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The Sparrow o/Parad ise. 
T HIS Bird is here reprefented of its natural Bignefs : It hath the Bill fomething ftronger 
and thicker in Proportion, than is common in the granivorous Kind ; it hath the Mid- 
dle-Feathers of the Tail longer than the Side-Feathers, which is not common in Birds that 
crack Seeds. It was call’d by the Portugueze at Lifbon y from whence it was laft brought, 
P offer o de Paradifo. 
The Bill is large in Proportion to the Size of the Bird ; its Shape is very nearly exprefled in 
the Figure, and it is of a white, or light Flefh-Colour *, the Noftrils fall fo near its Bafe, as to 
be loft in the Feathers of the Forehead ; the Eyes are Black, or of a dark Colour ; the whole 
Head is cover’d with Red, or Scarlet-Feathers j the upper Side of the Neck, the Back, Rump, 
upper Sides of the. Wings and Tail, are of a darkifh-blue Afh-Colour ; the Tips of the 
Quills, the firft and fecond Rows of Coverts of the Wings, the Tail-Feathers, and its Coverts, 
are all tipped with a white, or light Afh*Colour *, the Breaft and Belly are variegated with 
Black and White, in a Manner fomething refembling the Scales of Fifties, but more broken 
and oonfufed. In this Mixture,, on the Sides of the Belly, is interfperfed a Tin&ure of a reddifh 
Browm The Thighs, lower Belly, and C overt-Feathers under the Tail, are White *, the 
Legs, Feet- and Claws, are of a Flelh-Colour, the Toes ftanding three forwards, and one back- 
wards, after the ufual Manner. 
This Bird 1 drew from the living Bird, which is in the Poffeffion of George SheIvocke y Efqj 
who was informed, from LiJbon y , that its Native Place was Angola , in Africa . I believe it to 
be a Non-delcript. 
The Great Bat, from Madagafcar. 
B Y meafuring the Wing-Bones of this Bai y 1 find, that from the Tip- End of one Wing, to 
the Tip-End of the other, they were capahle of being. extended forty-five Inches, or three 
Feet and nine Inches of Engti/h Meafure : I was obliged to reduce the whole Figure very much 
to bring it into one of my Plates, but I have given the Head of the exadl Bignefs of Life, from 
whence an Idea of this Fiend (as' l may call it) may be formed. I have likewife reduced the 
Figure of our common little Bat, in the fame Proportion as I have the Great-one, by which 
their Difference may be feen. 
It differs from our Bats in that it wants a Tail ; which Want leaves the Wings in this dis- 
joined, whereas they are joined and webbed to the Tail in ours. The Snout is Black, and it 
hath ftrong and fharp Teeth, which are juftly reprefented in the Figure, The Top of the 
Head, the Neck all round, and the Breaft, are of a reddifh Tox-Colour ; the under Side of 
the Body is of a lighter Brown •, the Back and Winjs, on both Sides, appear Dufky or Black 
in the dried Bat, It hath eight fmall FrontrTeeth, four above, and four beneath ; the hinder 
I^gs have each five Toes, armed with, ftrong Claws ^ the Legs forward (or rather Wings) 
have the firft Toe detached from the Web, with a ftrong Claw on it *, the fecond Toe is not 
detached from the Web on its inner Side, yet it hath a Claw at its Extremity ; the three re- 
maining Toes are webbed together on both Sides, and feem to ferve for no Ufe but as Ribs to 
extend the thin, Membranes, that form the Wings. See three other Sorts of Bats, PL 2Qi. of 
this Work. 
This Bar was brought (curioufly prefervea) by Mr. May y Chief-Mate of the Houghton , in the India - 
Company’s Service, who touched at Madagafcar , Anno 1748. When wounded with a Gun, they are 
very fierce, fnapping at, and. biting thofe who offer to take them. All Voyagers who have mentioned them 
agree that they are tieftrudtive Animals, that they will dip into the Sea for Fifh, or devour any I hing they 
find on Land. The Rev. Mr. Hughes , in his late Hi/iory of Barbadoes, fays, the Bats in that 111 arid: 
deftroy the Sugar-Canes, This Bat. was worked-on the Copper- Plate dire&ly from Nature* 
