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 ^e Smirna Kingfijker, 



Numb. XXVII. 



THIS Bird was about three times as big as our King- 

 fifheriy its Bill long and thick at the Bafe, ending in 

 a (harp Point, of a red Colour j the I rides of the Eyes 

 white, the top of the Head and Neck brown, as was alfb 

 the lower part of the Belly and Thighs j a broad Stripe of 

 white crofles the Breaft, and ends under the fcapular of the 

 Wings j the Back, Wings and Tail are all over of a dark 

 green j the Legs and Feet of a beautiful red. This Bird 

 was fliot by Conful Sherrard in a River of Smirna^ and 

 brought over by him preferved in Spirits of Wine, from 

 which I made a drawing exactly like the Bird. 



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