144 ORDO AVIVM 



Pam. * n i 11 ^ 3 ^ a ffe vel potius in medio Edimburgi aefluario, hx ave.s 



VI. mira mukitudine nidulantur. Alis expanfis 72"; a terra p^opter prs- 

 longas alas, pedesque breves fefe extollere in aerem non potcntes; 

 roftrum habent rectum longumque. Vere adveniunt, nec ante autumnum 

 difcedunt; non folum autem in infula Bajfa fed & ia Alifa & alis ex 

 Aedabibus nidulantur; Sibb. 



III. Plancvs Congener Anseri Bassano; Avis fluviatilis; 

 The great Boby. Le grand Fou , Catesby p. g6. Anferi baffano conge- 

 nev fufca avis, Sloane p. 322. t. 271. an Fauve de RocheJ? Fou du Tertre. 

 Rabi horeodas, qui iienen la color de un negro, que tira a pardo ruizo, 

 y el pecho & la caveza blanca en y el papo abutardo de Leonado ; Ovied» 

 XIV. cap. 1. This very near the fame with the Bird callM a Boby , is 

 taken very often with them, and is darker coloured Sloane. ©rojfCC 



Statura corporis ut Anfer. Capite & collo craffis; roftro valido fu- 

 fco, angulofo ; 6" longo ; alis expanfis 6'. Oculis magnis nuuatellinis ; 

 fufco corpore, interlperfo albo colore; ventre albo; pedibus nigris. 

 Mandibulajitperior duabus unciis aradice articulationem habet, ut duas 

 uncias fupra inferiorem, a parte ante, extolli poffit ; quod iingulare quid 

 eft. Catesbejus non integram avem, fed fblum caput cum collo pingi 

 curavit; fequentem tamen totam exhibet; capite infuper ad naturalem 

 magnitudinem adjecit; inquiens: This Bird fo nearly refTembles the 

 Booby, thati thougt, the name oigreat Booby agreed beft with it. 



IV. Plancvs Morvs, fvnplic. The Boby; ^>6(pd. Le Fou Ca~ 

 tesby p. 87- Sloam t. 6. f. I. 



Roftrum luteum & acute conicum; fimili articulatione , prout 

 praecedentis roftrum, donatum; minor Anfere; Sic ambas dixeris varie- 

 tates; quippe & colores, fecundum Catesbejwn, in ambobus variant, ma- 

 gnitudo vero non femper conftituit fpeciem. Pluribus vide autorem, & 

 qua ratione avis pifcivora, Pirate di&a, huic Moro pifces captos extrude- 

 re iblita fit. 



V. Plancvs Corvvs, lacuftris, aquaticus, Gesn. Mergus magnus 

 niger, Nonn. Gulo, Schvvenk. The Cormant, Cormorant (Corvus vo- 

 rans) VVill. Corvus aquaticus Marfilli t. 36. Phalacrocorax, a <p<xAaxf8s 

 calvus, & X3p«| Corvus; The Shagg, Cornab. Corvus aquaticus, Char- 

 let.; Albin III. gi. Sibb; m rupibus sftuarii Forth<e frequens. &((t 

 QSWeC^abe. 5fUCt)t«Slr6. <5ct)lUCfa. vid. aves palmipedes tetra- 



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