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tke fame fituation with the Fiat-bili'd Birds , but 
very fmall, and fcarce difcernablejunlefs to the Cautious 
and Curious. 
The Night Raven, which feme call the Virginia Bat, 
is about the bignefs of a Cuckow, feather'd like them 
but very fnort, and fhort Leg'd, not difcernable when 
it flies, which is only in the Evening feuding like our 
Night Raven. 
There's a great fort of ravenous Bird that- feeds. .up- 
on 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 Englijh Turky Buftard, but is rather 
a Species of the Kites, for it will hover on the Wing 
fomething like them, and is carnivorous ; the Fat there- 
of diflblved into an Oil, is recommended mightily a- 
gainft old Aches and Sciatica Pains. 
I think there are no Jackdaws, nor any Magpy es? 
they there prize a Magpy e as much as we do their - 
Red Bird. 
The Pica Glandaria> or Jay, is much lefs than our 
Englijh Jay, and of another colour, for it is all blew 
where ours is brown, the Wings marbled as curioufly 
as ours are, it has both the fame Cry, and fuddain jet- 
ting Motion. 
There are great Variety and Curiofity in the Wood- 
peckers, there's one as big as our Magpye, with black- 
ifli brown Feathers, and a large Scarlet Tuft on the top 
of the Head : There are four or five forts of Wood- 
peckers more, variegated with green, yellow and red 
Heads, others (potted black and white, mod lovely to 
behold. There's a Tradition amongft them, that the 
Tongue of one of thefe Wood-peckers dry ed will make 
the Teeth drop out if pick'd therewith, and cure the 
Tooth-ach ("tho' I believe little of it, but look on it ri- 
q q z diculous) 
