PLATE XLIII. 



They are laid to build the neft in hollow trees ; or between the 

 forked branches, about twelve feet from the ground ; it is compofed of 

 fmall dry fibres, intermixed with liver-wort; they lay five or fix eggs* 

 ofaroundi/h fhape, of a biuifh green, fpotted with olive brown, and 

 interfperfed with a few irregular black markings according to Latham', 

 in the figure given by Sepp the eggs are of a pale purple colour, fpotted 

 with brown ; the neft appears of a loofe texture, and is placed on an 

 oak. 



The length of this fpecies is (even inches, breadth thirteen, weight two 

 ounces; the colours of the Female are not fo bright as thofe of the Male, 

 and the fpace between the bill and the eye, which is black in the latter, 

 is grey in the other ftx. 



The general defcription we have given of its colours muft not be 

 fuppofed to conftitute its diftinguifhing character: they vary exceedingly 

 in different fpecimens ; in fome the bill is almoft black, the crown of 

 the head in fome is whitifh ; in others wholly black : fometimes the 

 white band acrofs the wing inclines to grey; in others no trace of 

 white can be perceived : it has been feen with the body wholly black, 

 jind Scopoli mentions one entirely white, the quills excepted. 



Wiliugbby. 



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