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The greater Redjlart of Olina, called by Aldrovand, * Merula Saxatilis, at Florence, * i. e. The 

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IT is equal in bignefs, and like in fliape to a. Starling. Its length from the tip of the 

 Bill to the Claws nine inches and an half. The meafure or the Wings extended 

 fourteen. The Bill is more than an inch long, broad and flat, as in Stares, not round, 

 and riling up in a ridge, as in Blackbirds, black of colour : The upper Chap longer, ' 



(harp-pointed, and fomewhat crooked. The mouth within yellow. The Tongue 

 a little cleft at the end. The Legs and Feet of a lead colour 3 the Claws black 5 the 

 foal of the foot yellow. The outer Toe grows or is faftned immediately to the mid- 

 dle one as far as the firft joy nt 5 the inner toe is a little fhorter than the outer. The 

 Chin underneath is whitifti : The tips of the feathers on the Bread: cinereous. Be- 

 neath the Breaft is a tranlverfe black line 3 below which the Plumage is of a red or 

 deep Orange-tawney colour. The Head and Back brown, the tips of the feathers 

 being cinereous. The quil-feathers of the Wings of a black brown, with reddifh 

 tips. The Tail confifts of twelve feathers,of a red tawney or Orange colour, whence 

 it took the name of the greater Redjiart. The leffer feathers under the Wings are of 

 the like colour. 



Its Stomach was flefhy, andftufTed with the (tones of certain berries, we knew not 

 what. Its Guts were eleven inches long. It imitates mans voice, learning to fpeak 

 articulately, like the Stare. 



The Hens are paler-coloured 3 above being of a Moufe-dun, fpotled with white 

 fpots , underneath rather hoary. Thole parts which in the Males are fulvous, in the 

 Females are of a pale yellow. 



Lighting upon three or four of thefe birds at Florence, comparing them together , 

 I L J' &' 1 defcribed them as exactly as I could in thefe words. 



It is equal in bignefs, and like in (hape to a Throftle. Its colour is various, on the 

 top of the Head and Neck mingled of a dirty white or afti-colour and brown, 10 that 

 it appears grey or hoary. Viewing each fingle feather, the bottom or lower part is 

 blue 5 the middle part about the (haft black, which black line near the tip of the fea- 

 ther is cr oiled by another, which together reprefent the figure of the letter T in each 

 feather. The very tips of all are white. The colour that fills up the angles of the 

 T-like mark is dusky. Thefe colours in the Neck, Shoulders, upper part of the 

 Back, and covert-feathers of the Wings are more bright and conspicuous. The fea- 

 thers on the middle of the Back in the Cock-birds are marked about their middles 

 with a large white fpot, above which is a crofs line of blue, then one of black, and 

 laffcly, their tips are red. The bottom of the Back about the Rump is more cine- 

 reous or blue. The feathers incumbent on the Tail are red, with white tips. The 

 great feathers of the Wings have their tips and exteriour edges white, elfe they are 

 black : The greater covert-feathers are alfo of the fame colour. The feathers co- 

 vering theunderfide of the Wings are of a pale red or yellow colour. 



The Tail is ihort, icarce exceeding three inches, made up of twelve feathers of 

 equal length, all red or fulvous, excepting the two middle, that are dusky, which 

 yet in fome birds are alfo above half red. It is here to be obferved, that all the 

 Tail-feathers have their outer edges toward the top, of the fame colour with the 

 middle feathers. 



The nether fide of the body, viz, the Throat, Bread:, Belly, Thighs, are parti* 

 coloured of white or grey, black and yellow. [_ In fome Cock-birds the whole Belly 

 was of a fulvous colour, fpeckled with many white fpots, and a few black ones. ] 

 The Throat and upper part of the Bread: are darker than the Belly, for that the fore- 

 mentioned colours are there more mingled and confounded j whereas in the belly they 

 are more diftinct, and make greater fpots. If you heed each feather, you (hall find 

 the bottom to be blue, in the middle a yellow fpot, encompaffed with a black line, 

 and the top white. The Wings are long, reaching almoft to the end of the Tail. 

 The defcription of the Bill and Legs we have already given in Mr.Willnghb/s words, 

 and have nothing further to add concerning them. 



It is faid to abide and build in mountainous places. It is kept in Cages for its ring- 

 ing. _ I fufpe&that Bellonius his folitary Sparrow is the fame with this bird, though the 

 • defcription anfwers not exactly in all things. 



