The Hijlory of A N I M A L S, 
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Par us dorfo cinereo , capite nigro, vert ice albo . *30) t blflCfe 
The black and white-headed Pdrus , with a grey bach 3Dltltt0tlfe* 
This is of the bignefs of the common wren: the head is large and rounded, and 
the beak fharp; the eyes are hazel and large; the ears very patulous: the head is 
white on the top, and toward the front the reft of it is of a fine deep glofly black: 
the back, is grey, and fo is the rump ; the breaft and belly are white : the long feathers 
of the wings are brown, and the legs are blue. 
This is common in all parts of Europe. Authors call it Parus ater and Carbonarius.. 
Parus capite nigro , temporibus albis , dorfo cinereo . 
The grey Parus , with a black head and white temples . 
SCitmoufe, 
This is a very pretty little bird : the head is large and flatted; the eyes are of a 
dark hazel, and the beak is brown: the whole head is of a deep black, except that the 
temples are white : the back is of a dufky greenilh-grey; the belly and breaft are of 
a whitifh-grey, but it is only the tips of the feathers that come in fight, and form this 
colour, for the,body of them is black : the long feathers of the wings are black ; the 
covering feathers, and thofe of the tail, are of a greenifh-grey : the legs are blue ; the 
toes long, and the claws black and fharp. 
This is common in our damp woods. Authors call it Parus paluftris, from it’s fre 
quenting wet places. 
Parus cauda corpore longiore . ICUtjfJ-fEfitll 
The Parus, with the tail longer than the body . 5CffTllOllfe* 
This is a very beautiful little bird 3 it is larger than the common Parus: the head is 
large and rounded; the eyes are of a dark hazel, and the beak is black : the head is 
white, as is alfo the breaft ; the belly is flefh-coloured : the back is browrf, and is va¬ 
riegated in a very beautiful manner with fpots of black, and the wings are variegated 
with blue, black, and white : the tail is very long and black. 
This is a native of England, and is common in gardens and orchards in many parts 
of the kingdom. The authors on birds have all defcribed it 5 they call it Parus caudatus. 
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Parus cceruleo, albo , et nigro variegatis . 
The variegated blacky blue 3 and white Parus . SOtfltOUfc* 
This is a very beautiful bird, and greatly refembles the European kinds, as well in 
form as in colouring : the head is large; the eyes hazel 3 the ears very patulous, and 
the beak black : the whole head and upper part of the neck are of a pale blue co¬ 
lour : the breaft, the belly, and a part of the throat are white : the wings are of a 
pale blue toward their top, but their long feathers, as alfo thofe of the tail, are of a 
deeper blue : the back is black ; all the colours are very bright and glofly, and the bird 
makes a very beautiful appearance, even dried, as we fee it in fpecimens. 
It is a native both of the Eaft and Weft Indies. Authors have defcribed it under 
the name of Parus Indicus. 
Thofe who are not aware of the different colouring of the males and females of bird§ 3 
may extend the family of the Pari to a much larger number. 
HIRUNDO, 
