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* A Bird called by * Aldrovand, Cirlus ftultus. * omithol. 



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IT is equal in bignefs to the Yellow-hammers above defcribed of the fame make 

 and habit of body, the very fame figure and ihape ( though it differs in colour. ) 

 It will aho willingly fly to, and company with them fhut up in Cages, as to birds of 

 its own feather : And befides, it conftantly no lefs than they, as well flying as retting, 

 ingeminates this word Ci, Ci. Whence alfo in fome places, as at Genoa, it is not unde- 

 servedly called Cia, or for diftinftion fake, Cia felvatica, or Cia montanina 5 and by 

 our Bolognefe, Cirlomatto. The upper part of the Head behind, and all the Back are 

 adorned with a * ferrugineous colour, diftinguifhed with pretty large black fpots. * R«fy 

 From the Bill over the Eyes to the end of the Neck is extended an alb-coloured line 

 tending to white. The Bread and all the Belly are wholly taken up with a ferrugineous 

 colour. The prime feathers of the Wings and Tail are blackilh, yet their outmoft 

 borders terminate in a ferrugineous colour. Befides, the Wings have fome white fpots. 

 In the Tail are one or two feathers on each fide, partly blackifh, and partly white. 



We have fubjoyned this Bird to the Yellow-hammers and Hortulanes, to which it is 

 of kin 5 though whether or no it properly pertain to this Family, the figure of the 

 Bill being omitted in Aldrovands defcription we cannot certainly determine. 



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