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The Yellow-headed Indian Sparrow. 
f | ^ H E Bird is here figured of its natural Size. There were two 
of them brought over, which Mr. Albin has figured as Cock 
and Hen; and he makes a Difference in his Defcription of them, tho’ 
1 could (on viewing them narrowly) find no material Difference either 
in their Colours or Marks, they appearing fo much the fame to me, 
that I think they may be expreffed by one Figure as well as by two. 
The Bill is of a light, or whitiih Colour, thick and ftrong like a 
Sparrow’s; the Top of the Head is of a yellow, or Golden-Colour ; 
the Neck, Back, Wings and Tail, are of a dark Brown, or dusky Co¬ 
lour, the Feathers being edged or bordered with a lighter Brown, 
which makes the Bird feem to be on its upper Side of a light Brown, 
fipotted with Dusky. From the Sides of the Neck acrofs the Breaft, 
it hath a Bar of the fame brownifh Colour as on its upper Side; the 
Sides of the Head beneath the Eyes and the Throat, are White, or 
Cream-Colour, as far as the Collar of dusky Feathers; under the Col¬ 
lar, the Belly, Thighs and Coverts under the Tail, are again of a yel- 
lowifh White ; the Sides of the Belly are marked with longifh Spots of 
a faint dusky Colour ; the Legs and Feet are like thofe of other final! 
Birds, of a Flefh-Colour. 
The Draught of this Bird was taken from Mr. Dandridge s Collection: 
It came from Bengal* See Mr. Albm s Figures in his Hijlory of Birds , 
VoL II. P. 48. 
The Butterfly, figur’d with this Bird, has the Body and Eyes Black, fpotted with 
White ; the lower Part of the Body is Brown, or Orange-Colour. The longer Wings 
on their upper Sides are Orange-colour’d, with their outer Edges and their Tips 
Black, for almoft half the Length of the Wings; thefe black Ends have feveral 
large and fmall white Spots on them; the fhorter Wings are Orange-colour’d alfo, 
but lighter, with three or four black Spots on each of them, and black Borders, with 
white Spots on them. The under Side of the Fly is like the upper, but fainter j the 
longer Wings have large yellow Spots at their Ends, where the Wings are Black on 
their upper Sides. This curious Fly was brought from China , and is in the Collection 
of Dr. Nejbit , Fellow of the Royal College of Fhyjicians , London , who obliged me 
with it. 
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