7^ dzt&tlTHOLOgj. Book II. 



white: Its Wings, Back, and Tail black: But a certain palenefs is mingled with the 

 quil-feathers of the Wings. The longer feathers of the Tail, ( which are two exceed- 

 ing long ones, viz. five Palms, and very broad 5 and a third firft alfo broad, but end- 

 ing in very (lender filaments ) are fupported by other fmaller ones. The Legs and Feet 

 are white : The Claws black,and, as in the precedent, notably (harp and hooked. 



§. XII. 



* A Jhort-tail'd Indian Sparrow of Aldrovand, £00^ 1 5. Chap. 2 4. 



THis Bird is lelTer than the two former, all over black : Which colour yet hath 

 I know not what kind of blue and violet glofs 5 as is ufually (een to happen in 

 deep blacks. The Bill and Feet are of a flefh-colour 5 the Claws black. The Eyes 

 alio black,but encompafled with a white circle. 



§. XIII. 



* The Jhort-tail'd Italian Sparrow of Aldrovand. 



THe Bird ( faith he ) which you fee here delineated, having a very fhortTail, cal- 

 led Pafjerino, that is a little Sparrows fometimes taken in the Country about 

 Bologna. Its whole body is of one colour, viz. yellowifh : Yet its Breaft and Belly 

 are whiter than the other parts, Its Bill is of a deeper yellow. 



§. XIV. 



*' The rumplefs black^and red Indian Sparrow of Aldrovand. 



THe whole body, both above and underneath, as alfo the beginnings of the 

 Wings are of a moft lovely (hining fcarlet colour: The reft of the Wings is 

 black: But yet, if their feathers are lpread out, fbmething of white appears in their 

 fides. The Feet alfo are black : Moreover, it hath along the Back two oblong, black 

 (pots, almoft contiguous. The Bill for the proportion of the body fmall, ( for it is a 

 thick-bodied bird for its bignefs)and lefs alfo than in the common Sparrow, white 

 where it is joyned to the head, elfe black, (harp, and (lender. It altogether wants a 

 Rump. 



$. XV. 



* The rumplefs bine, red, and blacky Indian Sparrow of Aldrovand. 



THis Bird is longer than the former, but left corpulent, and of three colours, eipe- 

 cially, -viz. red, blue, and black. The Head, Neck, and Breaft, and all the 

 lower parts are of a deep red colour. On the fides of the Neck are two large contigu- 

 ous (pots of a femilunar figure and fcarlet colour. The Wings are very long, black and 

 blue about the fides. The Legs ftiort and black. The Bill a little crooked, black,but 

 white near the forehead. 



AH thefe Indian Sparrows are to us unknown: Aldrovandus alfo himfelf faw only the 

 piUuresof them, not the birds themfelves. But Piffures of them ( as Pliny rightly faith ) 

 fallacious, thefe defcriptions cannot be thought to come near the exaUnefs offuch as are taken 

 ■ fiom the birds themfelves. 



$. XVI. 



The Mountain Sparrow, frequent in Stiria and Carinthia. 



FRom thetip of the Bill to the end of the Claws it was by meafure fix inches long. 

 Its Tongue was fomething cloven : The hides of its Eyes between grey and ha- 

 zel-coloured. Its Chin was black: It had alfo on both fides a black (pot about the 

 Ears. Aborderof white compaffes theNeck almoft half way, and the fpots about 

 the ears. The Head of a dusky red. The outer Webs of the feathers on the middle 

 of the Back are red, the inner black. The Rump is of a yellowifh afti-colour. The 



Breaft 



