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of this bird, and that it does fometimes (though very 

 rarely) vifit the northern parts of England in large 

 flocks, we hope to be excufed introducing it here. 

 The fubjeft we defcribe was killed on Flamborough- 

 Defcr. ^^^^^'^ TorkJIoire, The length was eight inches : the 

 bill fhort, thick and black : the end of the upper man- 

 dible furnilhed with a fmall procefs : the bale of the 

 bill is covered with black feathers, which pafs over 

 each eye to the hind part of the head : the head is 

 adorned with a long ILarp pointed creft reclining 

 backward, afn- colored mixed with red : the cheeks 

 are tawny : the back is of the fame color with the 

 cred, but darker : the rump afh-colored : the throat 

 is black, and in the middle is a fmall tuft of briftles: 

 the breaft and belly are of a pale chefnut dafhed with 

 purple : the vent feathers a bright bay : the lower 

 part of the tail is black, the end of a rich yellow : the 

 feathers are of an equal length, as in the jay, to which 

 it fcems to have great affinity : the leffer coverts of 

 the wings are brown, the greater black tipt with 

 white : the quil feathers are black ; the ends of the 

 three firfl white; the fix next have near half an inch 

 of their outer margin edged with a fine yellow j and 

 that of the inner with white, fo as to form an L. But 1 



what diftinguifhes this from all other birds are the 

 horny appendages frorii the tips of feven of the lefler 

 quil feathers, that have the color and glofs of the bed 

 red fealing wax. The legs are fhort and black. 

 Writers who have had better opportunities of exami- 

 ning this fpecies than we have, fay that the male has 



of C\h!e, who under that charafter was faid to favor all living 

 i^reatures. 



feven 



