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8. Of the Diving Parret.^ 



This is commonly called the P arret. Amongst all the web- 

 I footed birds that have three claAvs, this hath a peculiar bill ; 

 ' and because it seem'd to those that gave him this name to be 

 like that of a parret, therefore they called him also a parret ; 

 but in truth his bill is not at all like that of a parret ; its bill 

 is broad, and full of slender strokes of several colours, viz., 

 red, white, and the broad part thereof is black ; the upper- 

 most as well as the undermost are both pointed ; the upper- 

 most arch is red, and his upper bill hath a thin bended hook ; 

 the undermost hath a yellowish arch, and is towards the end 

 downwards cut off somewhat sloaping. The upper part of 

 its bill, as well as the lower part, is about three fingers broad, 

 and about the same length, if you measure the upper and 

 undermost together : he hath on the upper bill four arched 

 or bended oblong pitted holes, and on the lower he hath as 

 many, although the furthermost is not altogether so plain. 



These holes or pits of the upper and lower bill make toge- 

 ther a half-moon ; and the parts that are elevated make in 

 the same manner, as well as the pitted or hollow ones, a half- 

 moon. 



By these holes are as many raised or elevated parts ; the 

 uppermost of them is as broad as the three furthermost ones 

 together, and hath underneath on each side a longish hole, 

 which without doubt are his nostrils ; but the uppermost on 

 the under bill is about a straws breadth broader ; the upper 

 broad part is blackish, and sometimes blew. 



On this broad part of the Tipper bill that is thus elevated 

 above the rest, is towards the eye a long whitish piece of 

 cartilage that is full of holes, whereon you see towards the 

 inner part of the mouth something like a nerve, which also 

 reacheth towards the under part, and there endeth itself, 

 whereby the bill is opened and shut. 



1 The Puffin or Coulterneb {Fratercula Arctica). 



