28.
WHITE.
WREATHED
S.
D e s c r i p t io n .
Pl a c e .
*9- BLUE 3 S.
D e s c r i p t io n .
One may with great probability fuppofe thefe two to be only
one fpecies.
Lanius fau&us, Lin* Syjl. i. p. 138. N® 26.
Corvus fauftus, Ameer., acad. iv. p. z\ 1.
SIZE of a common Thrulh. Bill pale : the upper parts of the
body grey j the under ferruginous: from the eyes to the hind
head pafles a whitifh line, compofed of numerous white feathers,
rendering it truly char aft eriftic : the wings are rounded; the
quills brownifh, with grey edges, which are crofied with numerous
flender, obfolete, brown lines : the tail is rounded, brown,.
Crofted with numerous bars of darker brown legs pale.
This elegant fpecies inhabits China, where it is known by the
name of Wbommaj. It may be obferved, among others, in Chi-
nefe paper-hangings, where the white line feems to encompafs the
back part of the head, like a wreath.
Lanius bicolor, Lin. MantiJf. ij.yi.. p. iza.
Loxia madagafcarina, Lin. SjJl. i. p. 306. N° 42.
La Pie-griefche bleue de Madagafcar, Brif. orn, i;, p. J97. 26. pi. 16.
f. 3.—PI. ml. 298. f. 1.— 32. f. 2.
If ENGTH fix inches and a half. Bill fine blue; bafe befet
with bridles: round the bill the feathers are black: the head
and all the upper parts of the body fine blue: beneath fnow
white: quills black, with the outer edges bluer the two middle
tail feathers blue, with black tips and lhafts: the four next on
each fide are blue on the outer margins ; the inner and tips black :
xo ' S - the
the outer feather black, except juft at the bafe, where it is blue on
the outfide: legs and claws black.
The female differs merely' in the colours being lefs lively, and
the under parts of a dirty white.
This is common at Madagafcar, where it lives oft infefts.
La petite Pie-griefche ver'te de Madagafcar, Hrif. orn.ii. p. 195. N° 23. pi.
i j .- f! 3.
Tcha-cherC, Buf. dij\ i. p. jio . ,
Pie-gr-ieche de Madagafcar, Pi. enl. 32. f. 2*
J^IZE of a Houfe-fparrow: length five inches and three quarters.
The head, hind part of the neck, back, wings, and rump, dull
green, verging moft to the lafi colour on the head: under parts o f
the body white : outfide of the thighs the fame colour as the
back; infide black and white: the quills are blackifh; the outer
edges and tips dull green : tail black, except the two middle
feathers, which are dull green ; the outer margins of the others
are of the fame colour: legs and claws black.
It is found at Madagafcar, and called there ‘Fchd-chert.
The wings of the two laft fpecies are pretty long in proportion.
TiiSALB.
P lace.
30-
GREEN ■
S.
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