Tlie tentli Booke of 



brought unto him \witb this watch-wordjThat by a linncrt thred tied to her foot iii flecd of a let- G 

 tcr, hccfliould advcrtifc them within the fort, by fo many knots tiedin the faid thred, as there 

 Vtfoulddaies pafle before aid could come from hinninto them, to the end that they alfo might 

 be rcadie upon that day to fallie forth* 



OufleSjThroftlesjBlackbirds^and Stares^afterthe fame manner depart afideftom usjbut goe 

 notfarrc* Howbeit5thefecaft not their feathers, nor He altogether hidden : but are feenc often- 

 times in places,from whence they fetch meat to fervc them in the Winter* And therefore it is, 

 that Black birds are common in GermaniCjand efpecially in Winter time, 



ThcTurtle more properly and truly is faid to hide her felfcjand to fhed her plume and moulti 

 Stock-doves likewile depart from us, but whether they goejuo man knowethi 

 As touching SterlingSjit is the properticof the whole kind of them to flie by troupcs,and in n 

 their flight to gather round into a ring or ball^ whiles every one of them hath a defirc to bee in 

 the middeft. 



Of all birdsjthc Swallow alone flicth bias, andwindeth in and out in his flight :hee is moft 

 fwift of wing,and flicth with eafe : and therefore not fo readie to bee furpriled and taken by other 

 birds.To conclude^hc never fecdeth but flyingjand fo doth no other bird befides^ 



CttAP. XXV* 



^ Whdi birds cmtinut with aU they ear e long : which be halfejeares birds ^^atjd which 



be but for three months, 



(~>Rcat diflfercnce there is in the fcafons and times of birds. Some abide the whole ycarc, as I 

 jhoufe-Doves : others halfe theyearc,asSwallowes: and fomc againe but a quarter, as 

 Blackbirds and Turtle doves. And there be again that arc gonefo foone as they have hat- 

 ched and trained their young abroad into the open aire. Such bee the Hu-holeSaandHoupes^ 

 [or Lapwings as lome th inke.] 



Chap, xxvi* 

 ^ Strange ftories of birds ^ 



WRriters there bee who affirme. That every yearc ccrtainc birds come flying out of 

 thyopia to Ilium,and there^about the tombe or fcpulehre of cJWmw;?, skirmifh and 

 fight a battell. For which caufe men call them Meranonides. And Cremutim avou^ K 

 cheth upon hisownc knowledge,That every fift yeare the fame birds doe the like in iEtbyopia, 

 even before the roiall palace fometim^ of the faid king Memnon, 



Scmblably,thc birds named Maleagrides,doe fight a field in Boeotia. Now are thefeMelea- 

 grides a kind of Turkey^cockes,and hens of Afftickc,havinga bunch on their backe^and befpot- 

 icd with feathers of fundriccolouifs. Of allftrangcbirds, commingoutof forraine parts, thele 

 arc lafl received and admitted to ferve the table, byreaforvof accrtaineharfh and unpleaianc 

 If rong taff that they havCiBut it is the monument and tombe of Meleager which hath given them 

 that name and credite which they have. 



ChAJ*. XX VII. 



^ of birdsfurnmedSeleuctdeSi 



T Hc birds called Sdeucides, conic to fuccourthe inhabitants of thcmountaincCafius, 

 againff the Locuff s. For when they make great waft in their corne and other fruits^ lupter 

 ■ at the inflant praiers and fupplications of the people,rendeth thefe foules among them to 

 deftcoy the faid Locuff s^Bui from whence they come,or whether they goe againepo man kno* 

 vveth ; for never arc they feenc but upon this occafiion, namcly,when there is fuch need of their 

 hclpe. 



Chap, xxviii. M 

 Pg* Of the bird Ibis: 



^l^Hc -Egyptians like wile have recourfe in their praiers and invocadotis to their birds named 

 ' A Ibisjwhat time as they be troubled and annoiedwitliferpcHts eoraming among them. And 



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