Identifier: naturalhistoryof03albi (find matches)
Title: A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life
Year: 1731 (1730s)
Authors: Albin, Eleazar, fl. 1713-1759 Derham, W. (William), 1657-1735 Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner. DSI Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: London : Printed for the author and sold by William Innys in St. Paul's Church yard, John Clarke under the Royal-Exchange, Cornhill, and John Brindley at the King's Arms in New Bond-Street
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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un-der which it had green Feathers fcolloped with black reach^^ing to one third of its Back \ the reft of the Back was cloath-ed with beautiful yellow Feathers: The fore part of itsNeck, Breaft and Belly of a fcarlet Colour, as were alfbthe fcapular Feathers of the Wings. The firft four Feathers of all the Rows of Coverts wereof a du(ky yellow, fpotted with dark brown j the upper Co-verts next the Back dark blew and fpotted with black -y thetwo firft Quills very dark inclining to black, on the exteriorWeb of each eight Spots of duiky yellow, the reft of theQuill-Feathers of the Colour of the firft Coverts. The long Feathers of the Tail were dark and fpotted,and tipt with yellow; it had on the upper part of its Taillong narrow fcarlet Feathers with yellow Tips; the Legsand Feet were yellow; I do not find this beautiful Bird def-cribecl by any Author; it was in the PolTellion of the Ho-nourable yohn Spencer Efquire, at his Houfe in IVindforPark^ where I went by his Order to draw it. ne
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