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7 he Blue Red-Breast. 
T his Bird feems to be of that Tribe or Family of flender-bill’d 
Birds who feed on Iniefts : The Print gives its natural Size, or if 
there be any Difference, the Bird is rather bigger than the Figure, if I, 
contrary to Cuftom, may be allow’d to point out my own Miftakes : It 
is fliap’d like a Redjiart ; the Bill is fharp-pointed, flender, of a moderate 
I.ength and dusky Colour ; the whole upper Side, Head, Neck, Back, 
Wings and Tail, are of a fine full blue Colour, except the Ends of the 
greater Quills, which are Black with brown Tips ; the whole under Side, 
from the Bill to the Covert-feathers under the Tail, is of a redilli Co- 
lour ; juft under the Bill, White, or very light Ruflet ; on the Breaft 
the Colour gradually heightens to a full Orange, or the Colour of a 
Robin % Breaft; towards the Belly the Colour dies again into a faint Red, 
and fo continues to the Covert- feathers of the Tail; the Thighs are of 
the fame faint or light Red ; the Legs and Feet, which are form’d and 
ftand after the ufual manner, are of a ^ brown Colour ; it hath dusky 
Claws. 
I had this Bird of Mr. Peter Colinfojt^ who, I think, told me it came 
from Bermudas. Mr. Catesby has, in his Eliftory of Carolina^ Vol r. 
p. 47. deferib’d and figur’d a Bird nearly refembling this, which he 
calls fimply the Blue->Bird ; but as this differs fomething from his Bird, 
I thought it would not be amifs to figure and deferibe it under the 
above Name. The only diflcrence between this Bird and his, is, that 
the red Colour in mine was continued quite to the Bill; his was Blue 
on the under Side of the Neck, from the Bill to the beginning of the 
Breaft, and by his Defeription mine feems to be of a brighter Red on the 
Breaft, yet I believe them to be the fame or near of Kin. I fiiould not 
have prefumed to re-publifh any thing that was diredly the fame with 
what has been publiihed by Mr. Catesby^ becaufe I know mylelf not 
capable to add any Amendments to what he has done, Mr. Catesby has 
call’d his Bird Rubecula America 7 ta^ which is a proper Name enough, 
fince both his Bird and mine are certainly of that Genus*, of v/hich the 
Robin Red-breajl is a Species. 
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