' The tenth Eooke of 



hanging and hovering with tl^emdhhe while [as Kitesj] others againe pile thfein asfaf^ vhut the G 

 ends only of cheir wings^or the utmoft feathers are fcen to niove[as the Chaffinch.] Ye fhail have . 

 fome birds to ftrecch out their whole wings and fides, mooving them as they tlie[as Ravens Jand 

 others a man ("hall fee in their flight to keepe them in, for the moft part cloie [as the Woodpec- 

 kers.] Someof them arc knowne to give one or twoclaps with their wings at firft^and then glide 

 fiTioothly awayjas if they were caried andborncup with the aire[as LinnetSj]and others areftenc 

 (as if they kept ftill the aire within their wings)to flioot up aloft & mount on high^to flie flreight 

 forward^and to fall down again flat[as S wallowes.] Ye would think and fay that Ibmc were hurled 

 out of a mans hand with violence[as the Partridge J and others againe to fall down plumb from 

 on liigh[as Lar^kes,] or els to leape and jumpe[as the Quailes.] Duckes^Mallards^and fuch iike^ 

 fpring prefently from the ground up aloftjand fuddainly mount into the skie^even out of the ve- H 

 ry water.-which is the caufcjthat if they chance to fall into thofe pits wherein we take wild bcafis, 

 they alone will make good (hik to get forth and efcape. The Geires or Vulturs^ and for the moil 

 pare all weightie and heaviefoulesj cannoc take their flight and fiie^ unleffe they fetch their run 

 and biere before, or els rife from fome fteepe place with the vantage. And fuch are direded in 

 the aire by their tailes.Some looke about them every way^others bend and turne their ncckes in 

 flying : and fome flie with their prey within their tallons ^and eat it as they flie. Moft birds crie and 

 fing as they flie, yet fome there bee contrariwife^that in their flight are ever filent. In oneword^ 

 fome flying carie their breafts and bellies halfe upright: others againe bear them as much down- 

 ward.Some flie /idelong and bias:others dirediy forwardjand follow their bils : & laft of all there 

 be that bend backward as they flie^or els bolt upright Jn fuch fortjthat if a man faw them all toge- I 

 tiierjhe would cake chem^not to bee one kind of creature, fo divers and different are they.in their 

 motions. ^ 



Chap, xxxix. 



OfMartmfs, 



' Artinets,which the Greekes call Apodes(bccaufe they have little of no ufc of their feet) 

 ^and other S5Cyp{eli; arc very good of wingjand flie moft of all others without reft. And in 

 very truth, a kind of Swallowes they be.They build in rocks and ftonic cli&s.And thefe 

 be they and no other^that are fecnc evermore in the fca ; for bee the fbips never lb remote from 

 the land, faile they never fo faft and farre ofi^yec fhali have thefe Martinets alwaies flying about K 

 them. All kinds elfe of Swallowes and other birds,do fbmetime lightjfettlejSnd perch : thefe ne- 

 ver teft,but when they bee in their neaft. For either they feeme to hangjor elfe lie along :and a 

 number of ftiifts and devifes by themfelves they have befides,and namely when they feed. 



Ch AP* Xl« 



*^ of tk bird CA^rimulgm^ afjd the Shovelar, 



THe CaprimiiIgi(fo called of milking goats) are like the bigger kind of Owfels. They bee 

 night- thecvesjfor all the day long they fee not. Their manner is to come into the flieepe- 

 heards coats and goat pensjand to the goats udders prefently they goc,and fuck the milke - 

 at their teats. And looke what udder is fo milked, it giveth no more milkCjb ut mifliketh and fal- 

 leth away afterwardiSjancithe goats become blind withall. ^ 



There be other birds named Platcae, /.Shovelars. Their manner is to flic at thofe foulc that 

 ufe to dive under the water for fifh : and fo long will they pecke and bite them by the hcadsjuniili 

 they let go their hold of the fifh they have gotten,and fo they wring it perforce firom them.This 

 bird when his bellie is full of fbell filhes that he hath greedily devoured,and hath by the naturall 

 heat of his craw and gorge in fome fort concocted them,cafteth all up again ; and atleafure pic- 

 keth out the mcat,and eateth it againe^leaving the fhels behind. 



Chap, xli; M 

 ^ T he mturallwit of fome birds i 



■•He Hens of countrey houfes have a certaine ceremonious religion.Whcn they have laid 

 an egge,thcy falla trembling and quakingjand all tofhaketheinfdves.They turneabout 



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