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Two Sorts of Linnets from Angola. 
T HESE Birds are here reprefented of their natural Size : For Shape, Action, 
Similitude of Parts, and Note, they feem to agree with our Linnets. 
The upper Bird hath the Bill Brown, or of a dirty FI efh- Colour, the lower Man- 
dible is lighter colour’d than the Upper ; the Bill hath a Border of black Feathers 
quite round its Bafe, which is narrow on the Forehead, reaching to the Eyes on the 
Sides, and under each Eye, and a little Way down the Throat. Above and beneath 
the Eyes joining the black Feathers are fome white Spots. The Eyes in both thefe 
Birds are like thofe of Linnets. The Head, Neck, Back, and leffer Covert-Feathers 
of the Wings are of a brownifh A£h-Colour, with Spots intermixed of a dark or 
dufky Colour. The Quills of the Wings, and firft Row of Coverts above them are 
of a dark Brown or dufky Colour, with narrow yellow Edges or Borders; the Tail is 
of the fame dark Colour : The Feathers tipped with light Grey or White: The 
Breafl, Belly, Thighs, and Covert-Feathers under the Tail are of a dull Orange- 
Colour without Spots, lighter on the Breafl, and darkening gradually to the Hinder- 
part : The Rump, and Covert-Feathers of the Tail are of a bright-yellow Colour. 
The Legs, Feet and Claws in both thefe Birds are of a Flefh-Colour. 
The lower Bird hath the Bill fhaped and colour’d much like that above. The 
Sides of the Head are of a light Clay-Colour, with a dark Line paffing from the Bill 
through the Eyes : The Top of the Head, the Neck all round juft below the Head, 
the Back, Wing and Tail are of a redder-brown Colour than the Bird above; the 
Head, Back, and leffer Coverts of the Wings are fpotted with darker Brown; the 
Breafl, Belly, and all the under Side are of a lighter Brown, fpotted with a brown 
Colour, fomething darker. The Rump and Coverts of the Tail are of a fine Yellow. 
The Quills, fir ft and fecond Rows of Coverts of the Wings, and the Tail-Feathers 
are all tipped with White. 
Thefe Birds were brought alive from Lijbon by Mr. Paul Marty n. He wrote under 
the Drawing of the lower Bird. te It is called Benguelinha , and is a Bird very much 
« efleem’d for its agreeable Note, and reckoned amongfl the Portuguefe one of the beft 
“ finging Birds that comes from their Settlements on the Coaft of Angola in Africa ” 
Under the upper Bird he wrote. (C It is call’d Negral or Tobaque , and comes likewife from 
<c the Coaft of Angola , and is much efteemed for its Note, mimicking much the Singing 
«* of the j Benguelinba” . According to the great Likenefs of thefe two Birds I fhould have 
taken them for Cock and Hen, but the above-named Gentleman was not of that 
Opinion, becaufe they both fung in their Cages in London . I believe, I may pro- 
nounce them Non-defcripts. 
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