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The American Nightingale. 
T H E lower Bird figur’d in this Plate is the American Nightingale , whofe na¬ 
tural Bignefs is the fame as in the Pidture. 
As I have been very precife in figuring the Bill, I need only fay, that the upper 
Mandible is of a dufky or blackifh Colour, and the under one of a Flefh-Colour; 
the Noftrils are placed clofe to the Feathers of the Forehead; the Top of the Head, 
upper Side of the Neck, the Back, and upper Sides of the Wings and Tail are of a 
dark, greenifh-brown Colour; tho’ the Rump and Borders of the Wing-Feathers are 
more of a yellowifh Green. The under Side from Bill to Tail is of a dirty Orange- 
Colour; the inner Covert-Feathers of the Wings, and the inner Webs of the Quill 
and Tail-Feathers are of the fame Orange-Colour. From above the Angles of the 
Mouth there paffes a dufky Line through each Eye, and from beneath the Angles of 
the Mouth there paffes under each Eye another dufky Line. From the Noftrils there 
pafs Lines of Orange above the Eyes. The Legs, Feet and Claws are of a dirty 
Brown or blackifh Colour, formed as in moft other fmall Birds. 
This Bird was brought from Jamaica by Mr. Harper, Surgeon, late of Plaftow in Effex. It 
differs from any Defcription I can find, but comes neareft to the Spanijh Nightingale in Sir 
Hans Sloane\ Hiftory of Jamaica , Vol. II. P. 299. to which he gives the Latin Name Icterus 
Minor Nidum fufpendens. 
jT he Green Sparrow, or Green Humming Bird. 
T HE upper Figure in the Plate reprefents this Bird of its natural Size. The 
Bill is long in Proportion like that of a King’s-Fifher ; much broader, then 
deep like a Duck’s Bill. It is ridged along the Top of the upper Mandible; the Nof¬ 
trils are plac’d on each Side of the Ridge near the Head; the upper Mandible is of a 
dufky Brown, the Lower of a yellow or Orange-Colour. At the Bafe of the Bill 
are placed ftiff black Hairs or Briftles ftanding forwards. The whole upper Side of 
the Bird from Bill to Tail-end, is of a very fine Parrot-Green. The inner Coverts 
of the Wings are White: The infide of the Quills, and the under Side of the Tail are 
of a brownifih Afh-Colour. Five or Six of the prime Quills are Dufky or Black at 
their Tips. The Throat is of a very fine Red: The Breaft, Belly, Thighs and Co¬ 
vert-Feathers under the Tail are White, a little fhaded with a pale Green. The Legs 
and Feet are of a dufky Colour, the Toes joined as they are in the King’s-Fifher. 
This Bird was brought from Jamaica by Mr. Harper , and is what Sir Hans Sloane has def- 
cribed by the above Name, Vol. II. P. 306. of his Hiftory of Jamaica. There was brought 
another of the fame Species with this, which I fuppofe was the Hen, its Colours being not fo bright. 
This Bird belongs to the fame Genus with that defcribed, P. 113. of this Book, call’d the 
Pyed Bird of Paradife , tho’ they appear fo unlike, and came from fuch diftant Parts of the 
World. The Compreffion of the Bills, the Briftles at their Bafes, and the Structure of the Feet 
are fufticient Arguments to prove their Kindred. Its Latin Name in Sir Hans Sloane's Hiftory, 
is, Rubecula viridis elegantijfima. 
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