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The Hijlory of ANIMALS, 
HiEMATOpus, 3C|)e pft* 
This is of the bignefs of the common magpye 5 it’s length, from the tip of the 
beak to the extremity of the tail, is about thirteen inches: the head is fmall and 
rounded ; the eyes are large and bright; their iris is of a bright fcarlet colour, as are 
alfo the edges of the eye-lids: the beak is more than an inch in length j it is fhort, 
compreffed, and flender; the whole is of a bright and beautiful red colour; the nof- 
trils are oblong and pervious: the head and neck are of a deep black ; the back alfo, 
to it’s middle, is black, and fo are the wings on the upper part: the bread, the 
belly, and the hinder part of the back are of a bright white; it is this mixture of 
black and white, together with it’s fize, that has given it the name of the Sea Mag¬ 
pye: the covering feathers of the tail, both above and below, are altogether white : 
the long feathers of it are white, but variegated with a great deal of black. 
The wings are long and large, and the principal feathers are black, but not with¬ 
out fome variegation of white in fome part of them : the legs are long ; the thighs 
are naked more than half the way up; the whole naked part of the leg is of a fine 
bright fcarlet : the feet are moderately large; the toes long and red, but they are only 
three, there being no hinder toe. 
This is a native of our fea-coads, and in the wedern parts of England is very 
common. All the writers on birds have defcribed it. Bellonius calls it Hasmatopus"; 
Gefner, Himantopus; Bartholine, Pica marina ; and mod of the authors, who have 
written dnce, have adopted one or other of thefe names. Some have taken two, or 
all three of them. 
ORTYGOMETRA. 
T H E beak of the Ortygometra is fhorter than the toes; it is of a comprefTed 
figure, and terminates in a kind of point ; both the chaps are equal in length. 
Ortygometra alts fufco-ferrugineis. 
The Ortygometra y with ferrugineous-hrown wings. 
This is of the dze of our magpye, and is a dngular and elegant bird: the head is 
fmall and oblong; the eyes are large, and their iris is reddifh, the pupil black; the 
beak is fhort, and faddoned in fome degree like that of the common hen : the co¬ 
lour of it is a dufky bluifh or livid grey, and it is finuated on each dde toward the 
bale: the nodrils are oblong and pervious; the opening of the mouth is wide ; the 
fwallow is large, and the tongue undivided. 
The head, neck, back, and tail are of a bright and elegant brown, variegated in 
a very beautiful manner with fpots of black : the real date of the variegation is, that 
the middle of every feather is black, and it’s fides and end brown : the long feathers 
of the wings, as alfo thofe of the tail, are of a ferrugineous-brown both above and 
below : the throat is of a pale whitifh-grey, and there is a fpot of the fame colour on 
each fide of the head, behind the eyes: the bread is grey; the belly and fides are 
brown, variegated with fpots of a dufky or brown, and white: the thighs are naked 
half way up; the upper part is covered with feathers of a mixed grey and brown ; the 
variegations are undulated, and very beautiful: the legs are moderately long, and of a 
livid or bluifh colour : the toes are robud, and moderately long. 
It is not uncommon with us, and is a native alfo of mod other parts of Europe. It 
frequents rich padures, generally hiding itfelf among the tall grafs, and is not eafily 
railed. It feeds on worms and other infe&s, and makes an odd creaking found with it’s 
throat, that often difcovers it. All the writers on birds have defcribed it. Mod of 
them under the names Ortygometra and Ortygometra altera; Turner calls it Crex 
Aridotelis. 
N U M E N I U S. 
