grates, particularly during a fevere winter. It is of a 

 moft lively and active difpofition, and is diftinguilhed, 

 cxclufive of the general elegance of its form, by a par- 

 ticularity fcarce to be obferved in any other European 

 bird, viz. the extraordinary formation of the fhorter 

 or fecondary wing-feathers, which are 1 tipped by ob- 

 long, flat, horny appendages of a lucid furface and of 

 a bright vermilion- colour. The colours of the female 

 are lefs brilliant than thofe of the male. Its fize is 

 fomewhat larger than that of a lark. This fpecies feeds 

 principally on fruits and berries. 



