PLATE CXIII. 
The Barb. 
These birds are natives of Barbary, in Africa, and receive their name from that country from 
whence they come. The bird of this Plate is given full fize. The redder the colour and the wider 
the circle of tuberous fleOi round the eye fpreads, the greater is their value ; though the circle is 
very narrow at firft, and does not arrive at its full fize till the bird is four years old. They differ 
very much from their original colour, that being either dun or black ; but croffing the breed with 
the Mahomet, has thrown them into divers colours. The breeders differ very much in their manner 
of breeding, by croffing them ; for it is certain there is not fo much crofs breeding in any kind of the 
feathered tribe as in that of Pigeons. 
