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The Cock Padd a- or KicehBfr d. 
T H I S Bird is figur’d of its natural Bignefs; it is about the Size of a Green-FincB , 
or rather bigger; it hath a very thick Bill for the bignefs of the Bird, endings 
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 1 Red; the Head is Black, except a 
white Spot on each Cheek, of the Shape of a Kidney-bean; the Neck, Bread, 
Back, and Covert-feathers of the Wings are of a fine bluifii Afh-colour, the Rump 
of a lighter Afh-colour than the Back; the Afh-colour on the Bread; changes 
gradually toward the Belly, into a faint Rofe 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, except the Wings, 
appear to have a fine foft Bloom on them, like that on Plumbs, and fall on one ano¬ 
ther in fuch Order that no Feather can be diftinguifhed, but the whole appears with 
a Surface fmooth and even. I faw one of thefe Birds alive at Sir Hans Sloanes ; 
They came from China . 
As there are Figures join’d with all thefe Defcriptions, in which great 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 thofe Parts, fince 
he can, by calling his Eye on the Figure, convey to his Senfe a much perfe&er Idea» 
than a laborious and juft Defcription in Words could give. 
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