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The Lesser Mock-Bird. 
I Have called this Bird the lejjiry becaufe it appears to me not near fo big as the 
Mock-Birds I have feen brought over from the Continent of North- America : I 
have Drawings by me of thofe, as well as this. Mr, Catesby^ in his Hiftory of Ca- 
rolina^ has figured what I fuppofe to be the greater ^ VoL L Pa. 27. This differs alfa 
from the other, in having the under Side White, which in that is light brownifli Afh- 
colour. This Figure reprefents the Bird of his natural Bignefs, being meafured in all 
his Parts. 
The Bill is llender, pretty ftreight, of a blackifli Brown-colour j it hath fmall ftifF 
Briftles on each Side above the Corners of the Mouth of a dark Colour ; from the Nof- 
trils through the Eye there palTes a dufky Line; above each Eye, from the Bafis of the 
Bill, there pafies a whitifh Line; the Top of the Head, hind Part of the Neck and 
Back, is Alh-colour, a little fhaded and intermixed with Brown ^ the Sides of the 
Head, under Side of the Neck and Body, covert Feathers under the Tail, and Co- 
verts within Side of the Wings, are White, a little clouded with Cream-colour, in 
fomc Places. The Afh -colour on the upper Side of the Neck, and the White on the 
under, are mixed by being fprinkled one into the other ; the Wing Feathers are mofi:- 
\y of an equal dark brownifh Afh-colour, as are the middle Feathers of the Tail ; 
the Bottoms of the middle Qmlls of the Wings are White, the Tips Brown ; a few of 
the Quills nearer the Back have white Tips ; the Row of covert Feathers next above 
the Quills have white Tips ; thofe next the Back the narroweft, and they next the 
Belly deeper, with each a dark Spot within the Tip ; the lefler Coverts have fome 
few fmall Dalhes of White drawn long-ways on the Feathers ; the Ridge of the Wing 
is White; the two outer Feathers of the Tail are wholly White; the two next have, 
only their inner Webs White ; the remaining Feathers in the Middle dufky Brown; the- 
middle Feathers of the Tail are fomething longer than thofe on the Sides ; the 
Legs and Feet are Black; the Toes Rand after the ufual Manner, and it hath black. 
Claws, 
T. White^ of Lincoln' s-Inn^ Efq. favoured me with this Bird well preferved dry 
it was brought from the Wand of Jamaica.. This individual Species,. I believe, is de- 
feribed^and figured by Sir Hans' Shane in his Voyage to Jamaica^ See. VoL II. Pa. 
306. Lab. 256 There is alfo an Account of two Species of thefe Birds extradled 
from Francis HernandeZy which may be found tranflated into Englijh in the Appen- 
dix to Willoughby's Ornithology, P^. 385^ they are called Polighttos and Tzaupan. Thofe 
who have a Mind to compare this Bird with that which I fuppofe to be the greater,, 
and fpecifically different from mine, may confult Mr, Catesbyls Works,, where they 
will find a good Figure and Defeription of him,. 
