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BIRDS 
SPECIES II. 
Beccafigo, or fig eater. Wil. orn. 216. 
Rail fyn. av. 79- 
Curruca. Brijfon av. 111 , 372 . 
T HIS fpecies being unknown to us, we 
mud borrow its defcription from Mr. 
Willoughby. In fize it is fcarce fo big 
as a linnet. The head, neck, back, wings and 
tail, from afh color, or dufky, incline to green : 
the quil feathers moufe-color, edged with green. 
The Petty-chaps. 
Ficedula. Gefner av. 385? 
Motacilla hippolais. Lin. fyfi. 185. 
The inner coverts of the wings are yellow : the 
belly is of a filvery white; the bread darker, 
tinged with yellow: the in fide of the mouth red : 
the legs bluifh, or of a lead color. This bird is 
found in Yorkfhire ; from whence it was fent to 
Mr. W^illoughby^ by his friend Mr. Jeffop. 
Fly-catcher. Plate P. 2. Fig. 4. 
SPECIES III. The 
A finall bird without a name, like 
the Stopparola of Aldrovand. 
Wil. orn. 217. 
H E fly-catcher is a bird of paffage, ap¬ 
pears in the fpring, breeds with us, and 
retires in Augujl. It builds its ned on 
the fides of trees, towards the middle : Morton 
fays in the corners of walls where fpiders weave 
their webs. We have feen them followed by four 
or five young, but never faw their eggs. When 
the young can fly the old ones withdraw with them 
into thick woods, where they frolick among the 
top*branches; dropping from the boughs frequent¬ 
ly quite perpendicular on the flies that fport be¬ 
neath, and rife again in the fame direction. They 
Rail fyn. av. 77. 
The cobweb. Morton Northampt. 
426. 
feed alfo on cherries, of which they feem very 
fond. 
The head is large, of a brownifh hue fpotted 
obfcurely with black : the back of a moufe color: 
the wings and tail dufky; the interior edges of the 
quil feathers edged with pale yellow : the bread 
and bellv white; the fhafts of the feathers on the 
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former dufky ; the throat and fides under the 
wings are dafhed with red : the bill is very broad 
at the bafe, and is ridged in the middle ; the in- 
fide of the mouth is yellow : the legs and feet 
fhort and black. 
SPECIES IV. The Redftart. Plate S. Fig. 6. The Male. 
IVil orn. 218. 
Raii fin. av. 78. 
Ruticilla. Briffon av. HI- 403. 
HIS alfo appears among us only in the 
fpring and dimmer. It makes its ned 
in hollow trees, and holes in walls and 
other buildings; which it forms with mofs on the 
outfide, and lines with hair and feathers. It lays 
four or five eggs, very like thofe of the hedge- 
Fig. 7 . The Female. 
Ruticilla, five Phoenicurus. Gefner 
av. 731. 
Motacilla Phoenicurus- Lin-fyft. 186. 
ft 
fparrow ; but rather paler, and more taper at the 
leffer end. This bird is fo remarkably fhy, that it 
will forfake its ned if the eggs are only touched. 
It has a very fine foft note ; but being a fullen 
bird, is with difficulty kept alive in confinement. 
SPECIES 
