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perfe&ly white, whofe Beaks and Feet are as red as Coral. They are fomewhat bigger than 

 Crows: They are conceived to be a kind of Herons , betanfe their Tails confift of two lone 

 andprecious feathers, by which they are difiinguifhed fr'dm all other birds' frequenting the 

 Sea. This, faith Mr. Lifter, can bemeant of no other than the Trope-bird : But then 

 it is wrong defcribed, with red legs, and a perfe&ly white body. 



Chap. VII. 

 * The Anhmga. of tbeTuipm&mbx •■ apeopleoffirajil. MarggraV. 



f-'JIergi aqim- 

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T is an elegant fort of * Diver. Its body ( excepting the Neck ) is of the bignefs 

 of a common tame Ducks : Its Bill (freight, not thick, very (harp, three inches 

 long, the foremoft half both above and below having a double row of very 

 *mmi™gvL'' M ^ ^P* teethinclmin g backwards. Its Head is fmall, oblong, refembling a Ser"- 

 fying fictlc " pents, a little more than an inch and half long : Its Eyes black, with a golden circle : 

 hooks. its Neck (lender, round, a foot long : Its body but only (even inches. Its Legs are 



fhort : The upper two inches long, and feathered 5 the lower fcarcean inch and half 

 It hath four Toes, three turned forwards, joyned together by membranes, after the 

 manner of Ducks or Cormorants, the fourth (horter, extended fideways below, joyn- 

 ed to the reft by a membrane 5 very iharp, crooked Claws : A broad Tail, ten inches 

 long, confifting of twelve feathers. The Wings end about the middle of the Tail. 

 The Bill is grey, and after its rife a little yellowifc. All the Head and Neck are cove- 

 red with very fine feathers, to the touch as foft and (leek as Velvet, on the upper fide 

 of the Head and Neck of a colour from grey inclining to yellow : Under the Throat 

 and. beneath the Neck of a grey colour, like the fur of thofe skins called Vcrhfelle, of 

 th I women y ' w *" cn womens * Caps are made, which fur they referable both to the touch and fight, 

 weargreat The whole breaff, lower Belly, and upper Legs are covered with foft feathers of a 

 round fur- filver colour : The beginning of the Back with brown ones, each whereof hath in its 

 andVolndai- noddle an oblong fpot of a whitifh yellow colour, fothat it appears fpeckled : The 

 mod as Tar- reft of the Back hath a black Plumage. It hath long Wings, at the * fetting on cove- 



i or'their be- vered with the like ftlort featners as the beginning of the Back. Then follows a 

 ginning per- row of half grey, half black ones, that is, on one fide the (haft gray, on the other 

 black : But the prime feathers are black. The Tail confifts of black and fhining fea- 

 thers, whofeends are grey. The Legs and Feet are of a colour from a dark yellow 

 inclining to grey. It is very cunning in catching of fifti. For after the manner of Ser- 

 pents, firft drawing up its neck, it darts forth its Bill upon the fifties, and catches them 

 with its Claws. I have eaten of its flefti, but it is not much better than the flefli of a 

 GhU. 



chance he 

 may mean 

 near the 



SECTION III. 



Whole- footed Thirds ^ having the bacfooe loofe, with a narrow Hill, 

 hooded at the end, and not toothed. 



Ghap. I. 

 * Of the Axtenm of t/;e Trerniti Iflands : De Ave Diomedeay 



THis Bird Aldrovandus lets forth for the Diomedea avis, induced thereto by 

 this argument chiefly, becaufe the prefent Inhabitants of the Diomedean 

 Iflands, called now Tremiti, do affirm thereof what Pliny of old con- 

 cerning the Diomedean Birds, viz. that they are found in no other place but 

 in thofe Iflands. His defcription he partly borrows of Gefner, partly takes from a 

 Picture of the Bird. 



They 



