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contract it} which it is commonly wont to do. Its Tail is little and black, (hewing 

 fomethingof fplendour, and widening into a greater breadth. *They call it by its *Herefecms 

 Country-name Tokomottli. this Bird would be altogether like its fellow, were not ^ fJSe 

 its Bill black above 5 and red underneath, as alio its Legs and Feet : And the colour copy ,che foi- 

 of its whole body fulvous and black promifcuoufly. renting 



the word Tot- , 



Of the Hoa&zin. cmoau tobc ' 



J the name of 



_ another 



ITsufe in Phytic recommends the bird Hoatfzin, that utters a found like its name, though like 

 It isalmoft as big as a Turkey 5 hath a crooked Bill, a white Bread inclining toyel^ Bird « ^ 

 low: Wings and Tail fpotted at intervals of an inch diftance : Of a white and pale 

 colour 3 the Back and upper part of the Neck fulvous, but both inclining to brown -, 

 as do alfo the temples of the Head as far as the Bill and Eyes. It hath black Claws, 

 and dusky Legs. It hath a crefl: made up of feathers from white inclining to a pale 

 colour, but their back- fide black. It feeds upon Snakes. It hath a great voice, re- 

 prefentingakindof howling. It appears in the Autumn, and is by the Natives ac- 

 counted an unlucky bird. ( Its bones aflwage the pain of any part of mans body by 

 launcing. The fmoak or furTumigation of its feathers brings them to their right mind 

 who grew diftra&ed by any ficknefs. The allies of its feathers talten inwardly cure 

 the French Pox, giving marvellous help. It lives in hot Countries, as is Xautepcc, and 

 very often is found fitting upon trees near Rivers. 



Of the dry Birder Hoa&i. 



N Either is the Hoa&li or Toba&li, that is, the dry bird, feeding about the Lake 

 of Mexico, a contemptible fpe&acle. From the point of the Bill to the end of 

 the Tail it is three fpans long, and of the bignefs of a common Hen. Its Legs are a 

 foot long : Its Bill is five inches long, [ perchance he may mean 1 \ of an inch, the 

 words are, Cum uncia trientem, ]' and an inch truck, black above, pale on the fides, and 

 underneath black and brown. Its Eyes are great * its Iris yellow, and Eye-lids red. 

 The crown of the Head is covered with black feathers, and adorned with acreftin 

 like manner black. Its Neck, Brealt, Belly, and whole body are white, but its Tail 

 afh-coloured, as are alfo its Wings above, for underneath they ar*e whiter. The up- 

 per parts of its Wings fhine with a kind of greennels. The Back though it be cove- 

 red with white Plumage [or down^] yet is wont to be invefted with black feathers, 

 inclining to a Ihining green. 1 he Feet which are cloven into Toes, and alfo the Legs 

 are pale. Its Head is compaffed with a white wreath or ring proceeding from the rife 

 of the Bill to the Eyes. It is a fcranger to the Lake of Mexico, coming from fome 

 other place 5 and is called by Spaniards Natives Martinete pefcador, from its catching 

 of fi(li,upon which it feeds. It breeds among the Reeds 5 it bites ihrewdly 3 and hath 

 a great flat voice. 



Of the JfW4frd,Heatototl. 



HEatoto tl or the Wind-bird is alfo worthy to be beheld. It is adorned with a great 

 orbicular creft, (landing up like a crown, and a little whitifh. Its Bread from 

 brown inclines to cinereous : Its Belly is white, and Feet flat : Its Legs and the feathers 

 growing about them fulvous. Its Tail is round underneath varied with white and a 

 footy colour, but above brown: Its Wings underneath are\hite, afti-coloured and 

 footy, above black, yet with fome white feathers interfperfed. In other refpecrs it is 

 of the fame nature with other Water-fowl, and like to the other Heatototle, which is 

 fomethinglefsthenata#/eD//<:4, with a black, (lender round Bill, and near the end 

 wreathen : Its feathers underneath white, but above near the Thighs fulvous. Its 

 Wings underneath areaih-colour, but above brown, black, and white. Its Head is 

 black and crefted j but from the hinder part of the Head black (troaks proceed on 

 both fides to the Eyes, whicjh are black, with a yellow Irk. In other things they are 

 like to birds frequenting Fehs and MarQies. 



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