Cape Sparrow.
Numb. L X V I I .
TH IS Bird was about the bigneis of the Abaduvine:
Its Bill was of a pale cinereous, the Irides of the Eyes
white, the Head Neck and Breaft black, ending in a Point
on the Belly; the lower part of the Belly, Thighs, and
round the Wings white; the Wings of a light brown Colour,
excepting the two firft Quill-Feathers, which were all
black, the reft of the Quills their exterior Edges only
black.
The Legs and Feet light brown, the Claws duiky: The
Tail was made up of twelve Feathers of equal length, of
the fame Colour of the Wings. Its Note was like the
W hiffling Qf the Wind. This Bird I faw at my Lord Ilay’s,
who was pleafed to let me draw it.
