loriOTCudinallyj between which there are feveral 
j'^old en -co loured foots ; and the hair, which is very 
fort, is of a vivid green colour. 
Palmep.-Worm, Hazel. This fpecies, which 
IS. entirely of a dufky green colour, except a few 
black fpots, and a rofe-coloured horn proje6ling 
from the nnnp, is chicPxy found on the leaves of 
the hazel-tree. There are two varieties; one of 
which is of a deep, and the other of a light green 
hue. 
PalmePv.-"W oraIj Bl 'iCK-Faced. On the fore- 
head of this fpecies there are two hairy horns, in- 
ftead of feelers, ferving perhaps for the fame pur- 
pofe; and two fimilar ones on the rump or tail. 
The ftcin is adorned a variety of the moft 
beautiful colours; and marked with roundifh pur- 
ple fpots, appearing like fo many ftudsy running 
along each fide. The hair has a very brilliant ap- 
pearance, and a very pleafing effcft when expofed 
to the rays of the fun. 
Palmer-Worm, Pear-Tree. The head of 
this fpecies is as black as ink; the body is fur- 
rowed with black, red, and white; and from the 
fhoulders, almoft to the extremity of the back, 
there are livid tubercles fpeckled with white. 
The egg from which this proceeds is of a reddifli 
bay-colour, as is alio the aurelia. It feeds on the 
buds of pear-trees, and hence receives it's name. 
Palmer-Worm, Nettle. The feet of this 
infe6t are of a dull yellow colour; but the reft of 
the body is wholly black. The hairs are ere£t, 
and tenninate in a f?rt of points, v/hich wound 
the fingers v/hen touched, exciting an itching at 
firft, and afterwards an intolerable pain. 
Palmer-Worm, Hedge. The head of this 
fpecies is faffron-cotoured, except that there is a 
whitifn triangle on the fnout; the body is varie- 
gated with red, white, yellow, and black fcripes or 
fpots, irregularly difpofed; and the hair is of a 
yellowifli tinge. This infeft lives among hedges, 
which it commonly flrips of tlieir leaves. 
Palmer-Worm, Crane's Bill. This fpecies 
is pretty large; and adorned with black belts 
fpotted with white, appearing at firfi; fight of an 
iron-grey colour. The belly and feet are white ; 
and the fpaces between the belts or girdles are of 
a light green hue. It feeds on a variety of herbs, 
but more particularly on that called Crane's Bill. 
Palmer-Worm, Hedge-Hog, The body of 
this fpecies is chequered and variegated with 
black and yellow ; and it's fpines or horns are yel- 
lov/ifh, 
Palmer-Worm, Hedge-FIog, Variegated. 
The fore-part of the body in this fpecies, as far as 
the middle of the back, is of a yellowifh black 
colour; but the hinder part is of a whitifh yellow; 
and it has hard thick biucifli fpines or thorns. 
PALMIPEDES. A genus of aquatic fov/Is, 
farniflied by nature with feet adapted for fwim- 
ming. The diflinguifning charafters are: that 
they have all fhort legs, excepting the flamingo, 
the corrira, and avofctta ; that their tliighs are fea- 
thered to the joint; that their hinder toes are ex- 
tremely fhort; that their rumps are lefs prominent 
than in other birds; and that in general they have 
broad beaks, with an apj^endage at the extremity 
cf their upper mandible. 
PAMPUS. A^very curious fifli defcribed by 
Sir Flans Sloane, about fix inches long, and four 
and a half broad in the middle part. It is round- 
ifli near the head, and from thence to the tail be- 
comes graduUy more flender. The tongue is 
round, flelljy, and fpotted; and the jaws are armed 
with linall fharp teeth. The eyes, which are 
large, are furrounded v^ith ample filvery irides. 
There are four fins ; one beginning on the middle 
of the back, and ending at the tail; the fecond 
running from the vent to the tail; and there are 
two long ones at the gills. The tail is bifid, and 
about two inches and a half in length; and an 
arched line extends along the upper part of the 
fide, which is ftraight iri the middle. It is entirely 
covered with fmall white fcales. The belly is 
round ; and the bones are fharp, and befet with 
teeth very fingularly arranged. 
PAMUCHLEN. An appellation given by 
fome ichthyologifts to that fpecies of cod-fifh 
more comn:only called afellus ftriatus. 
PANAMA SHELL. A name ufed by con- 
chologifts to exprefs a fpecies of dolium. 
PANGOLIN; the Manis Pentadadylaof Lin- 
nseus. This animal, which fome, though impro- 
perly, have denominated the fcaly lizard, is a na- 
tive of the torrid climates of the ancient conti- 
nent, where it feeds on lizards and infedls, and is 
efteemed very delicate food. The back, fides, 
and legs, are covered with blunt fcales befet with 
briftles ; the ears fomewhat refemble the human ; 
and the fkin, belly, and infides of the legs, are 
hairy. The body is between three and four feet 
long; and the tail is nearly of the fame length. 
See Manis. 
PANORPA. A Clascal appellation for the 
fcorpion fly. 
PANTHER; the Felis Pardus of Linnseus. 
This anim.al has fhort fmooth hair of a bright 
tawny colour; the back, fides, and flanks, are ele- 
gantly marked with black fpots, difpofed in cir- 
cles, about four or five in each; the face and legs 
have only fingle fpots ; the top of the back is 
adorned with a row of oblong fpots ; the cheft and 
belly are white, the former being marked with 
tranfvcrfe dufky ftripes, and the belly and tail 
with large irregular black fpots. The ears are 
fhort and pointed ; the extremity of the nofe is 
brown ; the limbs areftrong and mufcular; and the 
body is about fix feet long, from the tip of the 
nofe to the infertion of the tail. 
The Panther has frequently been miftaken by 
naturalifts for the tiger; and indeed it approaches 
next to it in fize, in beauty, in cruelty, and in it's 
general enmity to the animal creation. It is, how- 
ever, fpotted, and not ftreaked like the tiger; in 
which particular that animal differs alfo from the 
leopard, and mofl of the inferior ranks of the feline 
family. 
This creature inhabits Africa, from Barbary to 
t!ie remoteft parts of Guinea. It feems to hold 
the fame rank in Africa that the tiger does in Afia; 
with this difference only, that it prefers the flefh of 
other aniiFials to that of men; but, when prefTed 
by hunger, it indifcriminately attacks every crea- 
ture endued with life. Like the tiger, it always 
feizes it's prey byfurprize; and frequently clinibs 
trees in purfuit of monkies and fmaller animals. 
It is an untameable fpecies ; always retaining it's 
fierce, malevolent afpe£l; and a continued kind of 
growl or murmur. 
The ancients appear to have been well ac- 
quainted with thefe animals; and it might have 
been naturally fuppofed that the Romans would 
have cleared the African defarts of thein, by rea- 
fon of the prodigious numbers they drew from 
thence for their public fiiews. Scarus exhibited 
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