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ee HIS Bird is of the Bignefs of the Song Tarif, t Figure is of the natural Size; 
it hath a long ftraight Bill, fat Crown, long Head, and fhort Neck; the Head, 
‘I think, not fo big in proportion to the Body, as in fome others of this Gen US ; it hath 
pretty long Wings, and a long Tail; all of the King: ffter-kins are thort-leg’ d; the 
Bill is long and pretty thick at the Bale, ending in: tharp Point, of a black Colour, 
having a Groove or Channel on each Side the upp Mandible, in which the Noftrils 
are placed near the Bafe; the Eyes are placed j juft over the Corners of the Mouth ; 
the Crown of the Head and hinder Part of the Neck is black ; from the Corners of 
the Mouth, under the Eyes, is a broad black Line, which falls i into the fame Colour 
behind the Neck ; from the Noftrils : are drawn white Lines above the Eyes, and conti- 
nued the whole Length of the Head; the whole under Sides, from Bill to Tail, is 
of a dirty, yellowifh White, except a little Bar of black Spots that croffes the Middle ~ 
of the Breaft; the whole Back is black, the Feathers having grey Tips; the Ridge of 
the Wing is White; all the Covert-feathers party-colour’d of Black and White; the 
baftard Wing Bice. the firfl or largett i uill- feathers are white at their Bottoms, then 
black, having the very Tips white; the middle Quills having white Spots in their 
outer Webs, and white Tips ; the remaining Quills: next the Back, are black with 
white Tips; the Tail- feathers are white toward their bottoms, with a Row of tran 
verfe black Spots ; toward the Tips i isa Bar of Black of an Inch broad, the Tips be- 
yond the Bar being wi a Legs and Feet are of a dirty brown Colour, fhap’d ag 
in all others of this Kind. Mr. Peter Colinfan lent me this Bird to draw ; he received 
it with others from Cage ; in Perfia. 
This Bird was prefervd i in Spirits, with many others, in a Glafs to bring to Eng- 
land; the white Part appeared very dirty and- yellow, which, I believe, was owing 
only to its being ftained with the foul Spirits ; for have obferv’d fuch Changes in Fea- 
thers which I knew otherwife to be purely White. RAJ 
N. B. lf any one would draw a Bird prefer’ d in Spirits, let him take it out, wath 
it pretty well in warm Water, and rinfe it in a good Q uantity of cold, and let it dry 
gradually, and he will reftore the true Colour of the Feathers, as an as can be; for 
fome Feathers in the Glaffes of Spirits, I have obferved to appear of Colours very con~ 
trary to the true Colo sy they are of before they were mye in, 
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