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In the Female the colours are not fo fair and lively, the yellow being mingled with 

 black and brown, the Breaft {haded with dusky lines: The leffer rows of Wing- fea- 

 thers, and the two middle feathers of the Tail green. The young ones alfo are greener, 

 and have their Breads Ipotted. 



The Guts are fixteen inches long, great and lax: the blind Guts very fmalland 

 {hoit: The Tefticles round. In the Belly we found Caterpillars. 



We fhot this bird near Frdnkejord in Germany. Afterwards we fa ; w many of them 

 at Naples in the Poulterers Shops : Whence we guefs that they are frequent in. the 

 neighbouring Country. 



The ftru&ure of the Neft, and how artificially it hangs it, lee in Aldrovand. The 

 Low Dutch call this bird by a very fit name, Gontmerlc, that is, the golden Ouzel ; For 

 it agrees with Thrufhes or Blackbirds, in the ftiape of the Bill and the whole body 5 

 in the bignefs, alfo food, and manner of living. It is called Galbula or Galgulus, from 

 its yellow colour. 



It is a bird of palTage. Gefner writes, that it comes into his Country for the moft 

 part in May, but fometimes alfo in April: After whofe coming they have certain 

 hope that there will be no more frofts. Whence it appears, that it delights in hot 

 places and feafons. It feeds wonderfully fat, hath very delicate fle(h,andyields whol- 

 fbm nouriftiment j and no wonder, fith it is akin to the Thrufhes, and ufes the fame 

 food, viz. Infects and Berries. 



Chap. XXII. 



* Matuitui of Marggravius. 



t is of the bignefs of a Stare : Hath a (hort Neck, a ftrong Breaft, ftiort Legs, a 

 Tail two inches and an half long. It hath a ftreight, ftrong Bill, the upper Chap 

 whereof is a little prominent, the point inclining downwards, of a Vermilion 

 colour. The whole Head, upper fide of the Neck, Back, Wings, and Tail are 

 brown, fpotted with a pale yellow, partly fpeckled like a Sparrow-Hawk- Under 

 the Throat it hath yellow feathers. The Breaft and Belly are white, fpeckled with 

 brown. The Legs of a dark afh-colour. 



Chap. XXIIL 



* Guirapunga of Marggrave* 



*He cry of this Bird may be heard a great way off. It is bigger than the MiJfeU 

 bird, almoft equal to a Pigeon :. Hath a Bill an inch long, and pretty broad, 

 * fharp-pointed 5 the upper part a little prominent .above 1 the lower,and bend- * At 

 ing downward, black, having wide or open Nofthrils. Its Mouth is large, the flit 

 reaching as far as the Eyes 3 fo that the aperture of the Moutr^ with the Bill forms a 

 triangle. It hatha (hort Tongue 5 Eyes between black and bW, Under the Throat, 

 ( which is broad ) and in the lower part of the Neck it hath many black flefhy Wat- 

 tles an inch long, hanging down before, of the figure of the point of a Spear. The 

 Head is covered with dark brown feathers : The whole Neck, Bread:, Belly, Back^ 

 and Thighs with afh- coloured, wherewith (efpecially in the Back) are fome black 

 ones mixed, and toward the Tail alfo green ones. It hath a Tail three inches long, 

 confifting of afh-coloured and black feathers mingled with a little green. The Wings 

 ( which end not far below the rife of the Tail ) are firft black, then brown, fome 

 dark green feathers being intermingled . The lower Legs are black,and above an inch 

 long. It hath four Toes in each foot like other birds, with black Claws. The Breaft 

 is as it were divided into two, having a valley or furrow all along the middle. The 

 Windpipe is large, whence alfo it hath a loud and ftrong cry. 



It hath a double note, which it ufeth promifcuoufly } one like that of a Hammer 

 ftriking a Wedge in the Woods, (rick.* cochj^) The other, as if one fhould ftrike a 

 crackt Bell, \_K_ur, kur, kur, &c. ] It cries only in the middle of Summer, in December 

 and the beginning of January for five or fix Weeks, in other Months it is not heard, 



whence by the Portugues it is called Ave de verano. 



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