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The Dottrell from Lincolniliirc. 



Numb. LXIII. 



ITS Weight was four Ounces and a half; Length, fronx 

 the Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail, nme 

 Inches and a half; Breadth, when the Wings were ex- 

 tended, feventeen Inches and three quarters ; the Bill' 

 black, about an Inch long ; the Top of the Head finely 

 fpotted with white, yellow, and brown ; the Eyes black, the 

 Irides white ; over each Eye is a broad white Line reaching 

 almoft to the hinder part of the Head (this being a parti- 

 cular chara6l:eriflick Note of the Dottrell Kind :) the Breafl:,. 

 Belly, Thighs, and under Side of the Tail were white- 

 with a Tindlure of faint yellowilh bufF Colour ; the upper 

 Side of the Neck brown; the Back, covert Feathers, 

 and baftard Wing brown, their out Edges yellow, the 

 quill Feathers black, the exteriour Web of the outmofl; 

 white ; the upper Side of the middle Feathers of the 

 Tail brown, the reft on each Side white. The Legs and 

 Feet of a fordid green. It wants the back Toe. 



This Bird I had of J^illiam Lydal, Poulterer, who had, 

 it out of Lincolnfloire^ by the Name of Dottrell. 



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