Part I. Of Quadruped's. 
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the other down. But that this motion was not meant by 
Ariftotk, appears in his Firft Book Je Hi ft. Anim, c. 1 i. <& 
lib. 3. c. fi where he faith more plainly, That of all other 
Animals, only the Crocodile moveth the upper Jaw. So 
that he fpeaks of it, as a motion ftrange and peculiar 5 as 
if the upper Mandible did make an Articulation with the 
Cranium : contrary to what is here feen. And if we will 
hear Pifo, who probably fpeaks Ariftotles meaning, as 
plainly as he doth his ,own, he goes further, and faith, 
(a) That the Crocodile doth not only move his upper Jaw, oomft. 
but that his nether Jaw is immoveable. Than which Af- lib - 5* 
fertion, to one that hath any competent knowledge in 
Anatomy, and feeth the Head and lower Jaw of this Ani- 
mal articulated in the fame way, as in other Animals, 
nothing can appear more ridiculous. 
The WINDPIPE of a CROCODILE. It is 
almoft an inch and s over. Compofed of Cartilaginous 
Rings, not broken off, with a Membrane betwixt their 
ends, as in moft Quadrupedes? but entire. 
The GREEN LIZARD. It was brought from 
the Weft-Indies. See the Defcription hereof in Gefner, and 
others. 
The SENEMBI, a Lizard fo called in Brafile. Alio 
called Iguana. Curioufly figur d by Bejler. Well defcrib'd 
by Marggrarius, and after him, Wowiius. Saving as to the 
odd ftru&ure of the hinder Foot. The inmoft Toe is 
joyned to the next, by a Membrane, for the length of an 
inch and i This to the third, by a like Membrane for the 
length of an inch. This again to the fourth, for the length 
of an inch and i The fourth, almoft loofe from the lafi 
The Picture alfo, commonly given, fallTy reprefents the 
fore-Leg equal to the hinder, which is far longer and 
thicker. 
Another SENEMBI leffer than the former. 
The SWIFT, or SPOTTED LIZARD. Com- 
monly called STELLIO,orthe STARRY-LIZ A RD 5 
but not properly, the Stars, in the Figure given by Aldro* 
vandus and others, being feigned. For the Animal is not 
marked with Starry, but with round Spots. The lelfer 
are fprinkled up and down, The greater compofed into 
about 1 3 half Rings or Girdles, On the Back the fpots 
are 
