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Solitary Sparrow. 
O R Bignefs, Shape of Body, and Proportion of Parts, it is like the- 
' Black-Bird ; the Figure reprefents the Bird of its natural Size., 
T he Bill is ftraight, the upper Mandible bending a little downwards at 
the Point, of a black Colour above and beneath ; the Infide and Cor- 
ners of the Mouth of a redifh Yellow-colour ; the Eye is of a dark 
Hazel-colour ; the Eye-lids all round, of a yellow Colour ; the Feathers 
of the whole Bird, except the Quills and Tail, are of a full Blue, darker 
on the Back, and lighter on the Breaft ; the Feathers on the Bread: and. 
Belly being bared acrofs or fringed with a lighter Colour ; the Quills and' 
Tail-feathers are of dusky Brown or Black, yet have they on their outer 
Webs fomething of Blue ; fome of the firft Row of Wing Coverts, next 
the Belly, are tip’d with White j the Legs and Feet are Black j it hatli 
black Claws. 
This Bird is defcrib’d by TVilloughby^ P~, 1 9 1 • but there being no.^ 
good Figure of it, I thought it might be acceptable to the Curious.. 
They are fam’d for the Sweetnefs of their Singing. My Defcription, 
differs, a little from that in Willoughby ; but I always choofe to defcribe- 
fi-om Nature itfelf, before I confult the Defcriptions of others. The Hen- 
is defcrib’d, together with the Cock, in the above Page of Willoughby.. 
I drew and defcrib’d this from the live Bird at Sir Charles W %ger\. 
They are faid to be found in the mountainous Parts of Italy.^ arid 
breed in Rocks and old ruin’d Towers; but I have reafon to believe- 
they are fcatter’d all over Europe, efpecially in the Southern Parts, fince- 
? have feen fome of them that were fhot at Gibraltar, and fent dry’d. 
to London, 
