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The Lesser Mock-Bird. 
I Have called this Bird the leffer^ becaufe it appears to me not near fo big as the 
Mock-Birds I have feen brought over from the Continent of North-America: I 
have Drawings by me of thofe, as well as this. Mr. Catesby, in his Hiftory of Ca¬ 
rolina, has figured what I fuppofe to be the greater, Vol. I. Pa. 27. This differs alfo 
from the other, in having the under Side White, which in that is light brownifh Afh- 
colour. This Figure reprefents the Bird of his natural Bignefs, being meafured in all 
his Parts. 
The Bill is flender, pretty ftreight, of a blackifh Brown-colour ; it hath fmall ftiff 
Briflles on each Side above the Corners of the Mouth of a dark Colour j from the Nof- 
trils through the Eye there pafies a dufky Line; above each Eye, from the Bafis of the 
Bill, there paffes a whitifhLine; the Top of the Head, hind Part of the Neck and 
Back, is Afh-colour, a little fhaded and intermixed with Brown; the Sides of the 
Head, under Side of the Neck and Body, covert Feathers under the Tail, and Co¬ 
verts within Side of the Wings, are White, a little clouded with Cream-colour in 
fomc Places. The Afh-colour on the upper Side of the Neck, and the White on the 
under, are mixed by being fprinkled one into the other; the Wing Feathers are mofi:- 
ly of an equal dark brownifh Afh-colour, as are the middle Feathers of the 7 ail; 
the Bottoms of the middle Qmlls of the Wings are White, the Tips Brown ; a few of 
the Quills nearer the Back have white Tips; the Row of covert Feathers next above 
the Quills have white Tips ; thofe next the Back the narrowcff, and they next the 
Belly deeper, with each a dark Spot within the Tip; the leffer Coverts have fome 
few fmall Dafhes of White drawn long-ways on the Feathers ; the Ridge of the Wing 
is White; the two outer Feathers of the Tail are wholly White; the two next have 
only their inner Webs White ; the remaining Feathers in the Middle dufky Brown; the 
middle Feathers of the Tail are fomething longer than thofe on the Sides ; the 
Legs and Feet are Black; the Toes Rand after the ufual Manner, and it hath black 
Claws. 
T. White, of Lincoln's-Inn, Efq. favoured me with this Bird vvell preferved dry ^ 
it was brought from the Ifland of Jamaica. This individual Species, I believe, is de- 
fcribed and figured by Sir Hans Shane in his Voyage to Jamaica, &c. Vol. II.-P^7. 
306. Lab. 256 There is alfo an Account of two Species of thefe Birds extracted 
from Francis Hernandez, which may be found tranflated into Fnglijh in the Appen¬ 
dix to Willoughby'% Ornithology, Pa.J^^. they are called Poliglottos and Fzaupan. Thofe 
who have a Mind to compare this Bird with that which I fuppofe to be the greater, 
and fpecifically different from mine, may confult Mr. Catesby's Works, where they 
W’ill find, a good Figure and Defcription. of him.. 
