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 l^he Amaduvads Cock and Hen. 



Numb. LXXVir. 



T is much about the bignefs of the common Wren; its 

 Bill is in ftiape like that of the Goldfinch, of a red Co- 

 lour; the upper part of the Head and Back are of a dulky 

 Colour, in fome Birds lighter, in fome darker; the Wings 

 and Breaft are duiky with a mixture of red and white Spots; 

 the Tail it felf is an Inch and a half long, the upper part 

 half way red, the lower black ; its Legs and Feet are of 

 a dufky yellow. 



The Hen was of a duiky Colour on the upper part of 

 the Head and Back, the Wings of the fame Colour with 

 fome Spots of white ; the Breaft and Belly were of a pale 

 yellow, with a Spot of white under the Bill ; the Tail and 

 Legs of the fame Colour as in the Cock. Thefe Birds 

 vary very much in their Colours, fome lighter and fome in- 

 clining to black: They moft commonly are kept in Pairs, 

 the Cock and Hen agreeing very well together in a Cage; 

 thefe Birds were drawn from a Pair Mr. Oldham had, which 

 were very tame. They are brought from the Kajl Indies^ 

 their Food is Canary Seed. 



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