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Identifier: naturalhistoryof03albi (find matches)
Title: A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life
Year: 1731 (1730s)
Authors: Albin, Eleazar, fl. 1713-1759 Derham, W. (William), 1657-1735 Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner. DSI Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: London : Printed for the author and sold by William Innys in St. Paul's Church yard, John Clarke under the Royal-Exchange, Cornhill, and John Brindley at the King's Arms in New Bond-Street
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5%^ rcJ J^Jea-nr ( <5i ) lloe Red Head Sparrow, Numb. LXV. THIS Bird is fomething lefs than the Houfe Sparrow^and more (lender in its Body, the Bill of an afh Co-lour, yellow towards the Bale, the Irides of the Eyeswhite j The Top and hind part of the Head red; under theBill is a long black Mark, and a large Semi-Spot of thefame Colour on the fide of the Head; the fide of the Headunder the Eye, and round the Spot white, alio a Ring ofwhite round the hind Part of the Neck , the Back and Sca-pular Feathers of the Wings reddifh brown, with longblack Marks 5 the ends of the Coverts tipt with white,which makes two Lines of white acrofs the Wing; the Co-verts and Quills are of a lighter brown, without any Marksor Spots, the Breaft and Belly of a dirty white. The Tail was made up of twelve Feathers of a dufky Co-lour, their Edges light brown, the Legs and Feet yellow,the Claws black. Mr. Willoughby in his Ornithology men-tions a Bird fomething like it. See SeSi. the

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