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l^he Cock Padda or Rice-Bird. 
T his Bird is figur’d of its natural Bignefs ; it is about tlie Size of a 
Green-Finch, or rather bigger ; it hath a very thick Bill for the 
bignefs of the Bird, ending in a Point, of a fine red Colour above and 
beneath in the thick Part toward the Head, the Point for a little Space 
is White • the Eye is of a dark Colour ; the Eyelids or Border of Skin 
round the Eye is of a bright Red ; the Head is Black, except a white 
Spot on each Cheek, of the Shape of a Kidney-bean ; the Neck, Breaft, 
Back, and Covert-feathers of the Wings are of a fine bluilh Afh-colour, 
the Rump of a lighter Afh-colour than the Back ; the Alh-colour on the 
Breaft changes gradually toward the Belly, into a faint Role or Bloflbm- 
colour ; beyond this Colour the lower Belly and Covert-feathers under 
the Tail, are dirty White ; the greater Quill-feathers, and the whole 
Tail, are of a black Colour; the Legs and Feet of a faint Red, the 
Claws of a dirty White-colour. Tho’ this Bird has but little gay Co- 
louring in it, yet is it a Bird of much Beauty, the Feathers all over, ex- 
cept the Wings, appear to have a fine foft Bloom on them, like that on 
Plumbs, and fall on one another in fuch Order that no Feather can be 
diftinguifhed, but the whole appears with a Surface fmooth and even. I 
' favv one of thefe Birds alive at Sir Hans Sloane\: They came from Chinas 
As there are Figures join’d with all thefe Defcriptions, m which grrat 
Care has been taken juftly to exprefs the extreme Parts, fuch as the Bills 
and Feet, and other Parts which diftinguifh the Genus or Species of the 
different Birds, I thought it not proper to trouble the Reader with long 
and perplexed Defcriptions of thofc Parts, fince he can, by cafting his 
Eye on the Figure, convey to his Senfe a iriiich perfc(5ler Idea, than a. 
laborious and juft Defcription in Words could give. 
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