0,10 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [^ANNO l685. 



autem alae, et earum remiges nigricant ; uropygium albescit, ejusque pennae e x 

 ternae albidae sunt: venter cinereus; is vero imus sensim fit niveus; rostrum a 

 capite ad mediam fere partem nigrum, deinde subpurpureum, ipso ejus apice 

 nigro : in superiore mandibulo non nisi unus denticulorum ordo, atque idem 

 simplex ordo in inferiore ; item iiuic lingua utrinque uno denticillorum ordine 

 armatur. Pedes subpurpurei sive carnei coloris, ungues fere albidi, excepto 

 medii digiti, qui ex majore parte nigricat. Pendet libras 7, et fere dimidium. 

 In paludibus agri Eboracensis nidificant, ipsi et earum pulli mense Maio pin- 

 guescunt, et in deliciis habentur. 



Ad lanios ea avicula referenda est, quam a Germanis silk-tail vulgo appellari 

 audio; harum unam aut alteram sclopeti glande transfixam, Eboraci, exeunte 

 Januario anni l680vidi. Sane perquam elegans avicula est, magnitudine tur- 

 dum fere aequabat ; huic in extremis alarum pennis 4 aut 5 apices parvi coccinei 

 nudi, cornei, minime plumis vestiti ; item in extrema cauda limbus latus, luteus 

 instar corticis citri, caetera maximam partem lanium colore refert. 



Hos lanios in Prussia frequentes esse aiunt mercatores nostri. 



I will not affirm the grey lagg to be different from the common wild goose ; 

 your description and mine so well agree, save in the colour of the bill and 

 legs. The design of the lanius I can send you done from the skin. 



I have since viewed the head of the bird called silk-tail at Mr. Charlton's, and 

 find it to want the notchs in the upper part of the bill proper to the lanius 

 kind. It must therefore be removed, and put amongst the jays.* 



Abstract of a Letter from Dr. Cole oj Worcester, dated May the \3th, l685 .• 

 Concerning Stones voided per Penem. N° 175, p. 11 62. 

 Two stones, of the size of fig. 20 and 21, pi. 5, were voided by the penis, 

 from a man who for many years had been subject to great pain, first in the 

 kidneys, and afterwards in the bladder. 



Account of a Book. 

 Johannis Hevelii, Consulis Dantiscani, Annus CUmactericus. Gedani l685, in 



folio, wherein, among other things, he vindicates the justness of his Celestial 



Observations, against the exceptions by some made to the accuracy of them. 



N° »75, p. 11 6a. 



This accurate astronomer laments the great calamity he suffered by fire, 

 Sept. 26, 1679 ; when, in a few hours, his houses, 7 in number, with all they 

 contained, his money, plate, gold, silver, and all his household goods, his 



• It has however a small notch on each side the tip of the bill. It belongs to the genus umpelis ai 

 Linnaeus, and is the awpelis garmlvs of the Systema Naturae. 



