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The Blue G( R O S - B E A K from Angola.
H I S Bird is here figured of its natural Bignefs, which agrees with the
Size
j   of the cominion Gros-beak or lawfinch, [Coccothraziges vulgaris]  of
which Ge-
nus it is a difftncq Species.
The Bill is very firong, thick at its -Bafe, and fharp-pointed, tho' ending
in an
Angle not very acute; of a Lead-Colour, with the lower Mandible lighter than
the
Upper. The Eyes are of a dark Il-afel-Colour, the Pupil Black. The Bill is
encom-
pafled above and beneath with black Feathers; narrow on the Forehead, on
the Sides
reaching back to the Eflyes, and beneath the Bill reaching about an Inch
down the
Throat. The Head, Neck, Back, Rump, leffer Covert-Feathers of the Wings,
and all
the under Side of the Bird are of a very fine deep blue Colour. On the Top
of the
Head the Feathers are longer than ordinary, and form a little Creff on the
Hinder-
part of the Head. The greater Feathers, or Quills in the Wings, and the Row
of
Covert-Feathers next above them are Black; yet thofe Quills that fall next
the Back
of the Bird, and the firfi Row of Coverts above them have blue Edges.  The
Tail
is wholly Black on the upper Side, and of a fainter or dufky Black beneath,
as are
the greater Feathers of the Wings.  Its Legs and Feet are rather little and
weak than
ftrong in Proportion to the Bignefs of the Bird. The Legs, Feet and Claws
are all
of a Black, or dark Lead-Colour.
This Bird was brought with feveral others alive from Lfibon, by Mr. Paul
Mar-
yn, a Gentleman who had been in the Portuguefe Settlements abroad. While
he
was in London, he lodged at the Iloufe of Mr. Goodchi/d, a Dealer in Hard-Wares,
in Cannon-Street, where he obliged me with the Sight of all his curious Birds,
from
which I made Daughts: And he was fo good as to write Notes under each of
them for my better Information of their Natures. Under the above he wrote
as fol-
lows. " The Portuguefie call it Azulam; this Bird is only to be
got
on the Coaft
IC of Angola, in Africa, a Settlement belonging to the 'Portuguefe ; it is
chiefly
" efeerned for its Docility and Colour".  I believe, I
may venture
to pronounce this
Bird a Non-defcript, as I have been at fome Pains to examine our Natural
Hiflorians,
and can find nothing like it. I have placed it on a Branch of a Cherry-Tree
(which I
copied from Nature) by the Way of contrafting the Colours.
The Butterfly in this Plate is EngliJh, and of the natural Size. Its Body
is brown;
the lower Wings are of a yellowifli White, dotted with Black round their
Borders; the
upper Wings are half White next the Body, the other Half is of an Orange-Colour,
and bordered with Black at the End. There is alfo a fmall Spot of Black in
the
Q9range-colour'd Part of each Wing.
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