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TheTelloiv Hammer, Emberiza Flava. ^^ 



Numb. LXVI. 



IT is equal to tht Chaffinch, or a little bigger, weighs one Ounce and two 

 Drams ; its Length from the End of the Bill to the End of the Tail is fix 

 Inches and a half; Breadth when extended ten Inches and a quarter; its 

 Bill is of a dark dusky Colour, half an Inch long, having a hard Knob in the 

 upper Chap, to break the Corn, the Sides of the nether Chap turned 

 inwards and bent together, like the Buntings ; the Tongue fhorter than 

 is ufual in other Birds, not reaching beyond the Knob ; its Tip horny 

 and fharp, flit into Filaments ; the Eyes Hazel coloured ; the Feet of a 

 Horn Colour, and the Claws black ; the like Cohefion between the outer- 

 mofl and middle Toe at the Bottom, as in other Birds. 



The Throat and Belly arc yellow, and the Breaft hath a Tin£ture o£ 

 red mingled with it, as alfo the Sides under the Wings; the Head is of a 

 greenifh yellow fpotted with brown, and above the Shoulders in the lower 

 Part of the Neck, is a Colour between green and cinereous, or a Compound 

 of both ; the middle Parts of the covert Feathers of the Back and Shoul- 

 ders are black, the Edges from green incline to red, and. the Rump is 

 redifh. The Female is all over paler, lefs yellow on the Head, and lefs 

 red on the Breaft, and under the Wings, The quill Feathers of the Wings 

 are dusky, having their exterior Edges from green inclining to a fordid 

 white. The Tail is three Inches long, compos'd of twelve Feathers fome- 

 thing forked, of a brov/n Colour ; the middle two having their Edges on 

 both Sides, the reft only their outfide Edges green ; the two outermoft 

 on the infide the Shaft, near the Tip, are marked with a white Spot cut- 

 ting the Feather obliquely. It hath a Craw, and a m'ufculous Stomach or" 

 Gizzard like the granivorous Birds, alfo a Gall-bladder ; the blind Guts, 

 as in almoft all fmall Birds, are very little and fhort. They build on the 

 Ground, in the Sides of Hedges, and are very common every where in 

 England. 



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