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The Dominica n-C ardinal.’ 
T H I S Figure is of the natural Bignefs of the Bird. It hath 
Legs and Feet rather ftrong than weak in Proportion to its 
Size. 
The Bill is of a moderate Size, the upper Mandible dusky or Horn- 
Colour, the Lower whitifh. The Eyes are Black with dark Hafel-co- 
lour’d Irides. The whole Head is of a very beautiful Red, or Scarlet- 
Colour, which Colour reaches down the Fore-part of the Neck or 
Throat, as far as the Breaft, and ends in a Point. The upper Side of 
the Neck, the Back, Wings and Tail are all of a black Colour. The 
Quills that fall next to the Back are border’d round with White, as 
are the Covert-Feathers next above them ; the lefler Covert-Feathers 
of the Wings and the Back have a fmall Mixture of Grey, the Feathers 
being as it were finely fringed with Grey. The Tail-Feathers are edged 
with White. The Sides of the Neck, Breaft, and whole under Side 
as far as the Tail are purely White. It hath four Poes, three ftanding 
forward and one backward, after the ufual Manner, ail of a brown 
Colour. In brief it may be defcrib’d thus, the Head is Red, the up- 
per Side Black, and the Nether White. 
This Bird was brought alive from Lisbon by Mr. Paul Martyn , 
who put the following Note under my Drawing. u Called tne Do- 
minican Cardinal. This Bird is found only in the Brafils , at a great 
Diftance from any Habitation”. I believe this Bird hath never been yet 
figur'd, tho’ I find a Defcription of a Bird in Marcgrave' s Hiftory of 
Brafily under the Name of Guiratirica, P. 21 1, that can be no 
other than the above defcribed, and any one that will compare his 
Defcription with mine, will, I dare fay, be of my Opinion. Our 
Countryman Mr. Willughby has tranflated Marcgrave s Defcription of 
this Bird, which he calls the American Bullfinch : See his Defcription 
in his Ornithology, P. 14 7- §• n- As I had an Opportunity to draw 
this Figure from the living Bird, and the fore-mention’d Authors not 
having given us any Draught of it, I thought it worthy of Publica- 
tion, and truft that the Publick will be of my Opinion. I have heard 
of feveral of them being brought to London fince I finifhed my 
Draught. rhe 
