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with a reddilh yellow Scale. Not much above four inches 
long ; yet above five in thicknefs, or round about the 
Joynts: wherein, though it be inferior to that of an 
Oftrich or a Caffbary, 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 inmofi:, the longeft. 
The fourth, the fliorteft. The fifth or utmoft the thicken;. 
It hath a very great black Spur, yet not crooked as a Cocks, 
but ftrait, and fharp-pointed, two inches long , and next 
the Leg an inch and ? about. 
A KING-FISHER, Iffida. Defcribed by Mr. Willughby 
and others. 
Two HEADS of the GROSSBEAK called Coccothrauftes. 
See the Defcription of the Bird in Mr. Willughby s Omith. 
There is a mofl curious Picture hereof in Dr. Charlton's 
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 
areas hard again) very eafily$ (a) his Bill and Temporal j^\^ vi Q r 
Mufcules are fo ftrong. nkh. 
The HUMING BIRD. By the Brafilians, called Gua- 
numbi. By Clufius, Ourijfia, i. e. 2. Sun-beam 3 becaufe of 
his radiant-colours. By the Spaniards, Tomineius 5 be- 
caufe (b) one of them with its Neaft, weighs but two ^ J- de 
Tominds, a weight fo called by the Spaniards, confifting c T^.okt If 
of 1 2 Grains. Mar&eravius reckons up and defcribes nine J- Lerilis ^ a 
c r 1 be from Ovi 
iorts or them. e dus. 
Yet whether he hath taken in this amongft them, feems 
doubtful.lt is of the greater kind. From the point of his Bill 
to the end of his Tail, above four inches and ^ long 5 His 
Bill black,almoft an inch and l > long,as thick as a Shoemakers 
waxed Thread $ fharp-pointed, and crooked all along like 
a Sithe, or exactly as the Bill of the Guara 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 s long. 
Wherein there are fixteen Oar-Quills, of a blackifh-brown 
or Eagle-coXowt , a little more than * of an inch broad. 
Of 
