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i:he Crested Red, or Russit Butcher-Bird. 
T his Bird is figur’d of its natural Bignefs, it being of the Size and 
Shape, and fomething of the Colour of the Hen Butcher-Bird, 
defcribed by Willoughby, p. 89. The Bill is a little like a Hawk’s, but 
longer, being a little hooked, having Angles on each Side near the Point 
of the upper Mandible, of a Fleflx-colour at the Bafis, gradually growing 
black toward the Point ; behind each Eye it hath a black Spot in form of a 
half Moon; round the Bafis of the upper Mandible of the Bill it hath black 
Briftles flicking out like Smellers ; the Creftor Crown of the Head is of a 
Reddifli-Colour, appearing in the dead Bird as reprefented in the Print; the 
upper Side of the Neck, Back, Rump, and upper Side of the Tail are red, 
or ruflit, not fo bright as the Creft ; the Sides of the Head round the Eyes, 
Throat, Breaft, Belly, Thighs, and Coverts under the Tail, are of a dirty, 
pale Orange-colour, with tranfverfe dusky Lines; the Wings are brown; 
the greater Feathers fomething darker than the Coverts, all edged with a 
lighter Brown; the Legs, Feet, and Claws are black ; the under Side of the 
Tail is of a Clay-colour; the middle Feathers longeft ; the fide Feathers 
growing gradually fhorter, as in Magpyes. Becaufe this Bird pretty much 
refembles the Hen Butcher-Bird mentioned above, I thought proper to 
fhew wherein they differ ; this has fomething of a Creft, that no Appear- 
ance of one ; this hath a large black Spot behind the Eye, that hath none; 
this hath the whole under Side of areddifti Yellow, with tranfverfe Lines ; 
that hath the under Side of a dirty White, with femi-lunar Spots ; this hath 
the Back of a very red Brown, without any Marks ; that of a cinerious 
Brown, barred a-crofs with lighter and darker Colours ; the Bill, Wings, 
and Feet in both are very nearly the fame. This Bird was fent from 
Bengal, to Mr. Dandridge in Moorfields, London. It is called in its 
native Country, Charah. This Genus of Birds is called in France by the 
general Name of Pie grieche. See a Book of very neat Prints of Birds, 
drawn and publifhed by N. Robert, one of the Cabinet Painters to Lewis 
the 1 4th of France, Tab. 4. where feveral Species of them are figured 
very exadly. 
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