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of the exterior quite ; the other black at the joint 
of the baftard wing; the tail confifts of twelve 
feathers ; the two middle are grey ; the two ex¬ 
terior feathers tipt with grey, then fucceeds a 
tranfverfe white fpot; beneath that the reft is 
black 5 the legs are of a pale yellow $ the back 
toe very ftrong, and the claws large. 
This bird runs up and down the bodies of trees, 
like the woodpecker tribe ; and feeds not only on 
infers, but nut kernels ; it is a pretty fight, fays 
Mr. Willoughby , to fee her fetch a nut out of her 
hoard, place it faft in a chink, and then ftanding 
GENUS IX. The 
SPECIES I. The 
JVil. orn■ 146. 
Rail fyn. av. 48. 
Brijfon av. 4. 471. 
w—^HIS bird weighs an ounce and a quarter: 
l its length is feven inches } its breadth 
1 eleven: its lhape is very clumfy, the 
head and bill being very large, and the legs difpro- 
portionably fmall : the bill is two inches long \ the 
upper mandible black, the lower yellow : the lri- 
des are red : the colors of this bird atone for its 
inelegant form : the crown of the head, and the 
coverts of the wings are of a deep blackilh green, 
fpotted with bright azure : the fcapular feathers, 
and coverts of the tail are alfo of a moft refplen- 
dent azure : the whole underfide of the body is 
D S. [Clafs II. 
above it with its head downwards, ftriking it with 
all its force, breaks the fhell, and catches up the 
kernel : it breeds in the hollows of trees ; if the 
entrance to its neft be too large, it flops up part 
of it with clay, leaving only room enough for ad- 
miffion : in autumn it begins to make a chatter¬ 
ing noife, being filent for the greateft part of the 
year. Doclor Plott tells us, that this bird, by 
putting its bill into a crack in the bough of a tree, 
can make fuch a violent found as if it was rend¬ 
ing afunder, fo that the noife may be heard at 
left twelve fcore yards. 
KINGFISHER. 
Kingfifher. Plate I. 
Alcedo ifpida. Lin. fyfi. 115, 
Ifpida. Gefner av. 571, 
orange colored ; a broad mark of the fame pafies 
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from the bill beyond the eyes ; beyond that is a 
large white fpot; the tail confifts of twelve fea- 
thers of a rich deep blue : the feot are of a red- 
difh yellow: the three lower joints of the out- 
moft toe adhere to the middle toe i the inner toe 
adheres to it by one joint. 
The kingfifher frequents the banks of rivers, 
and feeds on fifh ; it makes its neft in holes in 
the fides of the cliffs, which it fcoops to the depth 
of three feet; and lays from five to nine eggs *, 
of a moft beautiful femi-tranfparent white. 
* Gefner fays he found nine young in one neft. 
GENUS X. The CREEPER, 
SPECIES I. The Creeper. Plate K. 
JVil. orn. 144. 
Raii fyn. av. 47. 
The oxeye creper. Charlton ex. 93 - 
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yHE creeper weighs only five drams : 
and next to the crefted wren is the left 
of the Britifi birds: the manner it has 
Brijfon 3. 603. 
Certhia familiaris, Lin.Jyfi. 118. 
Certhia. Gefner av. 251. 
of ruffling its feathers, and their length give it a 
much larger appearance than is real. The length 
of this bird is five inches and a half: the breadth 
feve n 
