Ohfevvations 6cc. 25-1 



Thaihanne ■, probably the Thehanus Ophites of the Antients. T^i^Thaiban- 



1 have been informed that fome of them are three or four banurophi- 

 Yards long, approaching the neareft^ of this Family, to that^''" 

 monftrous one which is faid to have been killed by Regiilus \ I 



have feen fome Purfes, made of their Skins, which were four 

 Inches or more in Diameter. 



The Zurreike, another Serpent of the Sahara, is ufually a- r/>iZurreike, 

 bout fifteen Inches long. It is of a ilender Body, and, being '"^■'^'^"''"* 

 remarkable, as the Name ' feems to infinuate, for darting It- 

 felf along with great Swiftnefs, may perhaps be the Jaculus * 

 of the Antients. 



The moil malignant of this Tribe, is \h^, Lejfah, which is r«i Leffah, 

 of alefs uniform Turn of Body than the Zurreike, and rarely "^ '^^'' 

 above a foot long. The burning {torrida) Dipfas, as Lucan 

 calls it, anfwereth very well both to the Name^ and Qu_ality 

 of the Leffah. 



The ^rahs report, that there is the fame Antipathy betwixt r,SfAntipa- 

 the Leffah and the Tattah, which hath been^ long ago affign-iLJ^'S 

 ed betwixt the Chameleon and the Viper ; and that a little ^°''''^' 

 Drop of clammy Juice let fall by the latter upon Uiq Leffah, 

 will throw It into fuch violent Convuliions, as are attended with 

 immediate Death. 



In defcribing the more curious Birds οϊ Barhary, we mayr^^Karabur- 

 add, to the Eagle Kind , The Karaburno ; an Afh-coloured 

 Hawk of the Bignefs of our Buzzard, with a black Bill, red 

 Iris, yellow iliort Feet, the Back of an Afli or fordid blew 

 Colour, the Pinions of the Wings black, with the Belly and 

 Tail whitiih. 



The (Graab el Sahara) Crow of the Defert, is fome what M^^/f^fiJ 

 bigger than our Raven; and from the rednefs of the Feet andrhO°curax.^^* 

 Bill, may perhaps demand the Title of the larger Coracias or 

 Tj/rrhocorax. 



The Shaga-rag, is of the Bignefs and Shape of a Jay ^rhc s^^^gz* 

 though with a fmaller Bill, and ihorter Legs. The Back is''^" 

 browniih; the Head, Neck and Belly, of a light green ; and 



I Pluribus ille notis variatam tingitur alvum 



Quam parvis tinaus maculis Thebanus Ophites. Lucan. deBell. Civ. 1. 9- 



2 Vid. p. 147. Not. I. 3 Sc. a 9,j Zural•^ jaculari. Vid. Gol. in voce. 



. 4 Jaculique volucres. Luc. Bell. Civ. 1. 9. 



ySc. a^»' Laffah mere. Vid. Go/. 6 Vid. Mian. Hift. Animal. 1. 4. cap. 33. Philcn dc 

 Propr. Aniro. in Chamsleonte. Scali^. ad Cardanum de Subtilit. apud Gf/«. u: fupra. 



Rrr ζ upon 



