The More-Hen.
Numb. X C I .
THE length from the point of the Bill to the end of
the Feet was feventeen Inches and a hal_ f, , to tthe end
o f the Tail thirteen and a half, the breadth, when the
Wings were expanded, twenty two Inches and a half, the
Bill from the T ip to the corners of the Mouth was more
than an Inch long, o f a duiky yellow green. The top of
the Head, hind part of the Neck, Back and Wings are
o f a dark brown inclining to black ; round the Scapular
and out Edge o f the W ing, as far as the lower Coverts, runs
a Line of white; the Throat, Breaft, Belly and Thighs are
black, below the Vent and the under fide of the Tail
white; it had alio four long {lender white Feathers on the
upper part of the Thigh behind; the Legs and Fefet were
o f a fordid green Colour, the Toes long, the Claws black:
It will feed very fat; its Fleih is very well tailed and as
good as that of Teal: It gets its Food on graiiy Banks and
Borders of Rivers, and feeds on fuch Infe£ts as it finds
there. See the Cock Vol. the fecond Numb 72.