84 0^3\ClTH0L0g<r. Book II. 



The Feet The Legs and Feet were yellow : The middle and outmoft Toes conne&ed as in 



and Talons. others Q f this kM tQ the firft ^ Qym , The Ta ] ons as bJack as j et 



The Entrails. It had a great Gall : The length of the Gut^was two foot lacking an inch : The 

 Appendices or blind Guts fhort ; befides which4t had another fingle Appendix or 

 procefs, which was (we fuppofe)the remainder, of the DhBus intefiinalis fhrunk 



Game napaI Hokh is a bird of paflaae, yet breeds with us in England. Its Game is chiefly 



-.Larks, for ^catching of whi&t Birds outr Fowlers make ufe of it thus. The Spa- 

 niels range the fields to find the birds : <Hje Hobby they let off, and accuftom to foar 

 aloft in the Air over them. The Larks elpy ing their capital enemy, dare by no means 

 make ufe of their Wings, but lie as clofe and flat upon the ground as they can 5 and fo 



Daring oj are eafily taken in the Nets they draw over them. This kind of fribrt is called Da- 



Larks - f ring of Larks. 



To catch To catch thefe Hawks, the Fowlers take a Lar\ , and having blinded her, and faft- 



iio ies. ' fied Lj me . tw jg S to ne r L e g S5 i et her fly where they fee the Hobby is, which (hiking at 

 the Lark, is entangled with the Lime-twigs. 



fcTaccoantof ' The Bird is called in Greek. 'firvr^l^^ that is, the lefTer T^o)^ or Buteo$ 

 names - which Pliny renders in Latine, Subbnteo. It is called in Englifh, Hobby, after the 

 French name. ■ 



§. XV. 



TheKeftrel, Stannel, orStonegall, inisktine Tinnunculus or Cenchris. 



It5 wfnit' TT He Female ls about tne bignefs of a Pigeon. « That we defcribed. weighed nine 



lenfth'' 1 ounces. Its length from the point of the Beak to the end of the Train was 



h Breadth, fourteen inches and a quarter : Its breadth, or "the diftance between the tips of the 



Beak, Wings extended two foot and an half. The Beak fhort, prominent, hooked, and 



fharp-pointed : The Bafe of the upper Chap cohered with a skin or membrane, in 



which are the Nofthrils. The middle part of the Beak next the Searjs white, the reft 



of a dark blue : Whereit begins to bend it hath a Tooth or Angle, which is received 



Nofflirils. in a dent or cavity in the lower Chap. The IStofthrils round : The Tongue cleft : 



Eyesf e ' The Eye-lids yellow 3 the Eyes defended by prominent brows. It hath a wide mouth, 



Mouth. and the Palate blue. 



Head. The Head is* great 3 the Crown broad and flat, inclining to an afh-colour, and 



Colour of rn arked with narrow black lines along the fhaft of each feather. The back, moulders, 

 die back. and covert-feathers of tie upper fide of the Wings ferrugineous, marked with black 

 fpots, viz. each feather being red difh hath a black fpot toward the tip. The Rump 

 colour of the is cinereous, having the like tranfverfe black fpots. The lower or nether fide of the 

 net ler fide, j^y^ tnat j s ^ e Breaft and Belly, was of a paler red or ferrugineous, varied with 

 black lines drawn downwards along the (hafts of the feathers. The Chin and lower 

 belly without fpots. - \ 



Prime wing. The flag-feathers of the Wing are in number twenty four : The exteriour of which 

 feathers. are of a brown or dusky colour, but their interiour Vanes areVartly of a reddilh 

 white, indented with the brown like the teeth of a Saw. The fix or feven next to the 

 body are red, having their interiour Vanes marked with tranfverfe brown ftroaks. 

 The inner or under fide of the Wing is white, with black fpots. 

 its Train. The Train made up of twelve feathers was above feven inches long. The outmoft 



feathers ihortef V, the reft in order gradually longer to the middlemoft. The utmoft 

 tips of- the feathers were of a nifty white. Then fucceeds a black bar or ring of an 

 inch broad 5 the reft of the feather being of a rufty afh-colour, marked with tran£ 

 vejde black fpots. 

 The Legs, and The Legs and Feet are of a lovely yellow, and the Talons black. 

 Theinwards. It had a .Gall. IntheftomajhwefoundBert/ejandforofMrVe. The length of the 

 Guts was twenty eight Inches. The fingle blind gut [_ Appendix intefiinalis ~\ was 

 How the Male twice astfong as the lower . Appendices or blind Guts. The Male or Tarcel differs 

 d h ff Fcma? m ^ rom t ^ ie female chiefly in being left, and having the head and baclt of an afh- 

 colour. , > 

 Their Game. Kefirels are wont commonly with us in England to be reclaimed and trained up for 

 fowling, after the manner of other Rapacious birds. They catch noAnly fmall birds, 

 but alio young Partridge, r 



I 



They 



