iji o^nciTHOLogr. Book n. 



Wings, Tail, about the Rump, and all the underfide of a Chining blue colour, in 

 fome places more fincere, in fomemixt with green. The colour of the Back and upper 

 fide of the Neck is dusky : The greater feathers of the Wings black. lam verily per- 

 faaded, that this bird is no other than the Strasbnrgh Roller. 



«. V. 



* The Sea-Pie. Pica Marina. 



ALdrovandm in the twelfth jB^and fifteenth Chapter of his Ornithology doth thus 

 briefly defcribethis bird. The whole Bird, excepting the Head,Neck, Feet 5 and 

 alfo part of the Wings, is of a greenifh colour. The Bill is ftrong,a little longer than a 

 Pies, very fharp. The top of the Head, and down as low as a third part of the 

 Neck, is of a delayed Chefnut colour. The lower part of the Head to the Tem- 

 ples and Eyes yellow. The Eyes black, with yellow hides, encompaffed again with 

 a black circle. The Feet dusky 3 the Toes long 5 the Nails very crooked and black: 

 The reft of the body green, except the fecond row of Wing-feathers, which are of 

 a dilute Chelnut, having their ends blue. 



Whether he himfelf fa w this Bird, or defcribed it from a pidfure, he tells us not : But 

 in that he affirms, that the Strasburg Roller never lives in maritime places, and fo with- 

 out reafon challenges the name of the Sea-pie, which the Bolognefe ( zsGefner witnef- 

 feth) attribute to it, he is without doubt deceived.- Sith we our f elves ( as we (aid 

 before )faw at Mejfina in Sicily, and in the Ifle of Afc/ta feveral of them. 



$. VI. 



* The Perfan Pie. Aldrovandus. 



THe bird which Aldrovandus calls by this name, and defcribcs from a PiAure, fent 

 him from Venice, hath a ftrong, thick, fhort, whitilh Bill: Alfo white Eyes 

 with a black Pupil. The fecond row of Wing-feathers, the Rump, and foremoft fea- 

 thers in the Tail are yellow. The Feet arebluifh with black tabulary fcaks : The 

 Claws fmall, but crooked and black : Elfe it is all over of a dusky colour. Befides 

 thefe Ur7€harleton in his Onomafiicon Zoicon, p. 68. mentions another fort of Pic, 

 * Mimtu fivi viz. * The Indian Moc^bircfyiot much unlike the Jay, but fbmewhat fmaller. We have 



V iniimT Hlm not as y et hac * tile k a P to fee tIlis bird ' Nor is there anything written of it by others, 

 that we know of 



£. VII. 



Caryocataffes, Gefn. and Turn. 



IT weighed five ounces three quarters. Its length from the Bill to the end of the 

 Toes was thirteen inches and an half, to the end of the Tail the fame. The breadth 

 between the tips of the Wings lpread twenty two inches and an half. 



The Bill from the tip to the corners of the mouth is almoft two inches long, black, 

 ftrong, and like that of a Pie y (ave that it is not fharp pointed, but blunt at the end, 

 and the upper Mandible.a little prominent. The Tongue is fhort, fcarce reaching be- 

 yond the Angle of the lower Mandible, cloven with a deeper incifion than in any 

 other Bird I have obferved. In the lower Chap from the Angle is a wrinkle exa&ly 

 equal to the fifTiire or cleft of the Tongue 5 lo that the Tongue feems never to ex- 

 tend further, the wrinkle filling up the filiure. The bottom of the Palate and fides 

 of the fiffure therein are rough. The Irides of the Eyes are of a hazel colour : The 

 Nofthrils round, and covered with whittfh, briftly, refle&ed feathers. 



The whole body, as well lower as upper fide,is of a dusky red 5 all over, except the 

 Head, beautified with triangular white fpots in the tops of the feathers 3 thefe fpots on. 

 the Breaft are greater than elfewhere. The Head is not fpotted at all. The upper fide 

 of the body partakes more of red. Between the Eyes and Bill it is white. The feathers 

 under the Tail, beyond the vent are milk-white. 



The (ails in each Wing are about twenty, of a black or dark colour, the Tail- 

 feathers twelve, all of equal length, being by meafure four inches three quarters, ex- 

 cept theoutmoft on each fide, which are a little (hotter. And for their colours, the 



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