Boorii. o^^iTtioLogr. 9 j__ 



Tail. The colour Of the Bill was white, the uppefrparts being an inch long, was 

 covered halfway with elegant, (hort feathers or hairs, of a red colour, like filken 

 thrums, as alfothe whole forepart of the head: The lower part of the Bill was like- 

 wile an inch long, yet a thought {horter than the upper. The middle part of the 

 Head about the Eyes on each fide had little black fpots impreffed. The Neck and 

 Breaft were covered with fine (lender feathers of a deep red or ianguine colour, io> 

 that they {eemed to be no more than certain (ilken thrums or filaments. All the co- 

 vert-feathers of the Back, Wings, and Tail were almodof one and the fame colour. 

 Each Wing confided of thirteen prime feathers, which Were on the upper fide of a 

 dusky red, on the under fide of a dusky yellow. The Tail contained (even or eight 

 dusky or brown feathers. The lower or under fide of the body under the Bread 

 was adorned with a kind of ring of the breadth almod of ones little finger, confid- 

 ing of black feathers as it were filken thrums. The feathers on the Belly were white, 

 but thofe next the Wings black 5 and of thofe there were four or five in each fide a 

 little longer than the reft 5 viz,, equal to two inches, and which ended in a broad top 

 of a curious (hining green, not unlike that of a Mallards Neck. Out of the Rump 

 among the feathers of the Tail proceeded two firings as it were horie-hairs, (lender, 

 but (tiff, feven or eight inches long, altogether black, only their ends for an inches 

 length were reflected round,and on one fide let with very fine hairs or downy threads, 

 which were on the upper fide of a deep (hining green, beautiful to behold,almoit like 

 the feathers on a wild Drake or Mallards Neck, adding a great grace to the whole 

 body of the Bird 5 but the underfide of thefe feathers was of a dusky colour. I under- 

 ftood alio that there were fome Birds, which had thole bridly ftrings, eroding one an- 

 other towards their ends. 



Chap. XIV. 

 The Cuckow. CuculiiSa 



OUr Bologmfe Fowlers (faith Aldrovandus*) do unanxmoufly affirm, that there 

 are found a greater and a lefferfort of Cuckgvos^ and befides,that the greater 

 are of two kinds, which arc diftinguiihed one from the other by the only 

 difference of colour : But that the lefler differ from the greater in nothing elfe but 

 magnitude. We (hall give figures of both the greater 5 the lefler we have not yet 

 feen. So far Aldrovandus. 



That wich is common with us in England differs from the firft of Aldrovandus, in 

 that its Bill is liker a ThrnJIjes or Blackbirds than a Ringdoves. Its length from the tip Its length, 

 of the Bill to the end of the Tail is twelve inches. The upper Chap of the Bill fome- EilI > 

 what hooked, and longer than the lower, for the mod part of a dark or blackifh co- 

 lour 3 the nether of a pale or whitifh yellow. The infide of the Mouth and the 

 Tongue are of a deep yellow or Saffron colour : The Tongue not divided, the tip of Tongue s 

 it hard and pellucid. The Iridesof the Eyes not yellow, as in Aldrovandus his fecond Ey«, 

 fort, but of a Hazel colour: The Nodhrils round, wide, extant above the furface of Noftferiis. 

 the Bill 5 wherein it differs from all other birds I have yet feen. The lower eye-lid is 

 the greater 5 the edges of the Eye-lids yellow. 



The Throat, Bread, and Belly are white, with tranfverfe dark lines, which are Colour of the 

 entire and not interrupted 5 wherein it agrees with Aldrovandus his fecond Cuckpre. underfidc > 

 The black lines are thicker upon the throat, and have lefs white between them. The 

 feathers of the Head are of a dark brown with white edges, [Aldrovandus faith, of a fide, "^ 

 cinereous tending to a Chefhut colour) that we defcribed had on the Head one or two 

 white (pots. The feathers on the middle of the Neck and Back, and alfo the long 

 fcapular feathers are brown with a tincture of red, having their edges whiti(h. The 

 Rump adi-coloured. 



The beam-feathers of the Wings are nineteen in number, the greater whereof are of the wing- * 

 the blacker. All from the (econd have their exteriour Vanes fpotted with red : The feather *- 

 interiour Vanes of the outmod have long, tranfverfe, white fpots 5 the tips of all are 

 white. The covert-feathers of the Wings are of the fame colour with thofe on the 

 Back, only the outmod darker. 



The Tail in that defcribed by Aldrovandus in the fecond place ( for Mr. WiUughby The T»i» 

 omitted that in his Delcription ) was made up of ten feathers* diftinguiined on both 



O fides 



