never attempts an imitation of words, making only a 
ihrili chirping Noife, doubling the Tone, or making f| 
eight Notes lower, as a ftopt Organ-Pipe is an Eighp 
to I he fame open. This lower £^.>j;/x may allifc the 
weak Fabrick of fo fmail a Creature as a Parrot to coun- 
terfeit io Ba(Ie a Voice as a Man's it being obferved 
by fcme Ingenious Perfons, that Parrots are Fe^itrtloqui^ 
and whether ail Ventriloquous Chests may not by Na- 
ture be framed for luch an fmpofturej may be Queried, 
if the Bodies of any fuch iliould be difleSed. 
4. The Hearty in proportion to the Animal, was large, 
and Liver imall, as may be feen by the Figure. There 
was Qothmg that I obferved extraordinary io the Te- 
fhcks cr Kidneys, however I have given a Figure 
thereof, . - , . ^ 
J. The Tongus was brog^d and thick, at the end fbme- 
what hke^a Jvian's, whence a Parrot has its Name oLvSr^oo- 
TTDyXorhc^ the extremity of it was armed with a black 
hoifjy cover. 
6. Having done with thofe Parts that relate to the 
Air and Blood, to proceed to thofe that concern the Re- 
ception and Digeftion of the Food : It has befides the 
Gizzard two Craws; the uppermoftCraw being only a 
Receptacle or Sack for the Food (which is Canary Seed) 
to be 0gain committed to the Mouth of this Bird, where 
it is again chewed, having before been only huslfed ; 
"•;this Anirmi ruminating as ibme Qiiadrdpedes do, and 1 
tiave obftrved this Bird when upon the Perch not only 
bring its Food sgain^up into its Mouth, Md therexhew 
it, bui when tht Cock and Hen fit together on the Perch, 
he will put it out of his into the Hen's Mouth. Their 
manner of chewing is thus : The under Bill being much 
Ihorter, iliuts within the upper, or againft the:.iloof of 
the Mouth, which' is fitted with (everahro»s of' vtxy 
fmaii and fcarce to be feen croft- bars, as the Mouths of 
Horfes, Dogs^ and feme other Animals are : • Thefe Bars 
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