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Aldrovandus hisfrfl fort ofTellow-hammer, which he calls Cirlus : ZivolO ofOlina. 



TTis of the bignefs of a Sparrow \ hath a ftiort thick Bill. The Breaft and Belly 

 are yellowifh, fprinkled with brown fpots. The Head, Back, Wings, and Tail 

 from teftaceous inclining to a brown or dusky colour : but in the Tail there are two 

 feathers on each fide partly white, and partly of the fame colour with the reft. Be- 

 tween the Male arid the Female there is this difference, that the Male hath more yel- 

 low about him than the Female, elpecially in the upper part about the Eyes, and in 

 the Throat,and under the Neck on the fides, where are feen good large fpots of yellow, 

 which are wanting in the Female. It abides for the raoft part on the ground, feeking 

 its food there of Seeds, and other things, and therefore when it is new taken it is 

 wont almoft always to have its Bill dirty. Whether this Bird be fpecifically diftinfl: 

 or no from the precedent I am not fully latisfied 3 but becaufe both Aldrovandus and 

 Olina make it diftincl:, I would not omit it. 



Qlina calls it Zivolo from its note Zi %i 7 which it often ingeminates. 



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The Reed-Sparrow. Palter torquatus in arundinetisjiidificans. Perchance 

 the Pafler arundinaceus of Turner. 



JT is bigger than the Linnet, equal to the Chaffinch. The Cock weighed three quar- 

 ters of an ounce : Was from Bill-point to Tail-end fix inches and an half long : 

 Broad between the extremes of the Wings fpread ten inches. The Bill fhort, black 

 £Mr. Willughby makes the upper Mandible black, the nether whitifh ] like the Bill of 

 the Hortulane, [Mr. Willughby compares it to the Chaffinches Bill, ] the lower Chap 

 having its edges on both fides bent inwards, is follow in fafhion of a Funnel, and 

 contains the Tongue within it. Befides, near its bafe it rifes up into a dent or- 

 angle on each fide, to which there is a notch or furrow correlpondent in the upper 

 Chap to receive it, as in the Zta«ffagx-Bi]l. The Head is black : The Cheeks about 

 the Eyes red. A ring of white encompaiTes the Neck, which.on each fide is ftretched 

 forth to the corners of the Mouth. The Chin and Throat are black : The Breaft and 

 middle of the Belly white. The Back and covert-feathers of the Wings are partico- 

 loured of red and black 5 to. the middle part of each feather black, the outfides red.' 

 The Rump red, with a mixture of afh-colour. The quil-feathers of the Wings are 

 dusky, having their exteriour edges red. The tips of the feven firft or outmoft are 

 fharp, of the reft blunt, indented, and of an afh-colour. Thelefler rows of Wing- 

 feathers have their outer edges and tips red, being elfe of an afh-colour. The 

 Plumage on the bafe or ridge of the Wing bluifh, underneath the Wing white: The 

 Tail is two inches and an half long, and made up of twelve feathers, of which the 

 two middlemoft are fomething (horter than the reft, and black, their outward edges 

 red : The three next on each fide were dark coloured, and almoft black. The ex- 

 teriour edge of the fifth is white : The interiour alio not far from the tip is Ipotted 

 with white. The outmoft feather is wholly white. All end in fharp points. 



The Feet from flelh colour decline to black. The Claws are black: The outmoft 

 and middle Toe joyned at bottom. The back-toe great and ftrong. The blind guts 

 fhort and thick. It hath a Gall-bladder. The Stomach is mufculous; In it opened 

 we found feeds, <&c. 



The Hen, as in moft Birds, is not fo fair-coloured. The ring about her Neck is 

 darker, and fcarce appearing. The Head, Back, Shoulders, and covert-feathers of 

 the Wings are particoloured of black and dirty red 3 -viz. the middle parts of the 

 feathers are black, and the outfides red. At the bafe of the Wing are red feather?. 

 The Throat is particoloured, of red, black, and cinereous, 



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