PLATE XIII. 
This bird was fliot by John Lord Efq. of Murfley Hall, Buckinghamfhire. But as it is a 
rare and tranfitory pafTenger little can be faid of its properties. The creft on the head, which 
is erefled and drelTed at pleafure ; confifts of a double row of feathers, of which fifteen are 
tipt with jet black, as reprefented. The upper mandible of the bill is not incurvated like that 
of moft other birds, but is flat, and of a high polifli : and tl;e tongue is thick and Ihort, as 
a barley-corn. This bird, being only wounded, was taken alive : and feveral kinds of food 
were in vain offered : it partook of none, nor would take the leaft notice of any. When 
dead, the fat broiled through the fliin, fo as to difcolour the plumage. Two authors, whofe 
■^vorks I have read on the fubjeft of Ornithology, differ very much in their accounts con- 
cerning the manner of its building. As the matter is left in obfcurity, I prefer filence to any 
quotation, which perhaps might prove erroneous. 
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