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7he Yellow - HEADED Linnet. 
T HI S Bird being of Kin to Linnets or Canary-Birds^ I chooie to 
call it by this Name : I have heard them call’d Mexican Spar- 
rows •, but I think it more of the Linnet-)dmA‘, the Bill is moderately 
big, like the Bills of moft of our hard-bill’d Birds who crack Seeds, of 
a whitiili or pale Flefh-colour ; the Eye is of a Hazel-colour ; the Head 
and Throat are of a yellow Colour ; from behind the Eyes, down the 
Sides of the Neck, are drawn brown Marks, growing wider towards their 
lower Parts, and falling into the Back ; the hinder Part of the Head, 
upper Side of the Neck, Back, Wings, and Tail, are of a dirty Brown- 
colour, fpotted on the Neck and Back with dirty Spots, drawn down- 
ward ; the greater or outer Quills, and the Feathers of the Tail darker 
than the Back, and upper Part of the Wings; theBreaft, Belly, Thighs, 
and Covert-feathers under the Tail, are of a light Clay-colour, the Bread; 
and Belly fpotted, with dark brown Spots, drawn downward, which 
‘ Spots begin on the lower Part of the Yellow on the Throat; the Legs 
and Feet are Brown, or of a dirty Flefh-colour. 
I drew this BirdatSir(7;6ar/er Wager % Houle at Parfons -Green. The 
Print fhews the Bird of its natural Bignefs. 
A Cage of thefe Birds was found on board a SpaniJIo Prize, taken by 
an Englijh Ship in the Weji Indies ; they are Natives of Mexico., the Ship 
in which they were found being bound from F era Cruz to Old Spain. 
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