The Crown Bird from Mexico.'
. Numb. XIX.
TH I S Bird was of the Bignefs of the MijfeUBird;
its Bill of a tawny fleih Colour, thick and fhort
after the Manner of the Grosbeaks; the Irides of the Eyes
of the fame Colour of the Bill, encompaffed with a Ring'
of fcarlet, above that a Line of hlark encompafling the
fore Part and upper half of the Eye, then white, the
white reaching from the Bill, beyond the Eye on the
under Side, and about half way on the upper Side; it
had a large Greft of green Feathers, which it could fet
up or lay down at Pleafure; the Head, Neck, Back,
Breaft, and Part of the Belly green; the lower Part of
the Belly and Thighs of a dusky brown Colour; the
firft four quill Feathers of the Wings fcarlet, the fourth
having fine long white' Marks in the exterioui AVe ;
the reft of the quill feathers purple, as was alio the Tail,
the covert and fcapular Feathers of the Wings purple,
with a Mixture of green; the Legs and Feet of a blue-
ilh lead Colour: This Bird I drew at Mr. B la n d s on
Tower-Hill, who called it the Crown Bird from Mexico.
JYrc Crmrm firmfrom 'Mexico.