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The Red or Russet-co lour’d Wheat-E ar. 
^ ff ^ H E S E Birds feem’d to be about the Bignefs of Sparrows ; 1 
& have figur’d them of the natural Bignefs as near as I could. The 
Cock, which I fiippofe to be that with the black Throat, has a ftraight, 
flender, black or dark Lead-colour’d Bill ; a little Space at the Bafe of the 
upper Mandible, the Cheeks, under the Eyes and Throat, from the Bill 
about an Inch downwards, are Black; there pafles round this black Space, 
a whitifh Line, broader on the Forehead and above the Eyes, narrower 
downwards on the Throat ; the Top of the Head, Neck, Back and 
Breaft, are of a dirty faint Orange-colour, inclining to BufiF, deeper on 
the Back, fainter on the Breaft; the lower Part of the Back is ipotted 
with femi-lunar Spots of Black ; the Rump, lower Part of the Belly, 
Thighs, and Covert-feathers under the Tail are White ; the whole Wing 
Black or very dark dusky Brown ; the Tips and Edges of the Feathers 
next above the Quills, and of fome of the Quills next the Back, are of 
a lightifh Brown ; the Legs, Feet, and Claws, dark Brown or Black ; 
the middle Feathers of the Tail are black or dusky, the fide Feathers are 
white with black Tips, of a fmall Depth. 
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T he other Bird, which L believe to be the Hen of the above- 
deferib’d, hath a little Black at the Root of the upper Part of the 
Bill, which paffes from the Corners of the Bill through the Eyes, and 
becomes pretty broad behind the Eyes ; the Chin, beneath the Bill, is 
White; the whole Body, Wings, Tail, and Legs, agree with the above- 
deferib’d ; this Bird being very near of Kin to the Oenanthe or Wheat 
Ear^ deferib’d in Willoughby^ 233. I knew not what Name to give 
it better than the above, with the Diftindion join’d to it. 
Thefe Birds, which agree with no Figures or Deferiptions I can find, 
came from Gibraltar^ where they were fhot by a Gentleman refiding 
there, who fent them to Mr. Catesby in London^ who favour’d me v/ith 
a Sight of them, from which I made thefe Draughts and Deferiptions. 
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