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§. in. 



* A fmall bird alqn to the Sparrow: Aldrov. Book 15. Chap.iy. 



THis fmall bird, although it have not a black Chin, nor any footftepof it, (as 

 we have obferved in forae Hen-Sparrows ) yet by the whole fafhion and make 

 of its body it difcovers and warrants it felf to be of the Sparrow-kind. Its Bill is 

 whitifti, as in the Houfe-Sparrow. It is painted all over the body with oblong reddifti 

 fpots tending downward: But thofeontheunderfideof the Neck, and on the Breaft 

 are more manifeft, becaufe thofe parts are white, whereas the upper, viz. the Back 

 the upper fide of the Neck, and the crown of the Head are red, as arealfothe 

 whole Tail and the Wings: but molt, of the feathers ofthefe have white ends : The 

 Belly alto and the Thighs are white : The Legs and Feet yellowilh : The Claws long 

 and black. 



§. IV. 



* The jpotted, or three-coloured Sparrow of Aldrovand. Book 1 5. Chap. 13. 



HE calls it three-coloured, for that whereas it confifts only of three colours, 

 viz. white, black, and yellowifti, no one of them can be laid to excell an- 

 other. The whole Head and Neck are white, varied with yellowifti fpots. The 

 Wings are adorned with the three forenamed colours, but the white and black are in 

 them predominant. The Bill, as in Sparrows, thick, (harp pointed, the upper Chap 

 yellowifti, the nether altogether yellow. The Irk of the Eye is white 3 the Pupil 

 black. The Chin, Breaft and Belly, Thighs, Legs, Feet, and Tail underneath are of a 

 yellowifti white $ elfe the Tail is almoft yellow. 



§. V. 



* The white-tail' d Sparrow of Aldrovand. Boo^i^. Chap.iy. 



THe Tail of this, although it be not altogether white, yet is of a pale, whitifti 

 afh-colour, whereas otherwife for colour it is almoft like the Houfe-Sparrow, 

 but hath not that black fpot under the Chin. The Bill, as in that, is white: The 

 Eyes black : The Head, and all the lower parts from white incline to yellow. Large 

 fpots of almoft a ferrugineous colour, beautified with very fmall milk-white lines, are 

 difperfed all over the Back. All the feathers of the Wings are of a chefnut-colour, 

 round about yellow. The Legs and Feet are dusky. 



§. VI. 



* The Ddlmatic Sparrow of Aldrovand. Lib. 15. Cap.11. 



''His bird Aldrovand law only the Picture of at Tartaglinm s a Citizen of 'Venice. 

 It is ( faith he ) bigger than our common Sparrow, but for colour almoft like it. 

 p^whkh * Underneath alfo it is abiblutely white, but above of a pale red, no other colour in- 

 as Aldrovand terceding. The Eyes and Bill for the proportion of the body are great 3 and this laft 

 ufuaiiy accepts whitifti. The Tail is forked $ the Feet yellowifti, adorned with tranfverfe lines al- 

 "bove! " mo ^ °^ a flefh-colour. The Claws black, pretty long and (harp. 



§. VII. 



* The Ring-Sparrow of Bellonius, and the fmall Sparrow living about 

 Walnut-trees of the fame Author. 



THe firft of thefe differs from the common Sparrow, as well in that it is of a di- 

 verfe colour, as becaufe the fpot, which in that is black, in this is yellow. He 

 * Ringed. ca n s it * Torquatus, becaufe a white ring or wreath encompafies the Eyes under the 

 Eye-brows. Moreover, it is more cinereous than the common Sparrow^ hath a greater 

 voice, and exceeds it in the bignefs of the Body and Bill. It abides in Woods, building 

 in the hollows of trees. The 



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