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Wings being extended, no Man, though feveral tried, could reach with his 
Arms ftretched out within four Inches of the tips of them, Oviedo. 
Their Greafe is a Soveraign Remedy for the Sciatica, and all cold Gouts 
Du Tertre. | ° 
It followsthe Alcatraz (or Pelecan) in the Air to catch its Dung for Food,Col, 
In the firfk Voyage to the Weft-Jndies the Spaniards followed the flight of 
Birds as the Portuguefe did in their Difcoveries, Zdem, 
Fe perfecutes the Alcatraz (or Pelican ) for his Prey tll he lets ig fall, he 
catching it before it gets down, Oviedo, fum. p. 202. 
It is very good Meat Cuuche. | 
The Zndians love its Feathers, which they ufe with their Arrows, obferving 
they laft longer than other kinds. Their Greafe takes our Scars, Xim. Lact. 
We had alfo Boobies, a kind of Bird fo called, as well as Noddies, came fre- Of Birds cal- 
quently here on Board the Ships ; they are fo called by Seamen, becaufe they /ed Boobies 
do not ftir from you, but fuffer themfelves to be catch’d by the Hand, or light and Nod- 
on Seamens Arms, being unaccuftom’d to Men. The Booby is neareft to the ““* 
Soland Goofe of any Bird I know, therefore I {hall call it 3 
Anferi Baffano congener avis, cinereo-albus. | | 
Thefe are Grey and White of colour, large:as ‘a Mafcovy Ruck, White a- 
bove and Grey below, the four Toes joind: bya Web as. in the Figure, 
they fly over the Water as a Kite over the Land, and watch the Fifh. to take 
them fo foon as they appear on the Surface’ of the Water :. Ic has'a long Ofsbe Booby. 
roundifh Bill of a yellowith colour: -We firft mer them’ when we approached 74).6.Fig.1. 
the Mland of Barbados, and had them afterwards in great numbers all along a- 
mongft the Caribe Iles: they are very numerous on. Redondo a {mall ifland 
not far from Nieves, and there they breed, it not being: inhabited or reforted 
to, fo that they are not difturbed with mankind. I thal’ next defcribe the 
Bird called a Noddy, and call it > al vga soni ni 
 Efirunda marina, minor, capite albo. OD OVO Stine over oF 25h 
-The ‘Noddy Bird was Eleven Inches long. fromithe knd_of the: Bilito'rhar 
of the ‘Tail, and Twenty fix Inches from Wing to Wing:extended ; ithe Bill 
was fireight, black, roundifh, an Inch and a’ half long, shaving two Jarge T4b.6.Fig.2. 
Apertures forthe Noftrils, the Tail was FourInches:long,’ thé:top of shé Head 
was White, all the reft of a dirty brown reddith colour, the Legs‘ atid 1Feer 
were I'wo Inches long : itchad Four ‘Toes, ‘Fheee bafose,.wasSfeb footed, and 
of a dark Brown.colour.: =) 2) uaymerynyy aster las By otis arts 
They feed on fmall Fith, and go out a great way to Sea; where when they 
mect Ships they pitch themfelves without any fear of the Men, even fome- 
times on the Hands of the Sailers, if held out-for them to Pearch on, They 
are mentioned by the following Writers. | sresyteys 
«s Noddy of fo. Davis Purchas, 132. who obferved it at Noronha. An Birds 
on the Ship»Galleries at F. de Martin Vaz. Purchas, Wilfon, p. 4862. Uccelli 
fimile al-Gargioa, Cals.fi43 2 Noddy in Greenland or Spitzberg, Purchas, 472 2 Of 
Bool, dh. :p.7o7 2 Paffere Sempie, chat is fimple Sparrows of Quiedo fury, p. 203. 
hn Maliergucks of Spitzberg 2... Ae ae. oes 
AMdeois. fomewhae lef: chan: Sea-Mews, has Fect like.a Malard, lands: on the 
‘Water, lightson Ships, ihas a black Head, and its Shoulders\Ruflet, and is 
hot good to-eat, Ovied. 203. | 7 
We took berelaShatkowhielsdinthiss Stomach had remaining the Feathers of 
one of thefe' Birds called“ Noddy, the iFlefh of which was diflolved into 
a kind of Mucus-and Blood. 3 “It is’ fobaualikely: that this Bird which Preys on 
{mall Fith on the top f ‘the Water;:was‘on falling down to catch: {uch Prey 
Blo. tt pte 
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taken by this Shark. -Itis alfo likely thatthe! Feathers,’ of this or other Birds, 
-whentaken,:.may-ferve to make the devouring Fifh endure-‘Hun er longer than 
-otherwife ivcould. It being obferved’that Birds of Prey -willsendure: Hunger 
xiil longer 
