Hi ftoric of tke Indies lib.4* 



ferent.They bring ccrtainc birds from Chin 4, that have 

 no fecte,and all their bodies arc almoft feathers. They 

 fit not vpon the ground, but hangvpon boughs, by 

 firings or feathers which they have , and fo reft them- 

 fcj ves,!ike flies or aierie things. In 2Vr0 there are birdes 

 which they call Tontineiis, fo fmall , that often times I 

 have doubted feeing them flic, whether they were bees 

 or butter-flics- but in truth they arc birdes. Contrari- 

 wife, thofe which they call Cwdores , be of an excee 

 ding grcatnes, and of iuch a force, that not onely they 

 will open a fheepc and eatc it , but alfo a whole calfe. 

 Thofe which they call Auras , and others P^//^J, 

 ( which in my opinion are of the kindc of ravens,) arc 

 ofaftrangelightncs, and have a very quicke fight, be 

 ing very fit to clcnfc Citties, for that they leave no 

 onion nor dead thing. They paflethe night on trees or 

 vpon rockes, and in the morning they come to the 

 cities and townes , fitting on the toppcs of the higtieft 

 building^ where they attend their prey. Their yong : 

 h o'o \\ ' ii;c feathers y as they report of ravens , and fo 

 change into blacke. 



' I- ie GvticawayAC bebirdes bigger then Parrets,& re- 

 f'riibl- mem TORI thing; they areefteemed for the varil 

 eric c ?t :heir f eather s,which be very fairc & pleafing. In 

 ftafi&f&inc there are abouncUrnce of birdes with excel- 

 len: feathers , fo as there be not any found in Europe 

 thr lilies neere them,as we mayTee by the images of 

 fc^ti ?rs they bring from phence , the which are (with 

 great reafan,)much valued and efteemed, giving cauic 

 oif admiration, that wfeh the feathers of birdes , they 

 IhoulJ m;i ! <efo excellent a worke, and fopcrfedly e- 

 qual!, AS c!iey fecnieprop"rly to be the true coloures of 

 a painter., and have fo lively and pleafing a regard; as 



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