The Natural Hiftory of JAMAICA. 
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deal of little fmall fhining corner’d Pebbles, the Liver was of a very 
blackifh red Colour in two Lobes, under the right of which lay the 
Gall Bladder. ine 7 
Ic is frequently feen on all- the Rivers in this Ifland, feeds on {mall 
Fifhes, Beetles, cc. 
XVI. Radas aquaticas. Aldrov....tom. Bee 455. ‘Willaghb.. Tab. 58. 
p- 314. Ortygometra Bellon. “Gallinula chloropus altera Aldrov, Ratj. fy 
Pp. 113+ @& 190. 
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This was a Foot long from the Bills End to that of the Tail, and 
about one Foot and an half from the Tip of one Wing to that of 
the other extended, the Bill was large, angular, or corner’d, the up- 
per. Chap blackifh, :and the under redifh, the Head) very little; the 
Neck four Inches long, the Tail an Inch and an haif loug, the Head, upper 
part of the Neck, Back: and: /Tail, were of a darkith and lgbre: srowa 
mix’d Colour, the, middle ofthe Feathers being blacktih. Uiider the 
Chaps it was white, the under. part of the: Neck was Greyifh orstinhe 
Brown, the Breaft and Belly of a light Grey, the Thighs were cove" 
with Feathers part brown and: pare..white: in Stréaks, the Legs and 
Feet were four Inches long, cover’d: with ‘greyifh Scales,:the// Tos 
-were .four, three before, whereof. that: in the. middle was.an Inghvand 
an half long, and one behind, they had fmall black Claws. 7 
It had the. -moft mufcalar Stomach Ixever faw, ‘bur before.) the 
Ocfophagus-enter’d, it, there was°a Protaberayce. in it, anda great many 
conglomerated Glands, {pewing out upon preffure a vifcid yellowilht Suby 
ftance; the: Stomach was. lin’d.swith a feparable yellow Tunicie, and 
had fome Remainders of Crabs Claws, @c. in it, the Guts had divers 
Circumvolutions, and the Livér was large; cre. or 
It feeds on Crabs, Cterscigg woo 5 2: bus . 
It haunts the Sea Marfhes about the Salt Ponds. 
It rafts very Fifhy, and is noc good Meat. aly 
XVII. Phenicopterus, Willughb. p. 320. Tab. 60. Raifé [ym po 107.6 
190. Flambant on Flamande Du Tertre. p. 267. The belt and greateft 
Bird of St. Chriftopbers is a Paffer Flaminga, which walking at her 
Length is as tall as a Man. Smiths Ob/s. p. 54: 
The Flamingo. 
Thefe are very. common in the Marfhy and Fenny Places, and 
likewife fhallow Bayes of Famaica. itsoH 
Du Tertre reprehends Rochefort for giving this a Spoon-bil.) 
I never faw this Bird, nor the Gaara in Jamaica, but I had an 
Account from feveral of the Inhabitants, whom I thought very under- 
ftanding and honeft Men, that they were both found.in this Ifland. 
Mmmm CHAP. 
