3 iz o^nciTHOLogr. b ook hi. 



To this Aldrovand adds another, which being altogether of the fame bignefs, the 

 fame fhape and faftiion of body, and make of Bill and Feet, he thinks to be of kin 

 to it, but to differ only in colour. For its Throat and Breaft indeed are white, but 

 its whole Belly from cinereous inclines to dusky [or brown.] The reft of the Plumage 



isrhiQWv. 



is dusky. 



BOOK III. PART II. 



Birds of a middle nature between Swimmers 



and Waders, or that do both Swim and Wade. 



Ofthefe there be mo kinds , the one ofcloy>en<-footed c Birds thatfmrn, 

 the other of whole-footed with long Legs. 



SECTION I. 



Cloven-footed 'Birds that fwim in the Water. 



I. 



Such wbofe Toes have no lateral membranes, called Wate r-H e n s. 



C H A Pc I. 



Of Water-hens or More-hens in general. 



^He Chara&eriftic notes of Water-hens or More-hens, by which they may be 

 diftinguifhed from other kinds of Birds, are a fmall Head, a flender, com- 

 prefTed, or narrow Body : A (hort Bill, moderately bending t, fhort con- 

 cave Wings, like to Hens 3 a very (hort Tail 3 long Legs 5 very long Toes: 

 Short flights. 

 =* i.f. Little They are called ^GailinnU by modern Writers, a diminutive word from Gallina, 

 Hens. which fignifies a Hen, for the likenefs of their bodies, ( efpecially their Bills and 



Wings _) and conditions to Hens. 



npi 



Chap. II. 

 Of Water-hens in particular. 



b L 

 The common Water-hen or More-hen : Gallinula chloropus major Aldrovandi. 



IN (hape of body it is like a Coot, butfmaller : Narrow-bodied, or very much com- 

 prefled fideways ( which is common to all this kind ) contrary to the Duck^kind, 

 whofe bodies are broad, flat anddeprefled. The Hen weighed twelve ounces, 

 the Cock fifteen. The length of the Hen from the point of the Bill to the end of the 

 Feet was more than feventeen inches, to the end of the Tail thirteen and an half 5 of 

 the Cock fourteen and an half. The extremes of the Wings extended were twenty 

 two inches and an half diftant; 



The 



