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Tbe RED or RussET-COLOUR D WHEAT-EAR. 
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HE SE Birds feemed to be about the Bignefs.of Sparrows; I have figured them: 
of. the natural Bignefs as near as I could. The Cock, which I fuppofe to be 
that. with the black. Throat, has a ftraight, flender, black or dark Lead-coloured 
Bill ; a little Space at:the Bafe of the upper Mandible, the Gheeks, under the Eyes 
and Throat, from-the Bill about.an Inch downwards, are Black ; there paffes round 
this black Space, a whitifh. Line, broader on the Forehead and above the Eyes, 
narrower downwards. on the Throat; the Top of the Head, Neck, Back and 
Breaft, are-of a dirty faint Orange-colour, inclining to Buff, deeper on the Back, 
fainter on the Breaft; the lower Part of the Back is fpotted' with femi-lunar Spots 
of Black, the Rump, lower Part of the Belly; Thighs, and Covert-feathers. under 
the Tail are White; the whole Wing Black or very dark dufky Brown;. the Tips and 
Edges of the Feathers next above the Quills, and of fome of the Quills next the 
Back, are of a lightith Brown; the Legs, Feet, and Claws, dark Brown or Black; 
the middle Feathers of the Tail are black or dufky, the fide Feathers are. white 
with black, Tips, of a {mall Depa, | _ ss ‘i @ | 
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©W.HE other Bird, which I believe to be the Hen: of the above-defcribed, hath 
alittle Black at the Root of the upper: Part of the Bill, which: paffes from the 
Corners of the Bill through the Eyes, and becomes pretty broad behind the Eyes; 
the Chin, beneath the Bill, is White ; the whole Body, Wings, Tail, and Legs, 
agree with the above-defcribed ;- this Bird being very near of Kin to the Oenanthe 
ot Wheat-Ear, defcribed in Willoughby, P. 233. I knew not. what Name to give it 
better than the above, with the Diftin@tion joined to it. 
Thefe Birds, which agree with no Figures or Defcriptions I can find, came from 
Gibraltar, where they were fhot by a Gentleman refiding there, who fent them to 
Mr. Cate/by in London, who favoured me with a Sight of them, from which I made. 
thefe Draughts and Defcriptions. sey 
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