The greater Redflart, 



Numb. LV. 



THIS Bird is equal in bignefs to the Starling ; its Length 

 from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Claws are 

 nine Inches and a half; the Meafure of the Wings, 

 when extended, is fourteen Inches ; the Bill is more than 

 an Inch long, broad and flat, as in Stares^ not round and 

 rifing in a ridge as in Blackbirds ; black of Colour, the up- 

 per Chap longer, fharp-pointed and fomewhat crooked j 

 the Mouth yellow within, the Tongue a little cleft at the 

 end; the Legs and Feet cinereous, the Claws black, the 

 Soles of the Feet yellow; the whole Bird is party-coloured, 

 being a mixture of white or grey, black and yellow ; fome 

 Cock Birds are of a fulvous Colour, fpeckled with many 

 white Spots, and a few black ones : The Tail is Ihort, fcarce 

 exceeding three Inches, made up of twelve Feathers of 

 equal length, all of a fulvous red, excepting the two mid- 

 dlemoft, that are dufky, which yet in fome Birds are alfo 

 above half red ; it is to be obferved, that all the Tail-Fea- 

 thers have their oviter Edges towards the top of the fame 

 Colour with the middle Feathers. 



It is faid to abide and build in mountainous Places. It 

 is kept in Cages for its finging. This Bird I had out of the 

 Collection of Sir 'Thomas Lowther. 



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