( 86 ) 

 The More-Hen. 



Numb. XCr. 



THE length from the point of the Bill to the end of 

 the Feet was feventeen Inches and a half, to the end 

 of the Tail thirteen and a half, the breadth, when the 

 Wings were expanded, twenty two Inches and a half, the 

 Bill from the Tip to the corners of the Mouth was more 

 than an Inch long, of a dulky yellow green. The top of 

 the Head, hind part of the Neck, Back and Wings are 

 of a dark brown inclining to black; round the Scapular 

 and out Edge of the Wing, as far as the lower Coverts, runs 

 a Line of white; the Throat, Breaft, Belly and Thighs are 

 black, below the Vent and the under lide of the Tail 

 white; it had alfo four long ilender white Feathers on the 

 upper part of the Thigh behind; the Legs and Feet were 

 of a fordid green Colour, the Toes long, the Claws black : 

 It will feed very fat; its Flefh is very well tafted and as 

 good as that of Teal : It gets its Food on graffy Banks and 

 Borders of Rivers, and feeds on fuch Infe(9:s as it finds 

 there. See the Cock Vol. the fecond Numb 72. 



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