P a a t I. Of Birds. 61 
with a reddifti yellow Scale. Not much above four inches 
long 3 yet above five in thicknefs, or round about the 
Joynts: wherein, though it be inferior to' that of an 
Oftrich or a Cafoary, yet joyned with its fhortnefs, may ren- 
der it of almoft equal ftrength. 
The LEG, as it feems , of a certain MONSTROUS 
BIRD. Tis half a foot long. Two inches and * about. 
Hath five Toes. The fecond from the inmolt, the longeft. 
The fourth, the fhorteft. The fifth or utmoft the thickeft. 
It hath a very great black Spur, yet not crooked as a Cocks, 
but ftrait, and lharp-pointed, two inches long , and next 
the Leg an inch and i about. 
A KING-FISHER, Ifpda. Defcribed by Mr. Wittugbby 
and others. 
Two HEADS of the GROSSBEAK called Coccothrauftes. 
See the Defcription of the Bird in Mr. Willugbbys Omitb. 
There is a mod curious Picture hereof in Dr. Charlton $ 
Onomafticon Zoic. They breed in Germany and Italy: 
but rarely, and not except in Winter, feen in England. 
They will crack Cherry-ftones, and Olive-ftones too (which 
are as hard again) very eafily 3 (a) his Bill and Temporal 
Mufcules are fo ftrong. S; 
The HUMING BIRD. By the Bra/Mans, called Gua- 
numbi. By Clufius, Ourijfia, i. e. a Sun-beam 3 becaufe of 
his radiant-colours. By the Spaniards, Tomineius 3 be- 
caufe (b) one of them with its Neaft, weighs but two ^ J- % 
Tominos, a weight fo called by the Spaniards, conlifting c?j.;wtof 
of 1 2 Grains. Maregravius reckons up and defcribes nine J- Lerius > M 
r r 1 ^ r be from Ovi- 
iorts or them: edis. 
Yet whether he hath taken in this amonglt them, feems 
doubtfirLlt is of the*greater kind. From the point of his Bill 
to the en dffljiWl& lfcifr above four inches and I long 3 His 
Bill black,almoft an inch and * long,as thick as a Sboomakers 
waxed Thread 3 (harp-pointed, and crooked all along like 
a Sithe, or exactly as the Bill of the Guar a or Indian Cur- 
lew. His Head the third of an inch long, and as broad. 
His Neck two thirds. His Trunk an inch. His Tail an 
inch and i In which there are ten black Rudder-Quills 
* of an inch broad. Each Wing is two inches and 5 long. 
Wherein there are fixteen Oar-Quills, of a blackifh-brown 
or Eagk-colom , a little more than * of an inch broad. 
Of 
(a) Wil- 
lughb. Or 
