with thofe which have not yet attained their full age; 
it likewife happens that fome flight varieties occafion- 
ally take place in the colours of the full-growm birds. 
Like many of the gay birds of the hotter climates, it 
is deftitute of fong. In the words of the elegant fabu- 
lift, we may apply to it, ‘Si vocem habere c, nulla prior 
ales foret.' 
