of four feathers, I vehemently fufpeft to be a miftake either of the Printer, or of the 

 Author 5 for in the Tail of one that I examined I found the ufual number of twelve 

 feathers. 



Chap. XV. 

 Slendtr-billed Birds, whofe Tail is particoloured. 



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The FaUow-Smich,in SufTex the Wheat-ear, becdnfe the time ofWheat-harvefi they wax very 



fat , called by the Italians, Culo Bianco, and by us alfo infome places, White-tail, 



from the colour of its Rump. Oenanthe five Vitiftora of Aldrovandus. 



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IN bignefs it exceeds the Houfe-S farrow. The. colour of its Head and Back is cine- 

 reous, with a certain mixture of red, like to that Which is feen in the Back of the 

 * Hawfinch. [ The Back of a Female Bird which I defcribed at Florence was cine- 

 reous, with a certain mixture of green and red. ] The Rump in moft is white, 

 whence alfo it took its name } in fome it is of the fame colour with the Back, or more * coccotbrw 

 red. The whole Belly is white, lightly dallied with red. The Breaft and Throat Jls ' 

 have a deeper tincture of red. The Belly in the Gocks isfometimes yellowifh. Above 

 the Eyes is a white line continued to the hinder part of the Head. Below the Eyes a 

 black ftroak is extended from the corners of the mouth to the ears. [ I found not this 

 black line in the Females. ] 



Both the quil-feathers and covert-feathers of the Wings are all black befides the 

 fringes or extreme edges, which are white, tinctured with a fordid red. The Tail is 

 two inches and a quarter long, made up of twelve feathers, of which the two mid- 

 dlemoft have their upper half white, the reft their lower, the other half being black. 

 Moreover, the tips and edges of them all are white. [ In the Hen the white takes up 

 but a quarter of the feathers. ] 



The Bill is (lender, (freight, black, more than half ah inch long: The mouth is 

 black within, the Tongue black and cloven : The aperture of the Mouth great: The 

 hides of the Eyes hazel-coloured. The back- toe is armed with a great Claw. 



The Stomach is not very mufculous 5 out of which difle&ed we took Beetles, and 

 other Infects. It breeds in forfaken Coney-burroughs. 



The Suffix Shepherds, to catcri thefe Birds, ufe this Art. They dig long turves of 

 earth, and lay them acrols the holes whereout they were digged, and about the mid- 

 dle of them hang (hares made of horfe-liair. The Birds, being naturally very timo- 

 rous, if a Hawk happen to appear, or but a cloud pafs over and intercept the Sun- 

 beams, haftily run to hide themfelves in the holes under the Turves,and fo are caught 

 by the Neck in the (hares. 



Upon the Downs of Suffix, which are a ridge of Mountains running all along by the 

 Sea-coaft for thirty or forty miles in length, they are taken yearly in great numbers, in. 

 Harveft-time, or the beginning of Autumn, where for their fatnefs and delicate relilh 

 they are highly prized. 



Aldrovandm hath another Oenanthe, which is a little left "than the former, but yet 

 bigger than a Sparrow, on the Head,Neck, Back, and leffer Wing-feathers of a reddifh 

 yellow, deeper on the Back, lighter on the Breaft, having black Eyes, behind which The otto 

 is alfo a long black fpot, of a lemilunar figure: A long, (lender, black Bill j black ^W. 

 Wing-feathers, whofe ends are yellow, as are alfo thofe of the Tail-feathers. 



There is alfo a Bird called Strapazino by our Fowlers ( faith Aldrovand ) in the Bo- 

 nonian Territory, whofe Rump underneath, and almoft the whole Tail are likewife 

 white: The Head and Back of a rufty yellow ; The Wing- feathers half black and half I^JiT^ 

 yellow 5 the Bill indifferent long, of a dusky colour. The Throat, Breaft, and Belly no 

 are white, lightly daftied with yellow. The Tail toward the Rump is yellow, elie 

 black. 



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