Part I. Of Wdter-Fowks, 65 
prepared Oleum Stittatitium, Sal volatile , Aqua Antepi- 
leptica, &c. Vulgut, fi decipi vult> decipiatur. 
They fometimes (faith Mr. WiUughby {a) of the Storke) 0)Omitfe 
devour Snakes and other Serpents : which when they be- 
gin to creep out at their Breeches, they will prefently 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 letter afh-colour d or grey Heron, 
The length of thofe whereof Mr. WiUughby makes men- 
tion, was five inches 3 but of thefe, above eight. The 
Turks value thefe Feathers at a great Rate. It is reported, 
faies Wormius, 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 : faving that on 
his Head he hath a Crown of thick Hairs or Briltles very 
full and fpreadmg. See the Defcription and Picture of the 
Bird in WiUughby s Omithologia. 
I once directed this Bird, but found not the fame kind 
of Windpipe (with curious flexures) as is defcnbed by Bar- 
thol. (b) and Mr. WiUughby, and by them obferved in the W Hift, 
European Crane. They are therefore fo far two different ' * 
Species. 
The HORN of the UNICORNE BIRD 3 In Brafile 
called ANHIMA. Defcnbed by Marggravius, and Wil- 
lughby, out of him. His principal marks are thefe 3 Headed 
and Footed like the Dunghill Coc^ Tail'd like a Goofe^ 
Horned on his Forehead (with fome likenefs) as the Vni- 
come is picture! 3 Spurd on his Wings 5 Bigger than 
a Swan. The Male , fay Marggravim and Pifo, as big 
again. 
The HORN was given by Father Hieronymm Lobw„ 
In the Bird which Marggravim 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 5 and, contrary to what is feen in 
Horns, rather thicker than toward the bottom. It is but 
of a foftifh and brittle fubftance, inferior to the fofteft fort 
of Horns. Confidering which, and the bluntnefs of it, as 
well as fmallnefs, compared with the Bird, it cannot be 
K thought 
