Book IF. O^S^IT HO LOqr. z n 



Breaft and Belly of a fordid white. Of the fecond and third row of Wing-feathers 

 all but the eighth or tenth outmoft have white tips. The fmall feathers on the bafe or 

 ridge of the Wing are red, as are alio the outmoft edges of the reft. The number of 

 quil-feathers is eighteen. The Tail is two inches and a quarter long, made up of 

 twelve feathers, of almoft equal length. The Bill is black, more than half an inch 

 long} at the corners of the Mouth and lower Chap yellow. It had a large Craw, 

 full of feeds : The mufcles of the Gizzard were not very thick. The Tefticles great 

 and white. 



The defcription of the Mountain Sparrow in Aldrovand agrees indifferently well 

 with ours, fave that he attributes to it two black fpots befide the Eyes 3 one of which 

 is wanting in our bird 3 atleaft Mr. Willughby mentions only one. 



We fa w abundance of thefe birds in the mountainous Countries ofStiria and Carin* 

 thia, as we travelled from Vienna to Venice. 



§. XVII. 



* The Wood-Sparrow of Aldrovand, Book *5- Chap.16. 



IN bignefs it exactly correfponds with the common Sparrows. Its Bill from yellow 

 inclines to white 3 and is ( as I may fo (ay ) exactly Sparrew-Yike. The crown of its 

 head, as in the precedent Mountain Sparrow^ is of a rufty colour, inclining to Ver- 

 milion. The circumference of the Eyes white, the Irk yellowiih, the Pupil black. 

 From Chin to Tail it is of an afh-colour, but the * extremities of the feathers incline * I fuppofehe 

 to red. The Chin and underfide of the Neck are crofted with continuous, tranfverfe, ^"^jL 

 blackifh lines, whereas in all other Corf^Sparrows we fufpecf, nay, we pofitively 

 affirm, that they are wholly black. The Back, Tail, and Feet are of a dusky ferru- 

 gineous, fave that the tips or ends of the feathers are altogether yellow. The Wings 

 are of the fame colour, but the firft feathers, which cover their * ridges end in a nota- * cofe 

 ble white. 



§. XVIII. 



* The Braflian Sparrow, called Guiranheemgatu /^ Marggrave. 



IT is of the bignefs of a Sparrow. The Head above is of a pale yellow, as is the 

 Throat: The Neck,Breaft, and lower Belly of a deeper yellow. The Wings are 

 mixt of green and yellow,and diftinguifhed with dusky ,as is alfo the Tail. The Eyes 

 and Bill black : The Legs dusky. The Cock of this kind rings rarely well, like a 

 FincL The Hen is of the fame bignefs, covered with Sparrow-like feathers,fings not 9 

 but cries Tfchrip, tfchrip like a Sparrow. 



Chap. VI. §. L 



The Chaffinch : Fringilla, %m^ Anfiotelis. 



IT is fomething lefs than a Houfe-Sparrow, weighing not a full ounce. Its Bill is {harp, 

 ftrong, white underneath, above and toward the tip dusky : The lower Chap 

 * equal to the upper : The Tongue cloven and rough : The hides of the Eyes *u*idefftan4 

 hazel-coloured : The Ears great. • it in length. 



The Head in the Cock is blue, but the feathers contiguous to the Nofthrils black. 

 The Back is reddiih with a mixture of afh-colour or green : The Breaft red 3 the Belly 

 under the Tail white. 



The colours of the Hen are not fo bright and lively. But its Rump is green : Its 

 Back not fo red * The Belly from red inclines to a dirty kind of green. The Breaft alfo 

 is of a duller colour. 



The Quil-feathers in each Wing, in number eighteen, all but the three firft, or out- 

 moft have their bottoms and interiour Webs whiter their exteriour edges yellowiih, 

 or rather green. In the Cock the fmall feathers inverting the ridge or hafts of the 

 Wing are blue. Above in each Wing is a remarkable white fpot : Then after an in- 

 terftice of black fucceeds a long white fillet, beginning from the fourth quill, and 



after 



