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Birds, are fome Specimens of thofe of 

 Crocodiles, Guianas, Lizards, Turtles, 

 and Xortoifes. 



Stella Marina, Star Fifli. The Stella 

 Marina is a foft Animal, compofed of 

 many Segments, running from a central 

 Part refembling the Rays of a Star, as 

 vulgarly painted. The central Part is 

 the Body^ and has always a Mouth in its 

 lower Side the Rays are equidiftant. 

 The Stella Arhorefcens has the Mouth in 

 the middle its Body is pentangular, 

 and from the five Angles arife as many 

 Branches, which are divided and fubdi- 

 vided till the exterior ones are no thicker 

 than Horfe-hairs, and the whole in Num- 

 ber amount to fome Thouiands. One 

 Kind of Stella Marina taken in North 

 America^ is called the Bafket Fifh, and 

 is of the fame Nature as the arborefcent 

 Star Fifh and the Medufa's Head. Thofe 

 of the fmaller Kind are called on our 

 Coafts, where they abound, Five Fingers, 

 Some of the Specimens are very large, 



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