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.worn or mbbM off. Only on the parts that lay next the ground, 
there ftill hung mnlritudes of little Shells; having within 
them little Birfds perfeftly fliap'd , fuppofed lo be Bar- 
nicies. 
The Shells hung very thick and clofeone by another, and 
were of different fizes.Of the colour and confiftence of jM»/c/^- 
SheDs, and the fidcsor joyn'sof them joyned with fuch a kind 
of film as iH^/^-Shellsare ; which feives them fora Hing to 
move upon, when they open and Ihur. 
The Figure of the BarHMle-SYitW is here repre- 
•^SeeF/g.^. fenced*. 'Tis thin about the edges, and about 
half as thick as broad* Every one of the Shells 
hath fomccrofs Seams or Sutures, which, as I remember, di- 
vide it into five parts, near about the manner as in the Figure. 
Thefe parts are faftened one to another, with fuchafilmas 
M/iiy^/^. Shells arf^ 
Thefe Shells hang at the Tree by. a Neck longer than the 
Sheil* Of a kind of FUmy fubfiance, round, and hollow, and 
creafled, not unlike the Wind^pipeof a Chicken; fpreading 
out broadeft where it is faftened to the Tree , from which it 
Teems to draw and convey the matter which fcrves for the 
growth and vegeiation of the Shell and the little Bird within 
it. 
This Bird in every Shell that I opened, as well the leaft as 
thebiggeft, I found fo cur iouQy and compleatly fornied, that 
thereappeared nothing wanting, as to the external parts, for 
making up a perfeft Sea- Fowl : every little part appearing fo 
diftinfily, tiiat the whole looked like a large Bird fecn through 
a concave orxUminiftingGlar , colour and feature being eve- 
ry where fo clear and neat. The little Bill like that of a 
^^oofe, the Eyes marked, the Head, Neck, Breaft, Wings, 
Tail and Feet formed, the Feathers every where perfeftly 
ihap'd, and blackifli coloured 5 and the Feet like thofe of 0- 
thcr Water- foul , to my beft remembrance. All being dead 
and dry, I did not look after the Inward parts of them* But 
having nipt off and broken a greac many of them , I carried 
about 20 or 24 away with me. The biggeft 1 found upon 
theTree, was but about the fizeof the Figure here reprefem- 
ingihem. Nor did I ever fee any of the little Birds alive, 
nor met with any body that did. Only fome credible per- 
