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V* An ExtraEl from a Letter of Mr. Edw. Lhwyd 
to Dr. Tancred Robinfon 5 giving fome farther 
Account of the Birds mentioned in the foregoing 
Letter . 
Oxford , Dec . 22. 16 $6. 
T HE Perfon that gave me the Account of the 
Scarlet Birds, was Mr. Roberts } whom you will 
find mention'd in Camden, Rembrokejhire- He faid they 
were extraordinary tame } or at leaft fo intent upon 
their feeding, that being forc’d from their places, they 
would not remove above 2 or 5 Yards. The Cocks, he 
fays, were of a deep Scarlet Colour, without any diftin- 
ttion in the Feathers of their Wings, 'that they could 
difeern, excepting that the Tail and the lower part of 
the Belly were a little paler. The Hen had a lovely 
Scarlet Bread} her Head and Back grey. He is fonie- 
wbat Curious in Birds } and fays, he never faw any that 
in the leaft refembled them as to their Colour. 
One of the other two Birds was (hot, and its Skin 
fluffed } which probably I (hall meet with this next 
Summer. 
E. LHWYD. 
VI. Some 
