328 Mifcellanea Curiofa. Vol. Ill, 



feen and therefore quafer and grope out 

 their Meat the molt : But I had then dif- 

 covered none of thefe Nerves in Round-biird 

 Birds: But fince in my Anatomies in the 

 Country, in a Rook I firfl: obferved two 

 J^erves came down betwixt the Eyes into 

 the upper Bill, but confiderably fmaller than 

 gny of the three Pair of Nerves in the Bills 

 pf Ducks, but larger than the Nerves in any 

 oth^r Roundrbiird Birds and 'tis remark- 

 able thefe Birds more than any other Round- 

 billM Birds 'feem to grope for their Meat in 

 Cow-dung and the like : Since I have found 

 in feveral Round-bilFd Birds the like Nerves 

 coming down betwixt the Eyes, but fo very 

 fmall that had I not feen them firft in a 

 Rook I fhould fcarce have made the difcove- 

 jry in the lower Bill there are Nerves have 

 much the fame fituation with the Flat-bilFd 

 Birds, but very fmall, and fcarce difcernable, 

 unlefi to the Cautious and Curious. 



The Night Raven, which fome call the 

 Virginia Bat^ is about the bignefs of aCuc^ 

 kow, feather'd like them but very Ihort, 

 and fliort Leg'd, not difcernable when it flies, 

 which is only in the Evening feuding like 

 our Night Jlaven. 



There's a great fort of ravenous Bird that 

 feeds upon Carrion, as big very nigh as an 

 Eagle, which they call a Turky Buftard, its 

 Feathers are of a Duskifli black, it has red 

 Gills, refembling thofe of a Turky, whence 

 it has its Name ^ it is nothing of the fame 

 fort of Bird with our EngUJh Turky Buftard, 

 but is rather a Species of the Kites, for it 

 will hoyer on the Wing fomething like 



