Book II. O^A£lTH0L0gr. z^l 



twain. The quil-feathers of the Wings, in number eighteen, befide the outmoft 

 little one, are dusky, with white tips, or tips partly white, partly blue. The outer 

 edges of thofe three next the body are green. Of the covert feathers of the firft row, 

 thofe that are about the middle of the Wing, with their white tips make atranfverfe 

 white line. The fmaller covert-feathers of* the Wings are blue. The Tail is about 

 two inches and an half long, compounded of twelve feathers: The exteriour Vane§ 

 of all which, except the outmoft, are blue or aftVcoloured, the interiour black. The 

 outmoft have their exteriour Vanes and their tips white* The Tail appears not forked, 

 no not when it is clofed. 



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* The Brazilian Guiraienoia, akin to the Fringillago. 



THisfinall bird is of the bignefs df a Chaffinch: Hatha Bill fcarce half an inch 

 long, and blackiui 5 black Eyes. The whole head, lower fide of the Neck, 

 Breaft, and lower Belly, and utmoft half of the Back are cloatned with blue fea- 

 thers: The upper fide of the Neck, and fore-half of the Back are covered with 

 black. The Wings alfo are black, but in their beginning have lome blue feathers 

 interfperled : The reft of the feathers are black, yet have blue edges. The Tail is 

 almoft an inch and half long, andalfoblack, and the Wings end a little beyond the 

 beginning of the Tail. The Legs are dusky, and each foot hath four toes placed aftej? 

 the ulual manner 



The Cole-moufe : Parus aterGefneri,^g.6i6i. 



' I He Head is by Gefner rightly defcribedto be black, with a white fpot in the 

 J. hinder part. The Back is of a greenith afti-colour: The Rump greener: 

 The Wings and Tail dusky. The exteriour edges of the prime Wing-feathers 

 green. The interiour covert-feathers of the Wings have white tips. The Tail, 

 when (hut, appears fbmething forked, from dusky inclining to green. The Bill 

 is ftreight, round, black. The Legs, Feet, and Claws bluifii, or of a lead-co- 

 lour. This is the leaftof all this kind. By its fmalnefs were other notes Wanting, it 

 is abundantly diftinguiftied from the great Titmonfe. 



It weighs two drachms, being from Bill-point to Tail-end four inches three quar- 

 ters long, and between the extremities of the Wings extended feven inches broad; 

 The number of quil-feathers in each Wing is eighteen. The Tail is an inch and three: 

 quarters long, and eompofed of twelve feathers. 



J. V. 



The Marjh Tiimoufe or Blackcap : Parus rJaluftris Gefneri. 



T He Head of this is black: The cheeks white} the back greenifti : The Feet of a 

 Lead-colour. It differs from that next above defcribed, 1 . In that it is bigger. 

 2. That it hath a larger Tail. 3.Thatit wants the white fpot on the back of the Head. 

 4. That its under fide is whiter. 5. That it hath lefs black under the Chin. 6.That it 

 wants thofe white fpotsiri the tips of the covert-feathers of the Wings. 



It weighs more than three drachms. From the point of the Bill to the end of the 

 Claws it is by meafure four inches and an half long. The diftance between the ex* 

 treme tips of the Wings extended is eight inches. The number of Wing and Tail- 

 feathers is the fame as in other fffiall birds. The Tail is more than two inches' long^ 

 eompofed of feathers of equal length. 



Gefner makes the Back of this bird dusky inclining to cinereous. 



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