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Plate 131. I faw at the Houfe of George Shehocke , Efq; the Hen of this 
Bird, which was brought from Angola , but laft from Lijbon. The Cock of this 
Species came from Lijbon in the feme Cage with the Hen, but died in the Paffage : 
The Hen, which arrived alive, was all over of an Afh-colour’d Brown, with only 
a fmall Mixture of Blue on the under Side. This Note I thought proper to infert, 
becaufe I think it proves our Blue-belly d Finch to be the Cock Bird ; its whole under 
Side, Tail and Rump, being Blue. 
Plate 149. Dampier , in his Voyage round the Worlds 53, for want 
of a clofe Infpedtion, fays of the Tropick-Bird , <c that it hath one long Feather, or ra¬ 
ther a Quill about feven Inches long, growing out of the Rump, which is all the 
Tail it hath Whereas it hath twelve Feathers in the Tail, the two Middle-ones be¬ 
ing much longer than he hath defcribed them to be, and formed with Shafts, and 
Webs on both Sides of the Shafts, like other Feathers.—Since the Defcription of the 
c Vropick-Bird was publifhed, another Bird of the fame Species is come to my 
Hands, which differs in many Refpedts from the firfi:. 
Its Bill, in the dried Bird, was as red as Coral, its Edges rough, hut not vifibly 
toothed ; the under Side of the Bird, and Infides of the Wings were White ; the up¬ 
per Side was alfo White, but variegated with Black as follows; the Crown of the 
Head, upper Side of the Neck, Back, Rump, and feme of the leffer Coverts of the 
Wings, were variegated tranfverfiy with black Lines, fome of the fingle Feathers 
having each of them fix or feven Lines acrofs them ; about fix of the Prime-Quills 
on each Wing were black on their outer Webs and Part of their inner Webs that join 
to the Shafts, which were alfo Black; the Remainder of the inner Webs for the whole 
Length of the Feathers are White ; a few of the fmaller Quills next the Body are 
Black, with white Borders, which are in fome broader, and in others narrower. 
Where the Quills have any Black in them, the firfi: Row of Coverts above them are 
Black in the fame Proportion ; the Legs and Feet are the fame as in the firfi; defcribed. 
The Tail hath in it twelve white Feathers with black Shafts, the Middle-Feather a 
little over five Inches long; the Feathers decreafe gradually to the Sides; the Gut- 
fide Feather on each Side being two Inches fhorter than the Middle-ones. The Tail 
to me feemed to be perfect, which makes me believe this to be a Hen Bird, and that 
the Cocks only of this Species have the Middle-Feathers of their Tails a great deal 
longer than the other Feathers. This laft hath a black Spot about the Eye, like the 
firfi: defcribed; the Middle-Feathers of the Tail are broad, whereas the long 
.Feathers in the Middle of the Tails of fome others are very narrow. 
Plate 182. I have feen, in a Set of Drawings from Nature, (done at 
Bengal in India, for Dr. Mead , the Ring’s Phyfician) a Wood-pecker , which agrees 
with what is here figured in Shape and Size, having a red Crefi in the feme Form, 
and agreeing with it in other Marks, though it is of a dirty Brown on the Back and 
Wings, where mine is Yellow and Green. The under Side, which in mine, is 
White, fpotted with Black, in that is light Afh-Colour, fpotted with a dufky Co¬ 
lour, but in a lefs regular Manner. On comparing my Drawing with JDr. Mead's, 
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