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4 hat I believe it “¢ 
HIS Bird is of tha Gro Penk or Finch 
size here reprefented. Albin 
has figure’ da Bird fo eee like thi 
d makes it the Hen of another Bird 
1 refe Si y in his Hiffory of Birds, Vol. 2. 
Tas §3-, Udo not thi oe itt he Bird he has figur’d with it. I have 
fen feveral of thefe Bi ds 3 , anc at other ee Houfes, and I 
and they vary pretty muc dian Birds ¢ opis led Amadebats ‘5: So that 
fry Eu would bay A mays Lhe Bi ate defcribed, 
Bill is of the | Sha oe and Bignefs of our 
e Bird ex LT ae Half the Size of 
. Ha: Hes se ; the Head, Neck, begin- 
1: a dark redith Brown ; the fore 
Part of the i a ‘parplith al the greater Quills’ are of a 
dirtier een ns the reft of o Win g, the Rump)! is of a lighter greenith Brown 3 
the Breaft, quite acrofs, and the Belly on the Sides, i is black, thickly {prinkled 
it all round white. coun of the Size of Rape- --feed, foine a little bigger, 
ers a little lefs; the Middle of the Belly, T highs, lower Belly, and, Covert+ 
feathers under: the Tail, are light Brown, or dirty Whi tes, the Legs and Feet are 
of a bluith or Lead-colour, fhaped as in other {mall Birds. X af iy) 
Charles du Bois, Efq; Treafurer to the India Company, invited ¥me to his Houfe 
draw this Bird. He told me it came from the Hef Indies, and was called a 
Gowry or Coury. Bird, they being fold for a fmall Shell a-piece, called a. Gowry ; fo 
oth niggas from China, Gowrys not pafling there as Money. 
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