1 8d 02{3\ClTH0L0gr. Book II. 



§. ix. 



* The RockcPigew; 



THis ( as Mr. Johnfon defcribed it to us ) hath a fmall body, afh-coloured,and red 

 Legs. But thefe two laft notes are common to moft Pigeons. Perchance this 

 may be the Columba Saxatilfc of Aldrovand, called by the Bolognefe, Saffarolo. It is 

 ( faith he ) bigger than the Stone-Pigeons of Varro, of a livid colour, having a red 

 Bill, and is altogether wild. It is fometimes taken in the Territory of Bologna. 



$• x. 



* The Dove called Livia by Gefner. 



TT is in fhape very like a Houfe-Dove, but a little left, having red Feet, a whitifh 

 Bill, with fomething of Purple about the Nofthrils. Thq feathers inverting the 

 body are all over cinereous : But the extreme feathers of the Tail are black, the mid- 

 dle have fomething of red. The Neck above, and on the fides is covered with fea- 

 thers partly purple, partly green, as they are diverfly expofed to the light, fhining 

 with this or that colour. The lower part of the Neck is of a colour compounded 

 of cinereous and purple. The four longer feathers of the Wings are black, with 

 Ibmewhatof red 5 the lead: Wing-feathers are cinereous $ the middle partlyxinereous, 

 partly black [in their ends ] the laft of them towards the Back are reddifh. The 

 length of this Bird from the Bill to the end of the Tail was almoft fourteen inches. It 

 differs from the Ring-Dove in that it is much lefs, and hath no white fpots about the 

 Neck and in the Wings like that. 



This Bird, if it be different from the next above defcribed is to us unknown, as alio 

 to Aldrovandm, who borrows the figure and defcription of it of Gefner. 



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Chap. XVI. 

 OfThrufbes in general. 



f Nder this title we comprehend alfo Blackbirds and Starlings. The marks 

 common to all are, A mean bignefs between Pigeons and Larks : A Bill of a 

 moderate length and thicknefs, a little bending downwards : The Mouth 



yellow within-fide 5 a long Tail : Promifcuous feeding upon Berries and Infefts. 



Moft of the Birds of this fort are canorous, and may be taught to imitate mans voice, 



orfpeak articulately. 



This Genus comprehends under it three Species, 1. Thrufies ftriftly and properly fo 



called, having an ath-coloured Back, and a fpotted Breaft. 2. Blackbirds, fo called 



from their colour. 3. Starlings, whofe characteriftic is a broader and flatter or more 



depreffed bill than that of Thrufhes or Blackbirds, 



* The Thrufh That Latine Proverb, * Turdus malum fibi ipfe cacat, fpoken of thofe who are the 

 dungs its own cau f e of their own deftruction, took its original from that ancient conceit, that the 

 SfchiS 0n0r parafitical Plant, called Mjjelto, of the Berries whereof in old time Birdlime was 



wont to be made, fprang from the Seed voided by the Thrujh. Miffilto ( faith Pliny) 

 fow it howyouwill, firings not unlefs cafi forth in the Excrements of Birds, e facially the 

 Ring-Dove, and Thrufh. Such is its nature, that unlefs ripened in the belly of Birds it 

 mil not grow. But that MiJJ'elto comes not at all of feed may be proved by many ar- 

 guments, of which the principal is, that fometimes it grows on upright boughs, and 

 on the underfide or that refpecting the earth. He that defires further information 



* Tom i.j>.*8 5. concerning this matter may confult * Aldrovandm and Scaliger. , 



There are four kinds o£Thrufl.es common and well known in England: Two abide 

 all the year, and build with us, viz. 1. The MiJJel-bird ov Shrite. 2. The Mavis or 

 Song-Thrufi : Two are Birds of paffage, coming in the Autumn, continuing here all 

 Winter, and going away next Spring, never breeding with us, to wit, 1. The Fel- 

 clefare: 2. The Redwing. . Of Blackbirds or Ouzels England breeds and feeds three 

 kinds, 1. The common Blackbird 5 2. The Ring-Ouzels-, 3. The Water-Ouzel; of 



which 



