WAX-BILL. 
browns, and the coverts beneath the tail were 
not black : in the former, the rays of the under 
part of the body are spread on a brown ground ; 
and not only the lower coverts of the tail are 
black, as in that described by Brisson, but the 
lower belly is of the same colour. The sub- 
ject observed by Brisson came from Senegal. 
The two which Edwards examined were 
brought from the East Indies; and most o^ 
those which I have seen were brought from 
the Cape of Good Hope. Among so raanj 
differences of the plumage remarked betweer 
these, some must depend on the distinction o 
sex. The average length of these birds is abou 
four inches and a half. The bill is three o 
four lines. The alar extent is six inches 
and the tail, which is unequally tapered, an 
composed of twelve quills, is two inches long. 
