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AFRICAN R.
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19.
BLACK-HEAD-
ED R.
D escription.
P lace.
20.
GREY-TAILED
R.
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®r. Muf.
T E N G T H eight inches and a half. Bill very (lout, and bent
at the t ip ; the colour yellow : plumage tin the upper parts
pale cinnamon; beneath, fine pale reddifh lilac: vent, and under
the tail, pale blue green : quills o f a deep blue; the margins o f
the inner webs, and the tips, black: tail blackilh blue; the ends
■ of the two middle feathers black, the others pale blue green, tipped
with black: legs brown.
The above is in fine prefervation in the Britijh Mufeimt, and was
brought from Africa. I t feerns a very ftout bird, in refpect to its
length.
Q l Z E of a Jay. Bill red : head and neck black; but the hind
head is greyifli: the upper part o f the body is blueilh purple;
the under, white : quills brown • the two middle tail feathers
blue, and the reft purplifh; all of them tipped with white:
legs red.
Suppofed to inhabit China, as I met with it among lbme fine
drawings from that country.
C I Z E o f a Jay; length feventeen inches, Bill black: head and
neck the fame: back, and part o f the wing coverts, tawny
brown; the reftofthecoverts,andlecondaries, white: greater quills
black; bread and belly afh-colour: tail very long, cuneiform;
colour of it pale grey, with the end black; legs alh-colour.
Inhabits India.— From the drawings o f Lady Impey, in which
it is called the Vagabond.
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g I Z E o f a Jackdaw. Bill ftout, curved at the point, and fur-
nilhed with hairs on the bafe; colour black : the hind part o f
the head, the nape, and middle of the neck, blue: back, lefier
wing coverts, rump, and vent,, the fame; the colour very fplen-
did : the reft o f the wing black, marked with three fmall blue
fpots: the fides and front o f the neck, the bread, and belly, black:
tail dull blue : legs black.
Inhabits India, where it is known by the name of the Blue Fairy
Bird.— From the drawings o f Lady Impey.
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FAIRY R.
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