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back : the under fide is green fpotted with 
fmall dufkyfpots. This was a male: the 
female differs from it in having the belly 
of a light yellowifh colour with fmall 
dufky fpots. 
A pair of thefe Lizards were brought to 
me alive, by a perfon who makes it his 
bufinefs to catch vipers, 8cc. who told me, 
they were taken at St. George's Hill, near 
Cobham, in Surry. He fays, they were 
propagated there from fome of the fame 
fpecies brought by a gentleman a few years 
flnce from the illand of Guernfey. 
le ventre ejl vert marquete r de petit es t aches 
noirdfres . Celui-ci etoit male: la jemelle 
en differ e en ce quelle a le ventre dun jaune 
clair , mouchete de petites taches obfcures. 
y ai eu une couple de ces Lezards dun 
homme qui fait metier de prendre des viper es. 
11 me dit qui l les avoit at trapes fur la Mon- 
tague deS. George , presde Cobham en Surrey ; . 
et il maffura qiiils provemient de quelques 
uns de la mime efpece> qiiun particulier y, 
avoit apporteSy il y a quelques annees y de- 
life de Guernefejy et qui sy etoient multiplies 
C H A P. XXXVIIL P L A. 248. 
* Tthe Ruffed Heath-cock, or 
Grous. 
HIS bird is almoft of a middle flze 
A between a pheafant and a partridge. 
The fcale, by which the drawing was 
made, is twelve inches divided on fix of 
the flandard foot, which reduces it to half 
the meafure of the natural bird. 
The bill is made like a hen's, and of a 
brownifh horn colour; the feathers bend 
forward over the noftrils, and cover them: 
the feathers on the crown are pretty long ; 
and I believe it raifes them, into a creft, or 
lets them fall, at pleafure : it hath alfo long 
feathers on the neck, which it can raife in 
form of a ruff, or let them fall flat; for 
which reafon I have diflinguifhed it by the 
above name : its head, neck, back, wings, 
and tail, are beautifully variegated with 
dark and light browns, and a mixture of 
black the end of the tail is afh-coloured 5 
Le Coq de Bruyere a. 
Fraife. 
/^E T oifcau tient le milieu , pour la grof— 
^ feury entrele faifan et la perdrix. Id e- 
chelle dont on s' eft fervi pour le definer ejl de 
douze polices repartis fur fix de notre pied 
ordinatre ; ce qui reduit I'oifeau d la moiti fi- 
de fa groffeur naturelle. 
Le bee reffemble a celui dune poule y et eft 
dune couleur de come brundtre ; les plumes, 
qui font a la bafe de la parti e fuperieure fe 
rabattent en devant fur les naJeaiiXy et les 
couvrent : cedes du fommet de la the font 
affez longues , et je crois qiielles selevent en 
forme de hupe y et s 'abaiftenty au gre de l oifeau :■ 
il a aufji cle longues plumes fur le cou y qui! 
peut tout dememe r eleven en forme de fraife , 
ou coucher y commeil lui plait , ce qui ma en- 
gage a le caraBerifer dam le titre y par cette 
propriete : il a la tete y le cou y le dos y les aids, 
et la queue emaiUees , dune man i ere char.— 
