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and a white circle,and a dusky fpbt hardly confpicuous about them 3 The Feet leaden- 

 coloured. 



The Grifola of * Aldrovandus, * Beo ^ x 7c 



There is a certain other fmall bird caught in our fields, which the Fowlers call 

 Grifola, perchance from its grey or hoary colour, although it be not grey, but of a 

 dusky afh-colour : Or perchance becaufe it cries much, keeping alone 5 for we fome- 

 times ufe the word gridare, to fignifie lamenting. It feeds upon flies, and other fuch 

 like Infects, as I gather from the figure and conftrudion of its Bill 5 for it is (lender, 

 (height, and long. On the Neck and Breaft it is diftinguifhed with oblong, brown 

 fpots, tending downwards. The whole Belly is white. The Head, upper fide of 

 the Neck, Back, and Tail are dusky, as are alfo the Wings, the feathers whereof 

 have their fides and ends of a pale auVcolour. The Legs and Feet are alfo dusky or 

 blackifh. 



The Glareana or Grien Vogelin of Gefner. 



Hither alfo for its fpotted Breaft we will refer the Glareana or Grien Vogelin of 

 Gefner: which becaufe the Author defcribed from the infpecfion of a Picture fent him 

 from Strasburgh, we fufpect not to differ from the above defcribed,although in fome 

 particulars it feems to vary. We refer the Reader, that defires more concerning it, to 

 Gefner or Aldrovandus. 



Chap. II. 

 Of the Swallow in general, 



THe chara&eriftic notes of Swallows are a great Head, a fhort Neck, a fmaBj 

 fhort Bill, a wide mouth, for the more eafie catching of Flies, and other In-> 

 feds, as they fiie to and fro : Very long Wings 5 a fwift and almoft continual 

 flight -j along and forked Tail for the more ready and fpeedy turning their body, and 

 directing their flight : White Eggs, fpeckled with ferrugineous fpots, as Aldrovandus 

 truly obferved. This bird is the Springs Herald, being not feen throughout all Eu- 

 rope in Winter-time : Whence that Greek Proverb, common to almoft all Languages, 

 "Mice, yehiShov tccp « 7roi«-> One Swallow makes not a Spring. 



We have obferved four forts of Swallows in England, and not more elfeWhere.. 

 Thofe are, J. The common or Honfe-Swallow : 2. The Martin? or Martinet^ or 

 Martlet: 3. The Sand-Martin or Shore-bird: 4. The black. Martin or Swift. Of 

 this laft we have feen a fort painted with the whole Belly white. And Julius Scaliger 

 affirms, that he hath feen one of this kind as big as a Buzzard : No way differing in 

 ihape from the common one, fave in the Legs and Talons, and hookednefs of the 

 Beak, all fitted for prey. 



As for the Phyfical vertues and faculties of Swallows and their parts, Schroder hath 

 thus briefly dimmed them up. 



1. Swallows entire are a fpecific remedy for the Falling ficknefs, dimnefsof fightj 

 blear eyes, ( their afljes mingled with honey and fo applied ),they cure alfo the Squinancy, 

 and inflammation of the *Vvttla, ( being eaten, or their apes taken inwardly.') * Pin ° f * € 



2. A Swallows heart is alfo faid to be good for the Falling ficknefs, and to ftrengthen Mout * 

 the memory. Some eat it againft the Quartan Ague. 



3 . Some will have the blond to be a fpecific for the Eyes : And they prefer that which 

 is drawn from under the left Wing. 



. 4. There is a Stone found fometimes ( though feldom ) in the ftomach of fome of 

 the young Swallows, called Chelidonius, of the bignefs of aLentileor Peaie. This 

 they will have to help the Falling ficknefs in Ghildren (bound to the arm, or hung about 

 the neck. ) 



Note. They report this ftone to be found efpecially in the increafe of the Moon, 

 and in the firft hatch'd yong one. Others take it out in Augufl about the Full of the 

 Moon. 



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