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The Minor.
Numb; XXXVHI.
'n r HIS Bird is about the Bignefs of the? Mizzletoe Thrujh •
1 Bill of a beautiful red Colour; the Irides of thè
Eyes pale yellow ; on the hind Part of the Head is a
broad Stripe of yellow, reaching as far as the Eyes, the
Ends inclining downward; the whole Bird is black, excepting
two long white Marks in the two outmoft quill
Feathers of the Wings ; its Legs were of a orange Colour;
the Claws black. This Bird imitates a human Voice,
fpeaking very articulately. I drew this Bird at Mr. Mere's
Coffee-Houfe, in King-fire et, Bloomsbury. Sir Hans Sloan
had one of thefe Birds that fpoke very prettily, which he
prefented to Her Majefty Queen Carolina. They are
brought from Eaji-lndia. Ws
