majore parte nigricat. Pendet libras 7, & fere dimidium. 
In Paludibus Agri Eboracenfis .nidificant, ipfi & earura 
PuUi menfe Majo pinguefcunt, 6c in deliciis habentur. 
Ad lanios ea Avicula referenda eft, quam a Germanis 
Stik^tail vulgo appellari audio ; harum unam aut alte- 
ram fclopeti glande transfixam,Eboraci, tyiQuxxtt'jafiua^ 
rio Anni \6%o vidi. Sane perquam elegans Aviciila eft» 
magnitudine Turdum fere sequabat : huic in extremis 
Alarum pennis 4 aut $ apices parvi coccinei audi, Cor- 
nei, minimeplumis veftiti; item in extrema Cauda lim^ 
bus lacus, luteus inftar corticis Citri^ cetera maximam 
partem iLanium colore refert. 
Hos lanios in Prufia frequentes efle ajunt Mercatores 
noftri. 
I will not affirm the Grey Lagg to be different 
from the common Wild Goofe : your Defcription and 
mine fo well agree, fave in the colour of the Bi^ and 
Leggs. Thedefign of the£^/^2!W, I can fend you done 
from the Skin, 
I am^ Sir, Tour mofl Humbh 
Servant LISTER. 
I bave fmce viewed the Bi/i of the Bird called Silk-Tail 
at Mr. Charltons, and find it to want the notches in the 
upper fart of the Bill proper to ^Z'^.Lanius ki^d. It mu^ 
therefore be removed^ and put amongft the Jay's, 
See Dr, Lifier\ Figure of the Silf^Tail Fig. 9'^-? 
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