Part I. Of Wdter-Fowles. 
prepared Oleum Stillatitium, Sal -volatile , Aqua Ant epi- 
leptic a, i&C. Vulgus, fi decipi vult, decipiatur. 
They fom crimes (faith Mr. Willughby (a) of the Storke) («)Ornith. 
devour Snakes and other Serpents : which when they be- 
gin to creep out at their Breeches, they will prcfently clap 
them clofe to a Wall to keep them in. 
A BUNCH of black FEATHERS , of the Creft that 
grows on the Head of the leffer afh-colour'd or grey Heron. 
The length of thofe whereof Mr. Willughby makes men- 
tion, was live inches ; but of thefe, above eight. The 
T url<s value thefe Feathers at a great Rate. It is reported, 
faies Worm'ms, That in England it is death, to kill a Heron, 
But our Lawyers know of no fuch Law. 
The BALEARICK CRANE. He differs, as to his out- 
ward fhape, but little from the European : laving that on 
his Head he hath a Crown of thick Hairs or Bnftles very 
full and fpreadmg. See the Defcription and Picture of the 
Bird in Willughby s Ornithologia. 
I once diflecTed this Bird, but found not the fame kind 
of Windpipe (with curious flexures) as is defcribed by Bar- 
thol. (b) and Mr. Willughby, and by them obferved in the CV 
European Crane. They are therefore fo far two different Cent * 4 ' 
Species. 
The HORN of the UNICORNE BIRD 5 In Brafile 
called ANHIMA. Defcribed by Marggravius, and Wil- 
lughby, out of him. His principal marks are thefe 3 Headed 
and Footed like the Dunghill Cock., Tail'd like a Goofe, 
Horned on his Forehead (with fome likenefs) as the Vni- 
come is pidhir'd 3 Spurd on his Wings 3 Bigger than 
a Swan. The Male , fay Marggravim and Pifo, as big 
again. 
The HORN was given by Father Hieronymm Lobus. 
In the Bird which Marggravius defcribes, the Horn was 
but a little above two inches long. But this is above 
three, and about as thick as a Bodkin. The top alfo of 
this is not fharp, as figur d ( and I doubt feigned ) by the 
fame Author, but blunt 3 and, contrary to what is feen in 
Horns, rather thicker than toward the bottom. It is but 
of a foftifli and brittle fubftance, inferior to the fofteft fort 
of Horns. Confidenng which, and the bluntnefs of it, as 
well as fmallnefs, compared with the Bird, it cannot be 
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