12 HISTORICAL EVIDENCES [Parr I. 
long, yellowish next the head, with a black point. The upper mandible was hooked, the 
lower had a bluish spot in the middle between the yellow and black part, the bird was 
covered with thin and short feathers, the hinder part was very fat and fleshy, the legs were 
thick, covered to the knee with black feathers, the feet yellowish, the toes three before and 
one behind. He further states, that stones were found in the gizzards of these birds, and 
that he saw two of these stones in Holland, one of which, about an inch in length, he has 
figured. His original words are as follows :— 
“Cap. IV. Gallinaceus Gallus peregrinus. Ex octo navibus illis que anno 1598, Apmili mense, 
ex Hollandia solvebant, &c., quinque . . . . montosam quandam insulam in conspectu habuerunt, ad 
quam letabundi cursum converterunt.. . .. Dum in insula herent, vari generis aves observabant ; 
atque inter illas valdé peregrinam, cujus iconem rudi arte delineatam in Diario totam illus navigationis 
historiam continente, quod reduces cudi curabant, conspiciebam, ad cujus normam est expressa quam 
hoe capiti propono. 
“Tlla porro avis peregrina Cygnum quidem magnitudine equabat aut superabat, sed ejus forma 
longé diversa: ejus etenim caput magnum, tectum veluti quadam membrana cucullum referente ; 
rostrum preeterea non planum, sed crassum et oblongum, subflavi coloris parte capiti proxima, cujus 
extimus mucro niger, superior quidem ejus pars sive prona adunca et curva, in inferiore verd sive 
supin’ subeerulea macula mediam partem inter flavam et migram occupabat. Ramis et brevibus pennis 
tectam esse’aiebant, et alis carere, sed earum loco quaternas aut quinas dumtaxat longiusculas nigras 
pennas habere: posteriorem autem corporis partem prepinguem et valdé crassam, in qua pro cauda 
quaterne aut quine crisps convoluteeque pennule cineracei coloris: crura ill potits crassa esse quam 
longa, quorum superna pars genu tenus nigris pennulis tecta, ferior cum pedibus subflavi coloris ; 
pedes verd in quatuor digitos fuisse divisos, ternos longiores antrorsiim spectantes, quartum breviorem 
retrorsum conversum, ommesque mgris unguibus preditos...... . Nautze huic avi nomen inde- 
bant suo idiomate Walgh-vogel, hoc est, nauseam movens avis, partim quod post diuturnam elixationem, 
ejus caro non fieret tenerior, sed dura permaneret et difficilis concoctionis, (excepto ejus pectore et 
ventriculo, quee non contemnendi saporis esse comperiebant,) partim quod multos turtures nancisci 
poterant, quos delicatiores et ori magis gratos reperiebant : nihil igitur mirum si pree ilis hance avem con- 
temnerent, et eA se facilé carere posse dicerent. In ejus porrd ventriculo quosdam lapillos mventos 
