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t> E oA 



nis plagis. Juncetis & carectis infidet, 

 ibique nidifcat. Non mmus occinit 

 quam Sol pergit. Ab ejus exortu ad 

 occafum eohtumaci garrit fonitu riui- 

 resimitante. 



ACA C AHOATLI ku^fvis a- 

 quatica rauc u mjonans. H a 1 cy o n u m fp e - 

 cies illa eft inquit Nierembergius , 

 quam noftri marinetum Pifcatorem 

 vocarefolent, circaaquamm fluenta 

 vi&usgratBacongenicaquadam ver- j 

 fantemnatura. Anateferapaullo mi- j 

 nor eft,co)loque & roftro Ipithameo: I 

 hoctres digitos latos prominet, me- 

 dio, cum iortitut craifiudinem, ina- 

 ciemdefinit, acmoriui eftper oppor- 

 tunum. Superne vero mgrum eft, in-- 

 ferne album, &£ pallefceris circa late- 

 ra» Octtii nigri funt 5 iris rubra prope 

 pupillam, deinde pallida, acdemum 

 candens. Ab oculis ad roftri lifq; ex- 

 ortumfafcia procedic Vir;di palle(ces. 

 Ov^pedesq;indigicos fifli virefcunc, 

 excrini'exus, incrinfecus vero inclinac 

 ad pallocem , color totius corporis J 

 ffiagna expartealbus eft, tulvis pen- 

 nisinfercis, verumfuperna magis fu- 

 icafunc,inferna vero candida. ^_aU 

 inferncecinerex, ac defuper circaex- 

 trema nigrse, mox e fulvo rubefcen- 

 tes, deindepallefcentes ex fiilvo, ac 

 demumfulvefcentes exfulvo , acde- 

 mum fulvefcehtes circa dorfum. Pi- 

 fcibus viffitdt : mitefcit minimo ne- 

 gotio , nec eft cantu infuavis , indul- 

 genter camen ac blande vermiculis & 

 aliisanimalibus exiguis, qiiajinpalu- 

 dibusgignUncur, eftalenda. Carne 

 eciam vefcicur,& aliis non paucis, Ubi 

 fierialicernon poflic. Craifi eftnutti- 

 menti, neq, diflimileei, quod anaces 

 ferse pracfentare foient. Indigend eft 

 Mexicanasplagse,&ivere educatinter 

 junda foboletn. Mirum eft , cum fit 

 cervixpro rationereliqui coL.ris lon- 

 gifllma,in quambrevitatemilla. Cum 

 libetconcrahat, quod frequentuisfa- 

 cere folet. CW^ pufilla eft,nigraque, 

 &nihilpra;feferens fplehdofis, quar 

 lnmajorem procedit amplitudilem. 

 Patrio nomine appellanc tolcomoftii. 

 Similisomninoeilccharc aviscdmpa 

 ri , nifi roftrum defupcr nigricarct , 

 (ubcusrubefceret,vclutpedcs & crti- 



V I B V S. 183 



ra, necperuniverfum corpu? fulvunij, 

 nigrumq; promifcue cerneretur, 



CAPUT V. 

 De Avibns lacacintti, Xle- 

 papantototl , & 

 Hoatlli. 



JAcacintlifeuro/tiumJpicse mayzii, tres^ m ,^. 

 pasne fpichaitias cft Jonga , virenci- jj Exot.l. 

 buscruribus,capite vencreq; cyaneis, iq.c.43: 

 fed in purpureum vergentibus , alis 44.45. 

 promilcuC fulvis nigrisque, lufcis 0= 

 culis ac roftro, led in coccineum pro- 

 pe exortum vergente,quod cres pame 

 digitoslacas logum eftj anreriori par- 

 ce capicis depih &c calva. Pilcibusju- 

 xtalacus&: flumina vivit. Edulis eft 

 ejusearojiednec bono, hecgratoali- 

 mcnto. 



XLEPAPANTOTOTL Anatis 

 fere fpecies eft,importuna Mexicanas 

 paludiyro/Irum tamen in acutumhnit: 

 nullusilli negatus color. Pulchricu- 

 dinem vatiecas dedic , pulchricudd 

 nornerh 



Nec contemnendi fpedaculi eft 

 HOACTLI , live I OBACTLl , id 

 eft, avis ficca^ lacus Mexicaniahimna^ 

 ternas Ipirhamas a roftri lpfius acumi- 

 nead caudam poftremam longa , ac 

 galljnas noftrse magnicudirie. CrurH 

 prolixa,pedem,^/?r«w cuin uhcia rri- 

 encem, crailirudine vero polliccma% 

 quans. Supeine idnigrum eft, Jaceri- 

 busautem pallens, acinterne nigrum 

 &C fubfufcum. 0r#//funt magnhins lu- 

 tea, &palpebraerubea2:vertex plumis 

 nigris cegitur> itemque ciifta inli ni, 

 flmiliternigra.' collum^venter, corpus- 

 que uhivcrfum candetHed cauda cine- 

 reaeft, velut& defuper alas, namin- 

 ferna; funt albidiores , fuperiores a- 

 larum partes viiore quodam fpleri- 

 dent. Dorfitm , etfl canciidis tegatur 

 plumis, pehnis tamennigrisin viren- 

 temfplendorem inchnantibus veftiri 

 foleti Pedes qiii in digicos filfi func, 6c 

 cruraquoque,pallefctinc. Alba fafcia 

 citcumcingicur capuc, a roftri exorcti 

 ad oculos uiquc procedcnre Lactis 

 Mexicaniadvenacft; vocaturque ab 



