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The Dottrell from Lincolnlhire.
Numb. LXni.
IT S Weight was four Ounces and a half; Length, from
the Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail, nine
Inches and a half; Breadth, when the.Wings were extended,
feventeen Inches and three quarters; the Bill
black, about an.;Inch long I the Top of the Head finely
fpotted with white, yellow, and brown; tip Eyes black, the.
Irides white; over each'Eye is a broad white Line reaching
almoft to the hinder part of the Head (this being a particular
charadleriftick Note of the Dottrell Kind theBreaft,.
Belly, Thighs, and under Side of the Tail were white
with a Tin&ure of faint yellowiih buff Colour ; the upper
Side of the Neck brown; the Back, covert Feathers,,
and baftard Wing brown, their out Edges yellow, the
quill Feathers black, the exteriour Web of the outmoft
white; the upper Side of the middle Feathers of the
Tail brown, the reft on each Side white. The Legs- and
Feet of a fordid green. It wants the back Toe.
This Bird I had of ff'illiam Lydal, Poulterer, who had
it out of LincolnJhirey by the Name of Dottrell.
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