Of Birds. P art % 
molt, three $ the laft, three and i The firft of the fourth, 
is alfo four inches long $ the middlemofl, two and * 3 
the laft, as much. The firft of the fifth or utmoft Finger, 
is alfo four inches long 3 the middlemofl:, two 5 the laft, as 
many. 
His Thigh an inch and * long, and flefhy, yet not much 
aWve s inch over. His Leg two inches long, tendinous, 
and about * of an inch thick. The Tedium, above I inch 
long. The Toes, five 3 each of them about an inch and s 
long 5 and each having a Claw, like that on his Thumb. 
The two inmoft, have each two Bones 3 the other have 
three. 
The Membrane which makes the Wings, excepting 
only his Head, Neck, two joynts of his Thumb and the 
bottom of his Feet, is fpread from the top of his Back, over 
all his Parts. 
He hath no Tail. 
The fhape and number of his Teeth, fhew him to be a 
Voracious Creature. The Claws of his Thumb and Feet, 
that he is alfo Rapacious. The ftructure of his Wings is 
admirable. For were they to be always ftretched out, 
they were (as to the length of the Bones) the moft irregular 
and ill contrived of any thing that ever was feen. But 
being made to open and Ihut, fhew the greater Artifice, in 
having the Bones of fuch a length, as might ferve for all 
the Pofitions betwixt being quite open and quite clofe. 
The particular explication whereof, notwithftanding, can- 
not be made, without examining the feveral Mufcules, by 
which all the faid pofitions are determined. 
Another W E S T-I N D I A N B A T of the fame 
kind. There are many of them in Brafile. The Chine- 
O) Kirch, jes efteem of them as a delicate fort of meat, {a) BarUw 
chin, iiiuftr. ment j ons a Water-Bat, which the Natives of Brafile call 
(&)ResBA- Gu$cticpa. (b) In the fame Illand, there is a fort of great 
m. p. 224. B a t, that as Men lie afleep with their Legs naked, will fuck 
their blood at a Wound fo gently made, as not to awake 
them : whereby they are oftentimes in danger of bleeding 
fOPifo's to death, (c) 
m ' N * The HE AD of an OSTRICH. Caput Struthio- 
cameli. He is accurately defcribed in Mr. Willughb/s 
Ornithologia. His Head , like that of a Goofe 3 he hath 
great 
