Book IF. O^^IT HO LO §T. iz 7 



§. VIII. 



* The homed Indian Raven cfTopau, called the Rhinocerot Bird. * corvus Mt~ 



cus cormitm 



THis horned Bird ask caftsa ftrong fmell, fo it hath a foul look, much exceeding ItfsWSti!** 

 the European Raven in bignefs. It hath a thick Head and Neck, great Eyes 3 Aldrov. 

 the Bill but moderate in refpect of the body : The longer and more acuminate 

 part bending downward argues the Bill to be made and defigned for rapine : 

 But the upper part, which is (horter, thicker, and bending upward doth refem- 

 ble a true Horn, both to the light and touch : Theonemoity whereof, viz. that 

 toward the Head, is * contiguous to the Bill, fo that both together after the fame * Rather cbri- 

 manner grow to [ or rather fpring out of] the end of the Head : The other moity is tinuous: 

 feparate from the Bill, bending the contrary way, viz. upwards, fo that * theyfeem *The bill and 

 to be like the forked tail of a Fifth. It lives upon Carrion and Garbage, i. e. the car- horn co fi ether - 

 kafles and Entrails of Animal. 



Aldrovandm defcribes the Bill thus : It is alrrioft twenty eight inches long, croo- 

 ked, not after the manner of rapacious birds, but like a Bow. All the lower part is 

 of a pale or whitifti yellow, the upper part toward the Head of a red or Vermilion, 

 elfe of the fame colour with the lower. .The upper Mandible only within is ferrate 

 or dented after the manner of the* Toucan. The horn fprings out of the forehead, * The §rj$£ 

 and grows to the upper part of the Bill, being of a great bulk, fo that near the an Pie ' 

 forehead it is a Palm broad 3 not unlike the Rhinocerots horn, but crooked at the tip : 

 The colour both in the upper and lower part is Vermilion, in the middle yellow. If 

 the reft of the parts of the body are anfwerable to the Head 3 I am of Cardans and 

 Plinks opinion, that this Bird is bigger than an Eagle. 



Of this fort of Bill we have feen three varieties, all which we have caufed to be en- 

 graven and exhibited to the Readers view. 



Chap. III. 

 Of the Tie-kind. 



$. I. 



The Magpie or Pianel. Pica varia caudata. 



IT weighs eight or nine ounces. Its length from the tip of the Bill to the Claws its weight 

 is twelve inches and an half, to the end of the Tail eighteen. The Bill about an i^^5i eafures * 

 inch and half long, black, thick, and ftrong, the upper Chap being fomewhat s * ' 

 crooked and (harp-pointed 3 the Tongue cloven at the end, and blackifh, like to that Tongue, 

 of zjay. The fides of the fiffure of the Palate rough with hair-like excrefcencies. 

 The Nofthrils round, and befet with refle&ed briftly hairs. Excepting the whitenefs Nofthrils. 

 of the Breaft and Wings, artd the length of the Tail, this Bird is very like the 'jack: ii h like the 

 daw. The hides of the Eyes are of a pale Hazel colour. In the nictating membranes ?&¥*"' 

 is feen a yellow fpot. 



The Head, Neck, Throat, Back, Rump, and lower Belly are of a black colour 3 jj^^. * 

 the lower part of the Back near the Rump is more dilute, and inclining to cinereous. 

 The Breaft and fides are white, as alfo the firft joynt of the Wing. The Wings are 

 fmaller than the bignefs of the body would feem to require. The Tail and prime 

 feathers of the Wings glifter with very beautiful colours (but obfcure) of green, 

 purple and blue mingled, only in the exteriour Vanes. Thenumber of beam feathers Ae wing, 

 is twenty 5 of which the outmoft is {horter by half than the fe'condj the fecondalfo fe * cfKrs ' 

 (horter than the third, and that than the fourth, but not by an equal defed 3 the 

 fourth and fifth are the longeft of all. The eleven foremoft about their middle part, 

 on the infide of the (haft are white, the white part from the extreme feather gra- 

 dually decreafing, till in the tenth it be contra&ed into a great fpot only. 



The Tail is made up of twelve feathers, of which the two middlemoft are the The Tail. 

 longeft, being by mealure eight and an half or nine inches 3 the next to them above an 



inch 



