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the wing when clofed : the covert-feathers 
above and beneath the tail are yellow : the 
legs, feet, and claws, are of a dufky co- 
lour. Willughby fays, they frequent ftony 
rivers, and feed upon water in fedts : he has 
defcribed only the hen of this fpecies. 
This is the cock bird, and hath not till 
now been figured or defcribed : it was fiiot 
near London, and given to me to draw : 
the hen differs from the cock in wanting 
the black on the throat, and in being lefs 
bright in its other colours. Albin has given 
two figures of this bird, which he calls, by 
miftake, the Cock and Hen Yellow Water- 
wagtail, though I take them to be both 
hens of the Grey Wagtail, of a different 
age, neither of them having any black on 
their throats. See his fecond vol. pag. 54. 
Though he calls it the Yellow, his defcrip- 
tion is ho other than what he has tranfcribed 
out of Willughby, relating to the Grey 
Wagtail. 
The WATER LIZARD, at the 
bottom of the plate, which is added by 
yvay of decoration, is drawn from nature, 
of the fize of life. I believe it is found in 
England, having bought it in fpirits at an 
auction of the late Mrs. Kennon’s curioli- 
ties. The upper part of the body is brown, 
the lower more of a copper colour, fpotted 
with dufky fpots all over the body and 
limbs : the fore feet have each of them 
four toes, and the hinder feet have each 
five, which is quite contrary to the croco- 
dile, (which is alfo a water lizard) who 
has five toes on each foot forwards, and 
only four on each of its hinder feet : it hath 
a fingle fin extending from the head along 
the back to the tip of the tail, and another 
reaching from the vent to the tip of the tail 
on the under fide. 
qiiau bout de Talk , quand ejle eji fermee : les 
plumes , qui couvrent tant le dejj'us que le deft- 
fous de la queue , font jaunes : les jambes, les 
pattes y et les ergots font noirdtres . Willughby 
dit que cet oifeau frequente les rivieres pier - 
reufes , et quit fe nourrit d'infeffies aquatils ; 
il na decrit que la femelle. 
C'efi ici le male , qui juf qua prefent navoit 
point encore ete reprefente ni decrit : une per - 
fonne ay ant tue celui-ci dans les environs de 
Londres men fit prefent pour le dejjiner : la. 
femelle differe du male en ce quelle n a point 
de noir fur la gorge , et que fes autres couleurs 
font moms brillantes . Albin a donne deux 
figures de cet oifeau , qiiil appelie , par meprife , 
le male et la femelle de la Bergeronnette jaune , 
car je les prends pour deux femelles de la Ber - 
geronnette grife , nayant point de noir fur la 
gorge ni Tune ni T autre *. Quoiqiiil l’ appelie 
jaune, fa defcription ne contient que ce qiiil 
a copie de Willughby touchant la Bergeronnette 
grfe . 
Le LEZARD D’EAU qu'on voit au. 
bas de la planche , et que jy ai ajoutepar voye 
diornement^a ete tire d’apres nature , et de gran- 
deur naturelle . je crois qiion le trouve en 
Angle t err e> T dy ant achette , dans de Tefprit de 
vin , d la vente des curiofites de feu Mad . 
Kennon : le dejfus du corps eft brun , le defjous 
eft plutot diun jaune de cuivre: il eft marquete 
de taches obf cures fur tout le corps et fur torn 
les membres : les pattes de devant ont chacune 
quatre orteils , et cedes de derriere en ont cinq 3 
ce qui eft tout le contraire du crocodille } qui eft 
aujji un lezard dieau , lequel a cinq orteils a 
chaque patte de devant , et quatre Jeulement d 
celles de derriere : il ria qiiune feule nageoire , 
qui setend depuis la tete, tout le long du dos 
juf qiiau bout de la queue ; et une autre fur 
le ventre 3 depuis I anus , jufquau bout de la 
queue . 
* Albin, tcm. II. jpag. 54. 
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