Book II. ?{J\£1T HO LO $T. z6 7 



Chap. XVI. 



ji 'Bird called by the Bolognefe, Petronia Marina, by * Jldrovand,OeMLnthx* Llbi 7- 

 congener. 



*He length of this Bird, taken from the tip Of the Bill to the end Of its Claws, 

 was little lefs than feven inches : Its breadth between the extremes of the 

 Wings diftended twelve and a quarter. Its Bill ftrong, iharp-pointed, like 

 that of a Chaffinch, from the tip to the angles of the Mouth fomewhat more than half 

 an inch long : The upper Chap black, the lower about the angle yellow. The angle 

 itfelf is round : The (ides of the Bill fharp-edged. The Head is of a dusky alh-co- 

 lour, but for the moft part through the middle of the crown is aline drawn of a 

 whiter colonr. The Neck is afti-coloured. Below, between the Shoulders the fea- 

 thers have their outer edges of a pale aftr colour, their inner black. The Rump 

 from dusky inclines to green, but the tips of the feathers next the Tail are white. 

 The prime feathers in each Wing are in number eighteen, of which the firft or out- 

 moft is ihorter than the fecond, the fecond equal to the third, and longed: of all; 

 Thefe three feathers are of a dark brown or blackiih, only their outmoft edges of a 

 pale green. The fecond, third, and fourth rows of Wing-feathers have White tips, 

 but elfe are black. The Plumage on the bale or ridge of the Wing is of a fordid 

 green. The feathers covering the underfide of the Wing are white. The Bread: is 

 of a fordid white. The feathers next the Tail have pale yellow tips, elfe they 

 are brown. The Tail is two inches and an half long, and made Up of twelve 

 feathers. 



This fort is diftinguilhed from all other fmall Birds, I. That it hath a very fair, 

 lovely, yellow fpot about the middle of its Throat, i . That all the feathers of the 

 Tail on the interiOur Web near the tip are marked with one great round white fpot, 

 being elfe all black, fave the edges, which are greenifti. The outer half of the out- 

 molt feather on each fide is alfo white. 3. It is diftinguilhed from the Hertulane 

 by a moft certain note, that its Bill is far bigger, andftronger, and equal to a Green- 

 finches Bill. 



We faw many of thefe Birds at Bologna in Italy to be fold. The Bird which Aldro- 

 vandus faith is called Petrone at Bologna, and PetroneUo at Genua, and defcribes un- 

 der the title of* Alaud<e congener, feems to be no other bird than the Emberiza alha *i.e.hh'udi 

 of Gefner, or our Banting, as will appear to him that (hall take pains to compare the £™, t0 the 

 defcriptions. 



Chap. XVII. 



The Hortulane kind, whofe charatlerijlic is a hard knob in the upper Chap of 

 the mi 



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The Bunting called by Gefner Emberiza alba. I take it alfo to he the Calandra of Aldrov; 



and Bellonius, moreover the Alaudse congener of Aldrovand, and the 



Cenchramus of Bellonius: The Strillozo of Olina. 



T weighs about an ounce and half : Its length from the tip of the Bill to the end 

 of the Tail was feven inches and a quarter, and fo much to the end of the Claws. 

 ■j- Its breadth between the tips of the Wings fpread eleven inches and an half. Its' 

 Bill is great and thick,having a hard knob or eminency in theupperMandible or Palate, 

 wherewith it is thought to bruife Wheat, Oats, and other Grain. The fides of the 

 lower Chap rife up in an angle on each fide, [ as may be better reprefented by a fi- 

 gure than expreffed in words ] and incline to one another under the Tubercle of the 

 Palate. The Tongue is (harp, and flit in two. The Claws are of a pale dusky co- 

 lour. The back-toe is great, armed with a leffer and more crooked Claw than in 

 Lark*. The outmoft fore-toe is equal to the inmoft, and grows faft to the middle- 



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