SHORT-TAILED PYE. 
few real discoveries he has made, hardly take 
up a twentieth part of his work.'' 
Tills, though severe on Alhln, Is not all 
that Edwards has to sav aci^ainst that natu- 
rallst on this occasion. " Albln," observes 
Edwards, " has figured this bird from a bad 
drawing done in India, wliich I have seen 
at Mr. Dandriore's; thoudr Albin would Iiave 
the world believe his draught was taken from 
nature." 
That Albln's works are trifling, we agree 
witii Edwards, and have often wondered at the 
decree of celebrity which thev formerly ob- 
tained. W't would not, however, condemn 
anv author, for an accidental variance be- 
tween tlie description and tlie plate : and Ed- 
wards hiniGclf has been rather unfortunate in 
this part of his censure; Iiaving made a mis- 
take exa6llv similar on his own plate of the 
very same bird. 
BufFon makes a tribe of the Short-Tails. 
** Nature," savs ho, *' has established im- 
portant distinctions between these birds and 
tlie 
