9 z o<%3 \ciTHOLogr. Book ii. 



0. in. 



* Aldrovandus his third Bird ofParadife. 



* The great 'T^His for the length of its body we thought good to call * Hippomamtcodiatat 

 Bird of Para. J^ As being from the point of the Bill to the end of the Tail and Wings twenty 

 dlfe - feven inches long, and two Palms broad when the Wings are clofed. The Bill was 



well hooked, efpecially the upper part 5 three inches long 5 the lower part a little 

 fhorter. The whole bird was white, except the Neck and Belly, which were of a 

 Chefhut-colour. The upper part of the Head was ferrugineous 3 to which fuc- 

 ceeded a yellow, and to the yellow a green colour. Near the Back the feathers were 

 very prominent, viz. the length of two or three inches, This Bird had only one 

 ftring, and that rough and very flexible : Wherefore we think that the other was by 

 fome accident loft. 



§. IV. 



* Aldrovandus his fourth or crefiedBird ofParadife. 



FRom the beginning of the Bill to the end of the Wings it was by meafure full 

 eighteen inches. The Bill for the fmalnefsof the body was very long, black, and 

 fbmewhat hooked. The feathers of the Head, Neck, and Wings were black, yet at 

 the joyning of the Bill yellow. Itfghad a creft or cop near the Neck almoft three 

 Inches high, rigid, of a yellow colour, and which feemed to confift rather of briftles 

 than feathers : And in that chiefly did it differ from the following bird. 



i. V. 



* Aldrovandus his fifth or commonBird ofParadife. 



TH\s Gefner aKo hath figured, but not defcribed, only he faith, it is very like 

 that which was formerly graven, and publiihed by it felf, at Nnrenbergh in 

 Germany : To the Icon whereof he faith thefe words were added. The Bird ofPara- 

 dife or Indian * Apos is of the bignefs of a Song-Thrujh, wonderful light, and very 

 long-winged, the feathers being rare, tender, and pervious to the light 5 having be- 

 sides two long,flender, black, horny feathers, if they may be called feathers and not 

 rather briftles, for they are bare of filaments. It hath no feet 3 flies perpetually, nor 

 doth it ever reft but hanging in fome tree, by thole long firings or briftles twined 

 about a bough. No Ship fails lofwiftly, nor fo far from the Continent, which it doth 

 not fly round about. This Cut is very like to our laft defcribed : But they differ 

 much in the bignefs of the Bill and Head. Gefners figure fhews the Bill to be little, and 

 the lower Chap crooked 5 whereas on the contrary ( as I laid ) in ours the Bill was 

 very long, and the upper Chap crooked. Befides, this hath no Creft, which is ama- 

 nifeft argument of diverfity. 



§. VI. 



* The King of Birds ofParadife, Marggrav. 



IT fhews to be as big as a Pigeon, but was indeed not greater than a Swallow. It 

 had a fmall Head, little Eyes, a ftreight, indifferently thick and fharp Bill, an Inch 

 and half long. The Neck was an inch long: The length of the Body from the Head 

 to the rife of the Tail fcarce three inches and an half. The Wings were above (even 

 inches long : The Tail broad, and fix inches long. It had two Legs, the lower part 

 of each two inches long: Four Toes in the Feet, three ftanding forwards, and one 

 backward, after the ufnal manner 5 the middle Foretoe was a little longer than the reft: 

 The back-toe was alfo of a good length} all armed with ftrong, crooked, Hawk- 

 like Claws. Both Legs and Feet are thick and ftrong, made for rapine and preying. 

 The Wings and Tail have broad and ftrong feathers, an inch wide. The whole back, 

 tbe lower Belly, the Wings and Tail are of an elegant brown colour [ Brumi. ] 

 Above next the Bill it hath feathers referabling Velvet, mingled of green and dusky : 



Beneath 



* Footlefs. 



