods on the banks of the Danube, that feem 
juft to have taken flight, yet no one could difcover 
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* Kramer elench, 366, 
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