25£0 The Hijlory of ANIMALS* 
Turdus fimpliciter didtus; Ray and Willughby, Turdus perbelle pi&us, or Pavo SalvianI - 
the Italians call it Papasgallo. It is apt to vary a little in colour, and under this variation 
has been defcribed again by many as another fpecies. Willughby calls it, in this hate 
Turdus major varius praecedenti fimilis ; and Artedus, in his Synonyma, Labrus ex flavo 
et caeruleo varius, dentibus anterioribus majoribus. 
Labrus oblongus viridis iride aurea . 
The golden-eyed^ oblong-bodied , green Labrus, 
This is alfo a very beautiful fpecies : it’s head is large, and the lips very thick, firm, 
and flefhy ; the eyes are large; they ftand at a confiderable diftance : the iris is of a 
bright gold yellow, and the pupil of a bluifh black : the body is longer, in proportion 
to it’s thicknefs, than in any other fpecies: the colour is a deep green, very pure and 
elegant; it is dufky indeed on the back, and fomewhat pale toward the belly ; it is on 
the fides that it fhews the true tint: the back fin has thirty-two rays, of which nine¬ 
teen are prickly : the pedoral fins are broad, fhort, and obtufe ; the tail is large, broad, 
and not at all forked. 
This fpecies is very frequent in the Mediterranean, and in other places. Willughby 
calls it Turdus viridis major; Ray, Turdus viridis major corpore oblongo. It varies in 
colour, and is fometimes of a dufky brown, fpotted : in this ftate it has been de¬ 
fcribed by authors, as if another fpecies, under the name of Turdus fufcus maculofus. 
Labrus tetraodon virefcens cauda bifurca. 
The four-toothed greet* Turdus , with a forked tail. 
This is a very elegant fpecies, and is confiderably different in it’s form from the 
others: the head is large and broad ; the mouth is furnifhed with four large teeth in 
the front of the jaw, which are covered by a pair of thick wrinkled and furrowed lips: 
the eyes are large; their iris is of a filvery hue, and the pupil of an oval figure and 
blue : the noftrils have each a double aperture ; the anterior one round, and the other 
oblong and tranfverfe : the back is elevated; the belly flatted, and the fides are prominent 
and flefhy: the colour is a deep fhining green, blackifh on the top of the back, and 
thence growing gradually paler to the belly : the back fin has thirty rays, fourteen of 
which are prickly; the pedloral fins are fhort and obtufe, and the tail is large and 
forked. 
We have this fpecift fometimes fent as a rarity from, the Eaft Indies, but the Pavo 
of the Mediterranean is greatly fuperior to it in beauty ; it is alfo caught in the Archi¬ 
pelago, and in fome other feas. Lifter and Willughby call it Turdus viridis Indicus; 
and Aldrovand, Scarus Cretenfis. 
Labrus palmaris varius dentibus duobus majoribus maxillce fuperioris . 
The variegated , fmall Labrus , with two large teeth in the upper jaw. 
This is a very elegant little fifh; it grows to three or four inches in length, and is 
confiderably thick in proportion : the head is fmall; the mouth is furnifhed with two 
very large teeth, which ftand forward, and have their origin both from the upper jaw: 
the lips clofe over thefe, and are thick, flefhy, and firm ; the eyes are large, and ftand 
at a confiderable diftance from one another : the iris is of a flame colour ; the pupil is 
bluifh and round ; the nbftrils have each a double aperture; the loweft is round, the 
upper one oblong and tranfverfe: the back fin has twenty-one rays; the pedtoral ones 
have each fourteen ; the ventral ones have fix, and the pinna ani has fourteen : the 
tail is moderately large, and is even at the extremity : the whole body is covered with 
large fcales, and is elegantly variegated with fhades of feveral colours. 
The antients were acquainted with this fpecies. Ariftotle, fElian, Oppian, and 
Galen call it I»a 1 ? ; and from them moil of the Latin writers have called it Julis; Gaza 
and Salvian, Julia; the Italians call it Douzellina and Zigurella; the Venetians, Don- 
zella ; and the people of Marfeilles, Dovella; the Portuguefe call if Zigorelia; the 
people of Crete, Afdelies; the Neapolitans, Monebina di Re; and the people of 
Rhodes, Zillo, 
Labrus 
