68 Of <Palmipedes. Part I. 
of an unufual figure, fc. flender, numerous and parallel, 
as in Ivory-Combs 5 but alfo very Ihort, fcarcc the eighth 
of an inch deep. An admirable invention of Nature, by 
the help of which, and of the lharp Ridge above mention d, 
this Bird holds his flippery Prey the fafter. 
What Cardane affirmeth of the Phanicopter, That he 
moves the upper Jaw or Beak, I have obferved, faith Wor- 
(a) Lib.de m - im s to be true. Menippus the Philofopher alfo, (a) 
cited by Rondeletius, faith the fame. But Wormius adds, 
That the caufe is not fo manifeft, as in the Crocodile : 
yet Ihews not , in what refpecl:. Hereof fee Seel. 2. 
Chap. 3. 
As for the Phankapter, it muft needs be faid, That the 
fhape and bignefs of the upper Beak (which here, con- 
trary to what it is in all other Birds that I have feen, is 
thinner and far lefs than the nether) fpeaks it to be the more 
fit for motion, or to make the appulfe, and the nether 
to receive it. But there can be no determination of thefe 
matters, without Infpe&ion into the Mufcules and the Ar- 
ticulation of the Bones. 
Another PHiENICOPTER. The Tongue of this 
Bird, as Apicius faith, was a delicious Morfel amongft the 
Roma?is. 
The GREATEST LOON. Colymbus maximus five 
ArSiicus Clufii. Given by Mr. Houghton an Apothecary in 
thologise,' 
London. Defcribed by Mr. WiUughby. (b) This is as big 
p- 25?. as a Goofe : of a dark colour, dapled with white Spots on 
the Neck, Back, and Wings 3 each Feather marked near 
the point with two Spots. They breed in Fan I/land. 
The GREAT SPECKLED LOON of NORWAY. 
By the people there called LUMME. Defcribed by Wor- 
mius, and out of him by Mr. WiUughby. In the former, 
the Spots are fewer on the Neck, more on the Back : In 
this, more on the Neck, and fewer on the Back. There, 
each Feather hath two Spots, here, but one, near the 
point. 
The Legs, both of thefe and the other Species of the 
Loon kind, are broad and flat, by which they are diftin- 
( c ) Wit- guilhed from all other Birds, (c) Their Claws are alfo 
M h v %6. broad, in ihape almoft like a mam Nail 5 as Mr. WiUughby 
(d) ibid, alfo obferves. (d) They are called Colymbi, becaufe they are 
great 
