RM2CPCWRR–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . The ( 88 ) The great Sea Loon from Newfoundland. Numb. XCIII. TH E length from the tip of the Bill to the end of theTail is thirty five Inches, to the end of the Clawsforty four, breadth, when the Wings are extended,four Foot five Inches; the Bill was five Inches long, blackending in a fharp white Point 5 the Head and upper partof the Neck are of a dulky brown. It had a white Spotunder its Bill, and a Ring of white about its Neck, thelower part of the Neck green: The Back and cov
RM2CNXKYY–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . the H. S//Z . i7/^i7rjJe/fh. Ltfm.i,
RM2CPTRB5–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . of Oxford.Books Two Nathaniel Oldham, Efq; P The Right Honourable John Lord PercivalThe Right Honourable the Lord PetreWilliam Peck, Efq;Nathaniel Primate, Efq;P. Peirfon, Efqi R The Lady Ann Rufliout John Rich, Efq; Mr. Thomas Richardfon, Apothecary.. Thomas Robe, Efq; The Reverend Dr. Rundle Sir Edward Smith, Bart. The Right Honourable the Lady St. John Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. M. D. F. R. Sj John Stanhope, Efq; Edward Southwell, Efqi Mrs. Sharp Albertus Seba of Amfterdam Alexand
RM2CNY22Y–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . The. -Stz :^llOvn XieliM. T/itHona^, Suz:uirLl
RM2CPTJK0–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . The. ■( < ,V/i v#tf, , ■ • // ; . V .Jr7y^M/.</ /-^
RM2CPTDH4–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . athers; the Belly andThighs white, with fome tranfverfe Lines and Spots ofblack. The Tail was made up of twelve black Feathers; theLegs and Feet of a dusky brown; the Claws black.This Bird was fent me by my very good Friend Mr.Abraham francia: It was ihot among other Fieldfares, K Tht C 34 ) The Tied Blackbird. Numb. XXXVir. ITS Bill was of lovely yellow, as In others of the maleKind of this Species; the Pupil of the Eyes black,the Irides yellow; the Top of its Head and upper Sid
RM2CNX92C–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . d all the lower partof the Back are black; the Wings party-coloured of black and white, viz,the middle Feathers both Quills and Coverts are white, and the outer andinner black; the long fcapular Feathers are alfo party-coloured of blackand white. The Tail is three Inches and a half long, made up of iixteen Feathers,from the outermofl: by degrees longer; yet is not the Tail fharp, but ra-ther round pointed, all of an uniform black Colour. The Legs are very fhort, of a yellowifh re
RM2CNXNW4–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . g the underlideof the Wings are dufky, having pale yellow Edges. The Tail is three Inches long, made up of twelve duiky Feathers with pale yellowEdges. It lays four or five Eggs lightly tindlured with a greenifli blue. The blind Guts as in the relt of this Kind are very fliort and fmall, nearer to the Funda-ment than in others. The Mufcle of the Gizzard is not very thick; the Guts arethirteen Inches long. It feeds oh Beetles, Worms, and other InJeSls. It hath a Gall-Bladder. They
RM2CPTJKD–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ■( < ,V/i v#tf, , ■ • // ; . V .Jr7y^M/.</ /-^. fA^ Sn7^-e/er Td/ynAcet/y-rmz :£.ijt-Jn</ek (17) The Bracelet ^aroqueet from Eaft-Iadia. Numb. XVIII. THIS Bird is about three times as big as the fmallGreen Paroqueet; the Top of the Head was of ablueilh green; the Cheeks were more dilute; the Bill thickand hooked; the upper Mandible orange colour, thelower black; the Irides of the Eyes of a lovely yellow,incircled with a dusky brown: It had a broad blackline reaching fr
RM2CPT77F–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . e. That which is moft rare, and efpecially remarkable in this Bird, isthe conformation of the Windpipe; for entring far into the Breaft-bonewhich hath a great Cavity within to receive it, being there thrice re-.fleded goes out again at the fame Hole and fo turns down to the Lungs. The blind Guts are five Inches long: the Stomach or Gizzard muf-culous as in granivorous Birds; the Flefli is very favory and well-tafted,not to fay delicate. They often come to us in E7igla7id^ efpecia
RM2CPGWPW–. Iacobi Theodori Klein secr. div. ged. ... Historiae avivm prodromvs : cvm praefatione de ordine animalivm in genere ; accessit historia mvris alpini et vetvs vocabvlarivm animalivm, msc. : cvm figvris . L V B E C A EAPVD IONAM S C H M I D T. M DCC L. UL- V I R O. OMNIBVS. TITVLIS. EXIMIO. I N. ARTE, MACHAONIA. PRAECELLENTI.DOCTISSIMO. CONSVLTISSIMO. DN. DN. PETRO. CHRISTIANO.WAGNERO. SEREN. MARGGR. BRAND. CVLMB.A. CONSILIIS. AVLICIS. ARCHIATRO. E T.PHYSICO. BAREITH. ORDIN. PRIMARIO. I N. HISTORIA. NATVRALLOCCVPATISSIMO. F A V T O R I. ET. AMICO. SINCERRIMO. H A E C. D E. A V I B V S. S T V D
RM2CPDKWD–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . »3-/?-tS Soa^Tt^a^ ^Jt^e>/h> . 3^. /2//^n.Me/.:jjjy. J4. •1^/f /i^O^i^ia^n. J^t^^e-i^ S. ^Z^^t, ^e/: z/yy. Mi -ll: I
RM2CNXJHF–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . -^ 6r £Uz dl/nn ,ic/at.. OcnMT7l/ia (Si)The Wheat Ear. Oenanthe; Numb. LV. ITS Weight is twenty one Drams; its Length from the End of the Bill tothe End of the Tail, fix Inches; Breadth when extended, twelve Inches.The Colour of the Head and Back is cinereous, with a certain Mixture ofred, like to that which is feen in the Back of the Hawfinch. The Rumpin moft of them is white, whence alfo it takes the Name of White Tail; infome it is of the fame Colour with the Back, or mere red
RM2CNXK9J–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^■fc -^e PuKf:H^rficri U£dJezif^. lEljk,. Mlrm, de/cn-. 2iulf^cu/a-. 2icm^ ^^rr^. 2Mm7i£dB?-^ 5^
RM2CPH9N2–. A general synopsis of birds . Shiail of Shaw, which he fays is a bird of paffage, and is caught by running it down ;for having been fprung once or twice, it becomes fo fatigued as to be overtakenand knocked down with a flick. — Trav. p. 300. with 19i T A R T R I D G E. with white : tail like the upper parts of the body . legs cine-reous : the hind toe wanting.Place. Inhabits Madagafcar. LUZONIAN Q, Caille de LIfle de Lujon, Sen. Voy. p, 54. pi. 23. Description, rF H I S is one third lefs than the European Quail. Bill greyifh:the head, hind part of the neck, and throat, black andwhite mixed,
RM2CPD1BG–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . I y//f/t^^ ^WffTT^/c&C^- . c^/i.<c(zar^M^ln/3£l Jiili/ 24. y^-^j-. 0/ Sf.. c-^fe<i-/^ t^^/»<? or- Ju<3f^vt^. (^.iytuf-^t ^e/: ^y^y. ( 8i ) 7he yack-Snipe or yudcocL Numb. LXXXVI. TT weighed two Ounces; its length from the tip of the Bill to the end-*■ of the Claws were ten Inches and a quarter, to the end of the Taileight and a half; it is about half as big as a Snipe; the Colour of theRump is a fhining blevvifli purple, like the Feathers of a Stares back;the tips of
RM2CPTMRT–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . rs fix Inches long; the exteriourbeing fhorteft, and the reft in Order to the middlemoft; fo that whenIpread it was terminated in a circular Circumference, croffed with fix orfeven Bars of black, but narrower than in other Birds of this Kind, the inter-mediate Spaces above were of an Afh-colour, below of a pale Yellow. The Legs are feathered down to the Feet, which are of a Light-brown;the Claws black; that of the middle Toe on the infide thinned into anEdge; the outermoft of the
RM2CPD5R2–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ■ V/l^ /i^, </ , J^l/Z?!^-C t^^/V. S. l///tfi-S^r/. /yjy. 74-.
RM2CNXBPD–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^n/j-eT Sa/Jtzmcif. T/ie Xc^^t/^ ffothi^. E^i^■ M^.f i^e&i. ?y^
RM2CNXXRE–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . gger than our EfigUJh Jay; the Billis of an alh Colour; the Top of the Head blue; theNeck and Bread: cinereous with a Mixture of light brownand red; the Wings are blue, as alfo the under Part ofthe Belly and Thighs; the Back and Rump are of a mud-dy green Colour; the Tail is of a dark blue next the Body,of a pale or bright blue in the Middle, and dark towardsthe End: Its Legs and Feet are of a yellowifh brown; theClaws black. I am obliged to Mr. Dandridge for theDraught of this B
RM2CPTM33–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^oc^^^^C 777^/2//?7/t TAr ///^^ 7??^/. )3.
RM2CPDD8H–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . tmoft very fhort and fmall one, the outward Vane of the firft PinionFeather is of a dirty white, inclining to yellow, the reft are not fo blackas in the common Lark, and have fome mixture of a pale red even intheir lower part; the Breaft and Belly are white, with a dafb of yel-low 5 the Throat fpotted as in the common Lark; The Tail is two Inchesand a quarter long, made up of twelve Feathers, the two outmoft ofwhich have their exterior Borders white, with a dafh of red, the reftb
RM2CPTE8E–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . Ira/lc^ainr Cri/iuhiJ. J^/lc Cre/ht^JUTKXi/ Coc/c. •^f/y/,//t/Aij /??/f7r^7^ l^^c B//Tr/z (TtJmc- Iff 11 cV (rrvyiKf (.31 } The Hen of the black Game. Grygallus miner* Numb. XXXiV. TS Weight was forty feven Ounces; Length fron^.the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail twtntythree Inches; Breadth, when the Wings were expanded^/thirty four Inches: It is the Colour of a Woodcock, butdarker, of a rediili brown, intermixed with tranfverfeLines of black; the Chin yellowiili white ; t
RM2CNX9P5–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ve a blackLine next the Shaft, the remaining part being tin du red with an Orange Colour; the twentyfixth Feather is white, having its outer Edge black. The Tail hath twelve Feathers white, and tipt with black, except the outermoft whichare all white. The Legs and Feet are of a pale red or Flefli Colour, the Skin being fo pellucid, thatthe Tradl of the Veins may eafily be difcerned through it. It hath as it were a double Labyrinth at the Divarication ofthe Wind Pipe: Its Fleftiis
RM2CNXPGH–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ll black Spots, thin-fet. In the beginning of the Spring it fits on high Trees,^nd lings moft fweetly. It is a folitary Bird, filly, and eafily taken. For the delicate Tafte of its Flefh it is highly and defervedly commended by all.It is a rare Song-Bird, as well for the great Variety of its Notes, as its long con-tinuance in Song (which is at leaft nine Months in the Year.) They breed in AprilsMay, and June; the firft Brood always prove the beft Birds. They may be taken atfourte
RM2CPDYE6–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . Tk 14. ^5^^^d ^.^r^-n^zz^ ^7y?z^-^^A^ /ft?7nf^e^zaa^ ^ft^ 2^-^ ^ ^ t^kZMoi^ ^te /^^z<^€a=j/ ^ry^^^,6z^/izA. d^.^c^y^. 5-
RM2CPFDYB–. A general synopsis of birds . 47957 79 73 69ib. 97976 75in 77 »i3 74 68 79 93846073 7* N D E X. Xauccm blancboffubrun de Barbarie ■ dIflande ■ ■ dltalie . de la Baye dHudfon —de Montague —:— cendre de roche ■ Tartarie —— des Antilles - ■ etoile ——gentil h aggard ■ hupe des Indes ■ paffager . — patu —— — pecheur — — de Bengale — de la Caroline — des Antilles — du Senegal — pelerinrouge desfors —tachete • Fifchgeyer Flufher Indes 66ib. 6872 7°ib. 55939493 73 47 79 64, 65 6680 67ib. 75 95112 46 ib. 957360ib. 6568 $ 727ib Fly-catcher, blue-headed greengreen black cappedgrey and yellow — 658 ■ —
RM2CPCYJ9–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . The 8^.. fy^^ C^M^n/ad^i^cn^/j/<.y<^^^T^^afi4.ay!^z. i^ A^ ^a^£i^e^. a^ f^^M?y. S. ^/^^e/: zyjy. C,0.
RM2CPD70Y–. A general synopsis of birds . ler in proportion, and above all, is remarkably eared.Description. The bill is brown : the irides of a pale yellow: the eared fea-thers above one inch in length : the circle of feathers which fur-rounds the eyes is fmall, and above the eyes fcarcely perceivable ;.towards the eyes is a white fpot: the body above is cinereous,delicately powdered and undulated : the fhaft of each featherbrown -, beneath whitifh, with broad black fhafts, and fcattered * A remark of the fame kind is mentioned by Dak, after Childrey, to thispurport: In the year 1580, at Hallontide, an
RM2CNXD3B–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . !!. This Bird is the very fame which Marggravius defcribes Book V. Chap. 5. by theName of Matnitui, as he faith the BraJiUans call it, as will clearly appear to him that{hall but compare them together; fo that it feems there are fome Birds common to Eu-rope, and even to the Southern Parts of America. Leonard Baltner defcribes and pi(5ture$two forts of this Bird; perchance his lelTer kind is that which the JVelch call Goligodfind fay is like a Sea-Lark, but lefs. The so. -.,^:/^f:
RM2CPRWNR–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^-^/laj jfij^/r//a/^i/. ?y?e 7/^//^^,^{77z ^77 ///ie/i>-er /bO. 2ic^/tuu -Ma/OT TAc .7/^a^^^^d The wild MaUard. Bofchas major. Numb. C, JTS Weight was two Pound four Ounces; Length, from the Tip of the Bill to theEnd of the Tail, twenty five Inches and a half; Breadth, when the Wings wereextended, was thirty four Inches; the Bill is of a greenifla yellow, from the Tip tothe Angles of the Mouth, two Inches and a half; Breadth one Inch, not very flat;the upper Mandible hath at t
RM2CPFEGC–. A general synopsis of birds . our : the irides areblack : the top of the head % and fides, are of the colour of po-Jilhed fteel: the neck and throat are black : the hind part of the-neck, the back and wings, fcapulars, and tail, are brown: thethree firft are tinged with brownifh green, and the colour of thethree laft paler, except the outer tail feather, which is black on.the inner web the whole length : the bread and under parts of thebody are tranfverfely ftriped with black and white, each featherhaving two black and two white bars on it, with the bafe grey:the wings, when clofed, reach fo
RM2CNXCC3–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . rown, and the interior livid orpale blue; the Claws broad like human Nails : The Legs are fituate verybackwards, fo that it feems not able to walk unlefs ercded perpendicular-ly on the Tail. It hath no Labyrinth upon the Wind-Pipe : The Liver isdivided into two Lobes, and hath a Bladder to contain Gall; above the Sto-mach the Gullet is dilated into a kind of Craw; the Throat is very loofeand dilatable; the Guts large, efpecially towards the Stomach. The Stomach is lefs muiculous
RM2CPHC64–. A general synopsis of birds . The head black, marked wich round fpotsof whites one fpot on each feather ; back and wings grey ;breaft yellowifli, crofted with tranfverfe lines of black; tailbrown, with pale margins. The male has flefh-coloured lines on the fore part of the head;behind dotted with white. Inhabits India, E N G T H four inches and a half. Bill brown : crown ofthe head and nape black, with a ftripe of white down thefhaft of each feather : hind part of the neck and back of a brown-ifh alh-colour, inclining to olive near the rump: between the billand eye a deep yellow fpot: the wi
RM2CPDYM9–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . very prettily; he was brought fromBarbadoes by a Captain which traded to the JVefl Indies, C % The (12) The CockatoOj or JVhite Crefted Parrot, Numb. XII. IT was about the bignefs of a large tame Pigeon^ its Billblack, the Irides of the Eye red, the Pupil black, theSkin round the Eye alh Colour; the whole Body, Wings,and Tail was white, with a Tin6lure of yellow: It had aCreft of Feathers on its Head, which it would fet up whenit was difpleafed; its Legs and Feet were of a greeni
RM2CNXMMF–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . een, the middle of each Featherhaving a^Shade of black; its Breaft and Belly are of a yellowifh white,faintly fpotted with black; it hath fixteen prime Feathers in each Wing,the firfl four, or outermofl:, are pointed, and half an Inch and halfa quarter longer than the reft, the others are blunt and indented,except the three laft, which are pointed as the firft, but not indented;the firft and fecond covert Feathers of the Wings have a Border of adirty white. The Tail is two Inches
RM2CNXM1E–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . s Bird is very fingular in his Care and Lovewhich he ihews to the Hen, when at Rooft he covers her all Night withhis Wing. In each Wing are eighteen prime Feathers, the five or fix outermoftare white, and have the one third of the Length from the Point of alight brown Colour; all the reft have their exterior Webs black, andtheir interior Webs light brown. It hath two black Spots on the upperCoverts of the Wings on each fide. The Tail is about two Inches and three quarters long, c
RM2CNXNT9–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ZJli^z, Mln:?T. (/e//n-. .y^^i£r7i lUJ. £j^znir?teau-. y£zz7U77u. CUautia- ftU^arii djfu- yiti/iarioT M ( 39 ) Tloe Sky Lark. Aland a Vulgaris. ktlljUS/r^^^ Numb. XLI. - 7 ^ Numb. XLI. ITS Welglit Is one Ounce eleven Drams, Length from the End of the Bill to the Endof the Tail, feven Inches and one half; Breadth, one Foot two Inches; the Bill fromthe Tip to the Angles of its Mouth, was three Quarters of an Inch long, the upper Man-dible blackifh, inclining to a Horn Colour, the
RM2CPTE65–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . uncles, wherewith the Noftrils are invented round, and the Head inthe fore Part feparated from the Bill, of the lower Edges are lightly re-fleded back under bothNoftiils; what is between the Crown and thisFlejQi on the right and left Side, is marked with a double fcaly Incifure,but behind with none. The Colour under the Jaws or Throat is a dark purple; the Neck moredilute, and fprinkled with fniall white Specks. The Number of quillFeathers was twenty three, the firft four of whic
RM2CNXE9K–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . /^li/sdc^m^nud. ;• yii/7ie iitt^f^ .70. iie/<Ti Ae l/^tnlL The Woodcock. Scolopax. ^ r^- . Numb. LXX. ITS Length from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail is one Footand three Inches ; Breadth when the V/ings are extended two Foot oneInch; Weight eleven Ounces and a quarter; the Bill is three Inches long :It is fbmething lefs than a Partridge-, the upper Side of the Body is par-ty-coloured of red, black and grey, very beautiful to behold ; from theBill alrnoft to the mid
RM2CPD5N8–. A general synopsis of birds . bird fhould feem rather a Hornbill than a Toucan, as inthis latitude no other than Hornbills have been feen ; on the con-trary, in South America, where the Toucans are, there are no Horn-bills: but this cannot be determined for want of better de-fcription. Bill 358 H O R N B I L L. 12. WREATHED BUI of an Indian Raven, Will. orn. t. 78. H. Description of aTaHE bill is, in figure, not unlike that of N° 3: in length,the Bill. JL from t]ie angles of the mouth to tip, from five to fix inches: on the top of the upper mandible is an appendage arifing aboutan inch in he
RM2CPCWCE–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ( 91 ) l^he Swan. Numb. XCI. nPHIS Bird is the biggefl of all the whole-footed Water-fowl with*- broad Bills, it weighed twenty pounds; from the tip of the Bill tothe end of the Tail were fifty five Inches, to the end of the Feetfifty feven; the diftance between the tips of the Wings extended, wasfeven foot and eight Inches. The whole Body is covered with a foft and delicate Plumage, in theold ones purely white, in the young ones grey; the Quill of the greaterWing Feathers of thi
RM2CNXX8W–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ffr^^rvUmri^fre-£^:£f-i77^^vz£fp /? S K.. ///-^J-i di^ik... JPuUi. hinuJ J/^i>r-.-, ffrzu^jpptteAtfbt^^ ■ ( XP ) The greater [potted Woodpecker. PIcus varius major. A>>. Numb. XIX. ITS Length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail is ii Inches; Breadthof the Wings when extended, one Foot two Inches; Weight two Ounces and threeQuarters; the Bill an Inch and a Quarter long, ftrcight, black, thicker at the Head, andflenderer by Degrees, ending in a {harp Point, bei
RM2CPHBHM–. A general synopsis of birds . s conical, a little bent jthe colour of it black; the under mandible yellow at the. bafe : irides yellow : the head and neck are black : on the fore-head are fix very long black briftly hairs which ftand upright, ormay be lowered at will: at the back part of the head is a creft ofa gilded red colour; the feathers which compofe it are ratherhard and ftifF, and the webs not united with each other : betweenthe two crefts the fpace is white, forming a band acrofs thehead : the eyes are encircled with white ftifF feathers : the breaftand belly of a beautiful deep vio
RM2CPD2KT–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^/v/.4 /lufnv^^./i/li, C^e /lu//nu/ta/fz ^ryz//t&^ S^t^azayr^i^//^ift f^/^^W ZZ.jyj/f.. Jid^7yiA//7^u7r KJ/i£^urnl^ ^/H/rC. S^a^^r^/dtn ^e^- .yia^.Q. J/Jj- [79)The Purple Bird, Numb. LXXXIV. THE Porphyrio Is a kind of Water He7t its Body is all over of afine purple Colour, the Tail of a whitifh afli Colour; its Bill,Legs and Feet are of a fcarlet red, the Claws black; Fliny fays thatwhen it drinks it feems to bite the Water; and hath this Property byhimfelf, to dip and whet his
RM2CPCTWJ–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . theend 5 the upper Mandible hath a round tuberous pieceof Flefh growing between the Noftrils, reprefenting a fmallrtd Cherry^ it is red towards the end, the Hook black j theIrides of the Eyes are white round; it is a red flefhy Sub-ftance like that on the top of the Bill. The top of the Head and Neck are dufky, motled withwhite, the Back and Wings of an odd Mixture of Colours,viz. dark brown, red, purple, green, and white; the Breaftand Belly are white, with fome few brown Feathe
RM2CPD2M6–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . cales; the Soles of the Feet were fpecklediikc Shagreen j the fore Toes long, the hind Toe fhort, the Talons black. This Bird is called Demoifelles by reafon of certain ways of adling thatit has, wherein it feems to imitate the Geftures of a Woman who affedisa Grace in her Walking, Obeifances, and Dancing. This Refemblancemuft be thought to have fome reafonable Ground, feeing that for abovetwo thoufand Years the Authors who have treated of this Bird have de-figned it by this Part
RM2CPDB8D–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . lew Colour; fhe has young ones at the end ofJ^pril^ or the beginning of May; you may take them at ten Days old,,,and feed them with Bread and Flefh-meat chopd very fine, and mixed,together, made moift as for other Birds. Toe: ( S6 )Sedge Bird. Numb. LX. ITS Bill is {lender, ftreight and of a duiky red; fromthe Bafe of the upper Mandible is a broad dirty whiteMark reaching over each Eye 5 its upper Side and Wingsare of a dufky Colour; the Breaft and Belly of a pale yel-lowilh whit
RM2CPE0C5–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . oth upper and lower Eye-lid terminatein a Membrane, having black Edges. The Ear Holes weregreat and furnifhed with Valves. It was for the apparent Magnitude of the Bird very light,full of Feathers, a Wreath or Hood of ftiff Feathers reach-ing beyond the Ears, encompafTes the Face and Eyes, andends under the Chin, like a Womans Hood; within thisis another Circle of Feathers, the Tips of both are of a lightblewifh Afh Colour; a Circle of dark Feathers encompaflesthe Eyes, which are
RM2CPFG7W–. A general synopsis of birds . &^^s3S&trcTTrl>.-^.C*>S/^ fF^^U » *5Kcrsi5a7r«. -JX#* ^feMRWZJi^TvAi Jes-vae* SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES ^Dflfl DD531fc.n fi crlsrb QL674.L35v. 1 pt. 2 A general synopsis of bird sta^V^Xi-JuL^r**** a-Tin vr .V:C/^;. L O N » ON:Printed for Ben].White. MBCCOXXII. fy ■- tM N ■ t 417 1 Genus XIV. ORIOLE. N° i. Black and yellow O. N° 24. Cheftnut and black 0 Var. A. 25. LefTer Bonana O. Var. B. 26. St. Domingo O. 2. Red-rumped 0. 27. Brafilian O. Var. A. 28. Yellow-winged O* 3. Crefted O. 29. White-winged O. Var. A. 30. Yellow-headed O. Var. B. 31. Scho
RM2CP3JTR–. Supplement to the General synopsis of birds . Supplem. Br. Zool. r. N=> 159 158 -—182 ■ 57- Append. 1 154 53 151 152 —184 —^185 Sylvia. RubicolaRubetraOenanthed. (3. — TroglodytesRegulus —TrochilusAcredulaArundinaceaSylvieUa Syft. Nat. I.. Genus XLIII. I T M O U S Great T.Colemoufe Marfh T.Blue T.Long-tailedBearded T. -530 -540-541 -543-550 -552 ■189 - id. -190 - id. ■162•164-1,65-163-166-167 A R U S. Major Ater - Paluftrls Cseruleus Caudatus Biarmicus — 341 — 342 — 3 78 5 II12 S W A L t 0 W. t Chimney Sw. — t Martin — t Sand M. — t Swift — — Genus XLIV. .561 -564-568-584 -192- id. ■168
RM2CPTA3X–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . The 5^. Pn/jr/ /j, /■.^r/r/Ur.^ r/(uuC ^i/ur/7Yf/i o y
RM2CPDF36–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^4^. h 49-
RM2CNXGHC–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . eFeathers, of which theoutermoft on each Side have their Bottoms,and alfo their Tops on the outfide the ftiaft black,their middle Part white, and the next to thefe lefs white, wz. only near the Top, andon the outfide the ftiaft; the three fubfequent on both Sides are black, and the twomiddlemoft cinereous with greenifli Edges. The Liver is divided into two Lobes, the right being the biggeft, the Stomach not veryflefliy j and the outermoft Toe in each Foot, as in other fmall Birds
RM2CPDDX4–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . IJA^^ J^Cartu/a-rve^ (^leazar.Mf^ti^^l J:f- ^ ^U- ^■. ^^/-/a^A ^a^ . /J. cl/A^^^.- jyj y. ( 47 )7he black Lark. Numb. LI. THE Bill of this Bird was of a duiky yellow; thelri-des of the Eyes yellowiih: It was all over of a darkreddifli brown, inclining to black, excepting the hindpart of the Head, on which was fome dufky yellowiih Fea-thers 5 likewife fome Feathers with whitiih Edges on theBelly. The Legs, Feet, and Claws were of a dirty yellow.This Lark was taken with a Clap Net
RM2CPDXXG–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^7-. ^tj /J/f-e/noj /7^?^/^/^w!%/g^j^j^^^&^z ^*iy,4a2^ ({^^zrO^^^e/./^ii.ij^y. 1^.
RM2CPDPN6–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . The 2>. yruy ,Jm/i/r/ia -JUn^fuAe^. (^^/eoyZO/r^^UttrL ^l/)cl. JJu/y 27. lyj .d.
RM2CPDRYX–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . .y/i-e. /^e^ ^l^iZoA- ^<?zn/yiif-<:^€<p^. ^^.K 7^if^7.7t ^^^jy^^y. 1 I 24.. kJ/u. J/to/f/uncfy ^/>;e<:/-ee^ter. cilea,za,7^u/i^n ^&/. .yiu^. if. lyj/^- ( i3 )^he Hamburgh Tree Creeper, Numb. XXIV. THIS Bird is fomething bigger than a *^^rr^:e;; its Billis black, the I rides of the Eyes yellow, the top of theHead and Neck of a redifh brown, with a caft ofpurple j the under part of the Neck and Throat is dividedacrofs with broad Streaks of brown and white; the Backa
RM2CPDNKG–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . The -zci.. ■^y/it. <C&yi^<2(^ ^y^yn/^^Aer. i2/c£i/a ^e^n^ea/en/Zl S^eo/zar^yf^^^tn ^^/. ^dof. 4. iJJ^- « ■■■ 3 o.
RM2CPDCRT–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . .V//^ OWytra^ ^Xa^W^, c^.^y/^^ft ^&/. ryjy. 5^3. ^y/u! <I^i^/ut^u/.a/e,. .=£asci/uii ^/■&a.za^^£^^tmz/^e/.Je/^. se. jys^- ( 49 )The Nightingale, Numb. LIU. NOtwithftandlng the particular Fancy of divers Perfons, for this or that Bird,which they efteem and prefer to all others, the Nightmgale, by the generality ofMankind, is ftill accounted the chief of all fingiwg Birds; he fends forth his plea-fant Notes with fo lavifli a Freedom, that he makes even the Woods to eccho withhis
RM2CPH9KW–. A general synopsis of birds . tail, are deep blackiih brown,crofted with irregular ftreaks of different Ihapes^ and of a rufouscolour : the outer edge of the wing and quills are black : abovethefe a large bed of white, occupying almoft the whole length ofthe wing : the fecondaries are longer than the quills, and hangover and hide them, in a ftate of reft: the tail confifts of fourteenfeathers, is five inches in length, and a little rounded; all thefeathers marked not unlike thofe of the back, but more inclined toafh-colour, paleft at the end ; befides which, all but the two mid-dle ones are
RM2CPRY3X–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ^Ae i/(zn^e^-.. ^ ■^/laj cau{/<uyi^f ^A^ S^a^/ie^:t^ant^(r Toi/cZi/ 0 .,-
RM2CPTM4E–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . t ij/i i:e/crur^c/^u/v/ie^-Si/-z/ ( 13 )The greater Butcher-Bird. Lanius cinereus major. Numb. XIII. IT is equal in Bignefs to the common Blackbird; its Weight is three Ounces; itsLength from the Bill end to the Tail end is ten Inches and a half; its breadthwhen the Wings are extended, fourteen Inches: The Bill from the Tip to the Anglesof the Mouth, an Inch long, black, hooked at the End, and furnifhed with an Angleor Tooth on each Side, like that of the Keftrel, Sparrow-Hawk, a
RM2CNXJKC–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . lu-z/7//;;, n./, ,S5. ; 7C. ytX/n/L del. A.2i£^?u/uj /^rTA^zitzu , t/i£. ire^tt^ ^^r^cn,. & .He^uAu , tAe^ /Mnzm/rTv^-rerv.
RM2CPTH87–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . fourth, and fifth equal; from the fixth theShafts being produced above the Feathers end in fharp Points; the Tailconfifts of twelve Feathers, the exteriour whereof were gradually fome-thing fhorter than the inteiiour to the middlemoft, which were fevenInches and a half long. The back Toe and Claw are large; the exteriour and interiour foreToes equal; and their Claws reach as far as the Root of the Claw ofthe middle Toe, the outmoft and middle Toe are joined at the Bottomas in the
RM2CPT0AP–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . J-un^/^zdc. i/t777/?a ^i^/ztr?- ^Ae.Ze^/^4 Jhx- Co-cA J//ci^l<.^n^-. Ijf,/yY/?yw ^//?/7ri/ia. ?ni/i/r^ T/^^ -^-t^/j-^ruea ^jn/a/c/?/7r y^
RM2CNY10N–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . ut an Inch diflant from eachother; the Edges of the inner Sides of all but the 2 middlemofl, and the Tops of allwere adorned with white Spots, like thofe in the Wing. The Feet and Claws are yellowifh, inclining to a Flefh-colour; in the Stomach of oneI fhot in the beginning of September, I found a great Number of the plad Caterpillar,which are defcribed in my Book of Infeds, p. 23. The Cuckow builds no Nefl, butdeflroying the Eggs of other Birds, viz. ( Hedge-fparmvs, Ring-doves,
RM2CPT420–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . on the under fide, not being in any Part covered with Featherseither above or beneath: the Legs are ftrong, thick, but very fhort,broad, and flat; (at leaft in the Young ones) the Feet and Clawsblack, covered with a Skin, not divided into perfect Scales, but can-cellated. It hath four Toes in each foot all webbed together by a broadblack Membrane, like the ElKs. The Stomach is membranaceous, but its upper Part thick and glan-dulous 3 within were Bones of Fifiies which it had devo
RM2CP5NDK–. A general synopsis of birds . dy dufky white, dallied withbrown : the middle of the belly plain dufky white : quills dufkybrown, with paler edges : tail brown : legs dufky. This was met with at Aoonalajljka, and Sandwich Sound., by ourlate voyagers-. A^fpecimen is now in the collection of Sir Jofeph-Banks. ENGTH feven- inches.. Upper parts of the body, andtail, plain brown, with a rufous tinge: the under parts dufkywhite, dallied with blackifh, as in the laft-defcribed: the middleof the belly plain dufky white. Brought from Aoonalajhka with the lad.. 49.BLACK-CROWNED B. Description. Pl. XLV.
RM2CNXB6B–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . E^i^■ M^.f i^e&i. ?y^. dl/in.deltfv She^ &i>ikMn^ my The Goofander. Merganfer. Jyi.(!!/u.<}^^ Numb. LXXXVII. S^S. ITS Weight is four Pound ; its Length from the Tip of the Bill to theEnd of the Tail twenty eight Inches ; its Breadth when extended for-ty Inches; the Body is long, the Back broad and flat, and the Head andupper part of the Neck is of a dulky yellowifli brown, as is alfo the Creft;the lower back part of the Neck, Pinion of the Wing, Back, and upperSide of its T
RM2CPT6G1–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . /%■ /•/^///// fV/r.--7////•/• ff/.l /TC^/.J /(•7f<ry
RM2CNXNX1–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . Me/y//^z ^ITriT? ^y/yfxi/z ^A£^xy^n.-2^n^/am£^lacA.J9//y. ., ...39. JS. ^^hfvde/e^. .yfle/nJa- Izrrnzui/a^. -<^?2& /zu /Z^/lu^r. /^ Tlm^ Oiizx^. (37 )The Ring Owzel Merula Torquata. /fclliL^ Numb. XXXIX. ^3^^ ITS Length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail Is elevenInches; Breadth, when the Wings are extended, leventeen Inches;the Bill is an Inch long or more, of a dusky or blackifh Colour. TheMouth is yellow within fide, the Tongue rough : The Irtdes of the Eyesar
RM2CPTFPM–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . Ficic<f jfiMcunu^ Tu^er The qreat Ir/a^A Tfj^o-dp^^ker #fs^v^. Jt^fa Jlti J^idt^ Ct/iert-fcf. zAr^ PluiA^i^A. ( 27 ) The Nuthatch Sitta Jeu Picus cineru?. Numb. XXVUL. ITS Weight was one Ounce; its Length, from the Tip of the Billto the Endof;the Tail,was five Inches and three quarters, to the End of the Toes fix Inches 5 the:Bill was ftreight, triangular, black above, underneath towards the Throat white, al-moft an Inch long, meafuring from the Tip to the Angles of the Mouth;
RM2CP5MTD–. A general synopsis of birds . ight red: between the bill andeye blueiih afh-colour: the upper parts of the bird are yellowifhgreen : the wing coverts, and fecondaries, greenifh, with red mar-gins : quills dufky : the breaft is olive green, changing intowhite on the belly and under the tail; all beneath variegatedwith broken dufky tranfverfe lines : the rump, and tail, brightred ; the laft even at the end : legs pale brown. The female has a pale yellow bill. top of the head, and neck,afh-colour : bafe of the wings, and rump, yellowifh green, infleadof red: the tail brown, edged with dull red.
RM2CPDCT5–. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . erior Edges are of a reddifli yel-low, and in fome Birds white. The Tail is two Inches and a quarterlong, made up of twelve black Feathers, their exterior Edges the famewith the Quill-Feathers; the Legs and Feet black; its Stomach is notvery mufculous, out of which when diffedled was taken Beetles andother InfeEis. It commonly breeds in forfaken Coney Burrows. In Sujfex the Boys, to catch thefe Birds, ufe this Art; they dig longTurfs of Earth, and lay them acrofs the Holes whereo