BRITISH BIRDS. 
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is of a dirty yellowifli horn colour, darkifli in 
the middle, and meafures, from the tip to the 
corners of the mouth, two inches and a half: 
the upper mandible is forked in a fingular manner 
towards each eye, and is covered with white fea- 
thers on the fides, as far forward as the noftrils. 
The upper part of the head is of a foft velvet black, 
divided behind by a dull white ftroke pointing 
downwards : the feathers, from the nape of the 
neck to the throat, are long, or puffed out, over- 
hanging the upper part of the neck, and look as if 
they had been clipped oiF at the lower ends ; they 
have the appearance of pale pea-green velvet fhag, 
with a white line dropping downward from the au- 
riculars on each fide. The cheeks, chin, upper part 
of the neck, back, and leffer wing coverts, are 
white : the fcapulars, and fecondary quills, next the 
body, dirty white : baftard wings, and primary 
quills, brown ; the fecondaries and greater coverts 
are the fame, but much darker : the lower broad 
part of the neck, on the front, to the bread:, is of a 
buif colour; but in fome fpecimens tinged with 
rufty red : the bread:, belly, vent, rump, and tail 
coverts, are of a deep footy black: tail feathers 
hoary brown : legs diort, and yellow : webs and 
nails dufky. The female is nearly of the fame fliape, 
though lefs than the male, weighing only between 
five and fix pounds ; but her plumage is quite dif- 
ferent, the ground colour being of a reddifh brown., 
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