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The Grenadier. 
T H I S Bird was brought from Lisbon , and is call’d by the Portuguese, Grenidiero , but 
for what Reafon I know not, except for its being a bold Bird, that will fight through 
the Wires of its Cage ; or perhaps the Uniform of the Grenadiers of Portugal may be of an 
Orange-Colour. It was drawn from the living Bird, and of its natural Bignefs. 
The Bill is thick and fhortifh, and of a dufky Black, ending in a Point, like the Bills of fuch 
Birds as crack Seed and Grain ; the Fore-part of the Head is Black, which Colour furrounds 
the Eyes, (which are alfo dark) and reaches as far as the Ears on the Sides of the Head *, the 
Hinder-part of the Head, and the Neck all round, for its whole Length, is of a finebright- 
reddifh Orange-Colour ; the lower Part of the Back and Rump, is of the fame bright Orange , 
the Middle of the Back, and the upper Side of the Wings and the Tail, (which is Ihort in Pro- 
portion) are all of a dirty brown, inclining to Black *, each Feather being fringed or edged 
with a lighter Brown, except the greater Quills, which towards their Tips are wholly Dufky. 
The Belly, as far as the Legs, is Black the Thighs, lower Belly, and Covert-Feathers under 
the Tail, are Whitifh ; the Legs and Feet are like thole of other fin all Birds j both Legs, Feet 
and Claws, are of a Whitifh, or Flefh-Colour. 
The above defcribed Bird is now ( Anno 1750) the Property of George Shelvocke , Efq; Se- 
cretary to the Right Honourable the Earl of Leicefter , Pott- Matter General. Mr. Shelvocke 
having lately received a large living Colle&ion of Birds from Lisbon , the Produdt of the Por- 
tuguese Settlements in diftant Parts of the World, he -was fo good as to communicate them 
to me, (though a Stranger to his Perfon) with a kind Invitation. to fpend a Day at his Houfe 
at Greenwich , in order to take Draughts of them, to furnifh this Natural Hiftory with Matter. 
This Bird was brought from Angola , a Portuguese Settlement on the Weftern Coaft of Africa \ 
his Note is not very agreeable, it refembling the Winding-up of a Clock. I believe this Bird 
may fafely be pronounced a Non-defcript. 
The little dufky Butterfly, fpotted with Yellow, and the fmall black and yellow Beetle, 
were fent to me by Roger North , of Rougham , in Norfolk , Efq-, who fays the Fly is not pub- 
lifhed, either by Albin or Wilks, in their Hittories of Moths and Butterflies. The Ground of 
die Fly is of a dark-greeniih Brown, the Spots are Yellow, and in fome of the yellow Spots 
are round black Spots, with fmall yellow Points in their Middles : The Fly and fmall Beetle are 
of their natural Size ; the Beetle is Black, with yellow Spots they are both Natives of the 
County of Norfolk. 
The lower Figures reprefent three Views of the folid Shells of Scarabm , or Beetles : They 
were brought from a Country about two hundred Leagues from the Cape of Good Hope , on 
the Eaftern Coaft of Africa, over-againft Part of the Ifland of Madagafcar, and were found 
hanging on the Necks of the Natives, who made Ufe of them as Whittles to call their Cattle 
together ; the upper Surface has the Appearance of rough Wings, but is fo ftrongly united to 
the under that it feems incapable of being feparated, without breaking it to Pieces. It is on both 
Sides very ftrong and hard, and impenetrable even to a fharp Needle thruft very hard againft 
it : On its upper Side it has a Dozen or more little Rows of round Knobs, running Lengthways, 
and the Spaces between the Rows are roughened with very fmall Knobs : It is of a black Co- 
lour, but fpotted with Red between each Knob in the Rows on the Back, and it hath alfo fome 
red Spots on its underSide. Thele Shells were lent to me by Mr. Child , Printer, near Lud- 
gate, who in the Courfe of a Voyage to India , procured them from off the Necks of the People 
above-mentioned : He fays, the Beetles when living, fly with great Force againft one's Head 
or Face ; tho* to me it is inconceivable how they can fly at all. They are figur’d of their natu- 
ral Size, and are, I believe, hitherto undefcribed. This was etched on the Copper dire&ly from 
Nature. 
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