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them, and is carnivorous; the Fat thereof 

 diflblved into an Oil, is recommended migh- 

 tily againft old Aches and Sciatica Pains. 



1 think there are no Jackdaws, nor any 

 Magpys ; they there prize a Magpye as much 

 as we do their Red Bird. 



The Pica Glandaria^ or Jay, is much left 

 than our Englijh Jay, and of another colour, 

 for it is all blue where ours is brown, the 

 Wings marbled as curioufly as ours are, it 

 has both the fame Cry, and fudden jetting 

 Motion. 



There are great Variety and Curiofity in 

 the Wood-peckers, there's one as big as our 

 Magpye, with blackifti brown Feathers, and 

 a large Scarlet Tuft on the top of the Head : 

 There are four or five forts of Wood-peck- 

 ers more, variegated with Green, Yellow 

 and Red Heads, others fpotted black and 

 and white, moft lovely to behold. There's 

 a Tradition amongfl: them, that the Tongue 

 of one of thefe Wood-peckers drycd will 

 make the Teeth drop out if pick'd therewith, 

 and cure the Tooth-ach (tho' 1 believe lit- 

 of it, but look on it ridiculous) yet 1 thought 

 fit to hint as much that others may try ; for 

 fometimes fuch old Stories refer to fome 

 peculiar Vertues, tho"" nottoall thatisfaid 

 of them. 



There be wild Turkies extream large ; they 

 talk of Turkies that have been kiird,that have 

 weighed betwixt 50 and 60 Pound weighty 

 the largeft that ever I faw, weigh'd fome- 

 thing better than 38 Pound they have very 

 long Legs, and will run prodigioufly faft. I re- 

 member not that ever I faw any of them on the 



