z?6 07{3\ClTH0L0gr. BboiTIT. 



Chap. VII. 

 * Tfie Brafilian Sayacu ofMarggraye. 



TO what tribe of fmall birds this is to be referred we do not certainly know i 

 But becaufe the Author faith it is of the bignefs of a Chaffinch, we have placed 

 it here. The whole body is covered with feathers of a colour mingled of 

 cinereous and Sea-green : But in the Wings and Back the Sea-green is fo mixt that, 

 expofedtothe Sun, they fhine marvelloufly. The Bill is black. The Eyes alfo wholly 

 black. 



Chap. VIII. 

 * T7;e Brafelian Tijeguacuparoara of Marggrave. 



TT is of the bignefs of a Lark-, hath a (hort, thick Neb, dusky above, white un- 

 derneath. The top and fides of the Head, the Throat, and lower fide of the 

 Neck are covered with yellow feathers, fpotted with fanguine. £ This Bird was 

 a Female, for in the Male the Plumage of thefe parts is wholly ianguine. ] The upper 

 * Thewords fide of theNeck and whole Back with aih-coloured ones, *fbmewhat fhaded : The 

 qutTuiit Wing-feathers are dusky, with white borders : As alfo the Tail: But the covert-fea- 

 tas&y which thers of the Wings are cineous. The Back for the mod part, excepting the ends of 

 Anthop n mVhc the fcathers ' thefides of the Neck > the Breaft, and whole Belly, with the Thighs 

 man^S are covered with white feathers. The Legs and Feet are dusky : Four Toes in each 

 *m a littu placed after the ufual manner. It hath black Eyes. 



umber-colour. 



Chap. IX. 

 * The Brajilian Guiraperea of Marggrave. 



THis is alfo of the bignefs of a Lark: Hath a (hort, thick, black Bill. The up- 

 per part of the Head and Neck, the whole Back, and lower Belly have fea- 

 thers of a dark yellow colour, like yellow Wax : The lower fide of the Head 

 and Neck, the Throat and Breaft black ones : Of which colour there are alfo a few in 

 the Belly intermingled with the yellow. The Tail is two inches long, and reaches 

 further than the Wings. Both Tail and Wings are made up of dusky and blackifli 

 feathers, every one of which hath its fide-edges of a Sea-green, fo that the Wings 

 appear brown, ftraked with green : And in like manner the Tail. The Thighs are of 

 a Wax-colour : The Legs and Feet of a dark grey or afh-coibur. It hath four Toes 

 difpofed according to the ufual manner, armed with black Claws. 



Chap. X. $. I. 



The Goldfinch, or Thiftle-finch 5 Carduelis. 



* His Bird, in the opinion of Aldrovandus and Bellonius is the Xpuoofurpns otAri- 

 ftotle, by the later Greeks called 'As&vtiis. It is lefs than the Hcnfe-Sparreve 5 

 of an ounce and half weight 5 five inches and an half length from Bill-point to 

 Tail end 3 nine and a quarter breadth between the utmoft tips of the Wings fpread 

 out. Its Head for the bulk of the body is of the biggeft : Its Neck (hort 5 Bill white, 

 but in fome birds black at the very point, little more than half an inch long, thick at 

 the head, ending in a fharp point, of a Conical figure : Its Tongue (harp: Eyes ha- 

 zel-coloured. A ring of fcarlet-coloured feathers encompalTes the bails of the BilL 

 From the Eyes to the Bill on each fide is drawn a black line. The Jaws are white : 



The 



