SHIRLEY. 
under the tail, are of a black-brown colour. 
It has a short tail in proportion. The legs, 
feet,, and claws, are of a light-brown. It 
has four toes on each foot, standing after the 
usual manner.'* 
Edwards adds, that Mr. Blew, Librarian 
to the Inner Temple, London, had obliged him 
with this curious bird, and some others : " but," 
says he, " having passed through several 
hands before they became his property, it could 
not be knovv^n from whence they came ; yet, 
I am of opinion that it is from America, be- 
cause there were several birds that came with 
it to Mr. Blew, which t knew to be Ameri- 
cans." This rational conjecture will, in the 
subsequent account of the Shirley, receive a 
compieat confirmation. 
In describing the Shirley, the bill," says 
Edwards, " is blackish ; except at the basis of 
the lower mandible, where it is of a flesh- 
colour. The head, upper side of the neck, 
back, rump, and upper sides of the wings and 
tail, are of a dark or dusky brown, the edges 
of the feathers being of a lighter brown. All 
the 
