Upupa — Urinatrix— I r ultur 1 7 7 



or spreads again according as it is disposed, as a horse pricks 

 or droops its ears. It has very short legs and rounded wings, 

 while it flies somewhat slowly. 



Of the Urinatrix. 



Ko\u/u,/3t9, urinatrix, in English a douker, in German eyn 

 ducher. 



Aristotle. 



But other animals in truth live in the water and 

 thence seek their food, yet they breathe air and not 

 moisture, and they are wont to breed out of the water. 

 Now there are many of this sort, in part going afoot, 

 as are the Lutra, Latax, and Crocodilus ; and in part 

 winged, as the Mergi and the Urinatrices. 



Aristotle makes mention only of one kind of Urinatrix, 

 but I have observed three kinds of Urinatrices. Of these the 

 first is wholly black, and, except for the tuft it bears upon its 

 head, is not unlike the Mergus otherwise, so far as the 

 outline of its body goes, though it is one-third less in size. 

 This is the sort our sailors call the Loun, but others the Douker. 

 The second kind, no bigger than a Thrush, is like a Duck in 

 colour and in form of body; this the English call the middle 

 Urinatrix. The third kind, when it is but newly hatched, 

 recalls a Gosling, so that if its beak were not a little more 

 slender you could scarce discern the one bird from the other. 

 For it has no quills, but in place of these a sort of down. 

 These three kinds for the most part live on stagnant waters 

 or not very rapid rivers, on the banks of which grow reeds 

 and sedges. 



Of the Vultur. 

 r^, vultur, in English a geir, in German eyn geyr. 



Aristotle. 

 The Vulture nests in very lofty rocks, and thus it 

 chances that the nest and young are rarely to be seen. 



