zio 0^3\ClTH0L0gi. Book if. 



edges, which are either whitifh, or yellowifh. The feathers alfo of the fecond row 

 are of the fame colour with thole of the firft. The Tail is about three inches long, 

 and confifts often feathers, of which the two outmoft on each fide have their out- 

 ward Vanes and tops, in the whole, above their halves milk-white 5 all the reft are 

 dark- coloured, and almoft black, efpectally in the Males , excepting the two mid- 

 dlemoft, which round the edges are either yellowifh or white. [ Mr. Wiilughby de- 

 fcribes the Tail a little otherwife, and perchance more exa&ly, thus : The Tail is 

 black, but the upper half of the outmoft feather on each fide, and the tip of the 

 next are white •, the two middlemoft from dusky incline to an afh-colour. ] 



This bird is fufficiently diftinguifhed by the length of its heel from other forts of 

 birds, by the black colour of its Wings and Tail, Bill and Feet from other Larks. 



Concerning its manners, place, neft, breeding, &c. we have nothing further to 

 add. We law it at Venice and Florence in the hands of Country-men and Fowlers 

 among other fmall birds to be fold in the Markets. At Florence they called it Spipo- 

 letta j whence, induced by the agreement of names, we guefs it to be either the firft 

 or fecond Spipola of Aldrovandus. But yet feeing in the defcriptions of thele birds 

 there is no mention made of the length of the heel, ( which it is not likely fo curi- 

 ous a fpe&atour as Aldrovand (hould either overfee, or through neglect and forget- 

 fulnefs omit ) notwithstanding the convenience of names thefe may perchance be di- 

 ftincl: Species. And therefore that we may not give the Reader juft occafion to 

 to complain, that we have rafhly omitted any thing in our Ornithology -, we will annex 

 to this Chapter Aldrovandus his defcriptions of SpipoU, StopparoU, and other fmall 

 birds, to which we judge this to be the lame, or very like. 



* ornitbei. The firft Spipola of * Aldrovandus. 



lib. 1 7. cap. 2$. J J c t J 



The firft Spipola, which is greater than the reft in this kind, hath an a(h-coloured 

 Head : Under the Bill a white fpot in place of a beard. Its Breaft is red : Its Belly 

 particoloured of red and white : Its Tail black above, white underneath : Its Back 

 afh-coloured. Its Wings particoloured of white, black and red : its Legs and Feet 

 yellow 3 its Claws black : Its Bill long, llender, and dusky coloured. This bird, if it 

 be exactly defcribed, is to us as yet unknown. 



* ibid. The other Spipola of * Aldrovandus. 



This inclines more to an afh-colour than the precedent : But differs from it in that 

 it hath not a redBreft, but marked with black fpots drawn downwards. It is alfo 

 more cinereous above than beneath: Moreover, the Belly is almoft white. Behind 

 the Eyes is a great Ipot approaching after a fort to a ferrugineous colour. The ma- 

 fter feathers of the Wings, and thole which cover them, are black, their fides and 

 ends being cinereous. The Legs and Feet are dusky : The Tail afh-coloured. 



The third Spipola of Aldrovandus, defcribed in the fame Chapter. 



This fome call Boarina. It is a fmall bird, almoft all over of a pale or whitifh yel- 

 low, but deeper in the Wings than elfewhere. The Bill and Feet are dusky. 



The Stopparola of Aldrovand, lib.17. cap.27. 



The Fowlers (faith he) of our City call this bird Stopparola, a name I know not 

 what it fignifies, nor whence it is derived, unlefs perchance it be from Stubble, which 



* nuftici, that our * Country men call Stoppia. It is, if I be not miftaken, of the Genus of the 

 i< Pefants f Mufcicap*, hath the Breaft and Belly for the moft part white -, the Head ( which on 

 t Hy-catchers ^ CrQwn . g ^y^ wkh white fpQts j Neck> g^ and Tail br0wn ■ the quill- 



feathers of the Wings black,as are alfo the coverts,butyellowiih onthe fides.* The Legs 

 and Feet flender, and black: The Bill indifferently long, (harp-pointed, and black. 



A Bird like fc? Stopparola & Magnanina, Aldrov. in the fame place. 



It is of the bignefs of a Wagtail; hath a long, ftreight, fharp Bill, yet above 

 having a little declivity 3 black above, and of a horn colour underneath : The 

 Neck, Breaft, and Belly pale: The Eyes fmall and lively, having a black Pupil 5 



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