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The Cock Ringtail or Henharrier. 



Numb. III. 



ITS Weight was eighteen Ounces, the Length from the 

 Tip of the Beak to the End of the Train twenty two 

 Inches, Breadth three Foot feven Inches, the Leg five In- 

 ches, being longer than in other Hawks 5 a yellow Skin 

 covers the upper Chap reaching from the Root of the Beak 

 beyond the Noftrils, the reft of the Beak is black, hooked 

 and prominent, the lower Mandible ftreight. 



The Pupil of the Eye black, the I rides yellow; it hath 

 feveral white Feathers about the Eyes; the top of the Head 

 and Back is of a dark ferrugineous Colour; it hath a Ring 

 of yellow Feathers round the Neck. 



The Wings are of a dark reddifh brown, all the exte- 

 rior Edges of the Feathers white, the Breaft and Belly of a 

 reddifh yellow, the lower part of the Belly and Thighs 

 more dilute. 



The Rump is white, with two peculiar Spots of yellow 

 like the Shape of a Diamond, on a Cardj the Train is ten 

 Inches long, made up of twelve Feathers of the fame Co- 

 lour of the Breaft, excepting the two middlemoft, which 

 are of a dark ferrugineous Colour, with five dark Bars acrofs 

 the Train fet at equal diftances. 



The Legs and Feet are yellow, the Talons black ; this 

 Bird was fent me by my Honoured Friend Sir Robert Abdy 

 out of EJfex, See the Hen^ Vol. the fecond Numb. 5. 



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