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The Crown Bird, from Mexico^ 



Numb. XIX. 



THIS Bird was of the Bignefs of the Miffel-Bird; 

 its Bill of a tawny flefh Colour, thick and Ihort 

 after the Manner of the Grosheah ; the Irides of the Eyes 

 of the fame Colour of the Bill, encompaffed with a Ring 

 of fcarlet, above that a Line of black encompafling the 

 fore Part and upper half of the Eye, then white, the 

 white reaching from the Bill, beyond the Eye on the 

 under Side, and about half way on the upper Side; it 

 had a large Creft of green Feathers, which it could fet 

 up or lay down at Pleafure; the Head, Neck, Back, 

 Breaft, and Part of the Belly green ; the lower Part of 

 the Belly and Thighs of a dusky brown Colour ; the 

 firft four quill Feathers of the Wings fcarlet, the fourth 

 having fine long white Marks in the exteriour Web; 

 the reft of the quill feathers purple, as was alfo the Tail ; 

 the covert and fcapular Feathers of the Wings purple, 

 with a Mixture of green ; the Legs and Feet of a blue- 

 iili lead Colour : This Bird I drew at Mr. Bland's on 

 Tower-Hill, who called it the Crown Bird from Mexico, 





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