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o^^ciTHOLogr, BookII. 



Nares, 

 Eyes. 



Nofthrils and the hooked part. The Nofthrils themfelves are oblong and oblique. 

 The Angle of the lower Chap [ i. e. which the legs thereof make ] round. The 

 Tongue broad, foft, and like a mans. The hides of the Eyes yellowy the Pupils 

 great. It hath both an upper and lower Eye-lid, but the lower much greater. The 

 Eyes are not fo funk in the head, or withdrawn under prominent brows, as in the 

 Common Buzzard, but more extant. 



The Birditfelffeems to be much ftronger and more valiant than the Buzzard, with 

 Colour of the whichit agrees in the colour of the upper part being black and ferrugineous. The 

 upper f;de, feathers on the crown of the head are white, whence it took the name of Bald Buz- 

 Lower fide, zard : The throat, bread: and belly white, but above the Crop the feathers are f erru- 

 The Flag- gineous. The Legs are cloathed with white and foft feathers. The prime or flag- 

 Feathers, feathers in each Wing are about twenty eighty from the feventeenth they end in 

 {harper points : The greater are the blacker. The four outmoft have the lower half 

 of their interiour Vanes twice as broad as the upper : The interiour Vanes of all are 

 variegated with white and black alternately, indented like the teeth of a Saw. The 

 feathers under the (houlders are white, marked with black fpots toward the tips. The 

 third and fourth row of thofe that cover the roots of the flag-feathers underneath 

 are elegantly marked toward the tips with dusky lpots,having their edges ferrugineous. 

 The lefler feathers above thefe are white, the greater beneath them dusky or brown. 

 The Train is made up of twelve feathers of equal length, having their borders party- 

 coloured of white and ferrugineous, indented as in the Wings. 



The Legs are long: The Feet thick and ftrong, of a pale blue or Verdigreafe co- 

 lour. The middle Toe thebiggeft; the outermoft fomewhat bigger than the inner 5 

 the back-toe, as in all, the leaft 3 all armed with great, femicircular, black, round • 

 Talons. The feet fcaly and uneven. The fole of the foot rough, that it may more 

 eafily hold its prey, when it hath once caught it. The Toes are fo diipofed, that the 

 outmoft of the fore-toes may bend or turn backwards, as in Owls, Parrots, 6kc. 



The Liver, Heart, and Gall are large : The Spleen round, and of a black or for- 

 did colour. In the Stomach and Craw opened we found many fifti-bones and fcales. 

 The Surface of the Echinus or ante-ftomach, was full of many carneous Globules. The 

 Guts were long, (lender, or fmall, having many revolutions. 



It haunts Rivers, Lakes, and great Pools of water, as alfothe Sea-fhores. At Pen- 

 fans mCornwal we law one that was (hot, having a Mullet in its Claw : For it preys 

 upon fiQij which feems very ftrange and wonderful, fith it is neither whole-footed, 

 nor provided with long legs or neck. 



It builds upon the ground among Reeds,and lays three or four large white Eggs, of 

 a figure exactly Elliptical : lefler yet than Hens Eggs.-f> tYv^rr^ y\ | y 

 It cafts an ill ftrong lent, and is much infefted with Lice. 



It differs from the Sea-Eagle of Arifiotle, in that the neck is not thick and big, but 

 for the bulk of the body flender and (mall. 



What Aldrbvandm hath delivered of Eagles, viz. that the right foot is bigger than 

 the left, doth not agree to this, for its feet are equal. 



It is diftinguiihed from the common Buzzard. 1. By its weight and bignefs, wherein 

 it exceeds that. 2. That its Wings are longer. 3. By this moft fure mark, that the 

 outmoft of the fore-toes in this may be turned backward, but not in the common 

 Buzzard. 4. By the angular procefles of the upper Chap of the Beak. 5. By the blue 

 colour of the legs and feet. 



\ §. II. 



Of the common Buzzard or Puttoch^, called in Latine Buteo. 



IT is about the bignefs of a Pheafantor young Pullet. Its weight was thirty two 

 ounces. Its length from the tip of the Beak to the end of the tail twenty one 

 inches: Its breadth, the Wings being ftretched out, fifty two inches.. The Head 

 great : The Crown broad and flat : The Beak fliort, hooked, and of a dark blue. A 

 yellow skin covers the upper Chap from the root beyond the Nofthrils. The Bridle 

 of the mouth, or the skin of thecorners, isalfo yellow. The Nofthrils are round, 

 [ yet in one Bird of this kind we obferved them long and bending. ] It gaped wide. 

 Its Tongue was thick, fielny, blunt, as in the reft of this kind. Being angry it opened 

 its mouth, and held its Tongue ftretched out as far as the end of its Bill. The roof of 

 the mouth hath in it a hollow equal to the Tongue. The Angle of the lower Chap is 



circular. 



The covert 

 feathers. 



The Train. 



The Feet, 

 Toes, and 

 Talons. 



Site of the 

 outmoft fore- 

 toe. 



The entrails 

 and bowels. 



Irs Food. 



ItsNeft. 



How it differs 

 from-the com- 

 mon Buzzard. 



FcsEignefs, 

 weight and 

 meafures. 

 Its Head, 

 Beak, 



Sear, 

 Narcs, 



Tongue,- 

 Palate, • 



