CHAP. VIL 
OflBrutes. 
HAVING done with the Fegetathe, I proceed to the 
Animal Kingdom^ wherein I (liall confider firft, thac 
part of // that indeed has afprehenfion of external 0bjt6is^ 
of Pleafuresznd Pains^ and Locomotion to make addrefs to the one-, 
and fly the other ^ but is void of reafon ; within which may be 
comprehended all manner of Brutes^ fuch as Birds^ InfeSfs, Fijhes^ 
Reptils^ and four-footed Beafis^ which I prefume may be a fubjeSt 
fufficient for this Chapter^ though as in the former of Plants^ I in- 
tend only to mention fuch^ as either have not been noted before^ 
are very unufual^ or have fomthing extraordinary attending them ; 
Leaving what concerns Men for a Chapter by it felf. 
Z. And herein, as before in the Chapter of Formed fiones (and 
as I intend for the future in all other Chapters fo far forth as they 
will bear it) J fliall obferve the method the whole Effay^ and 
firft treat of fuch Animals as are Inhabitants of the Heavens^then 
of thofe that belong to the Waters^ and laftly of fuch as inhabit 
the dry Land'^ of which in their order, o 1:. 
3. But amo ngfl: the inhabitants of the ^/Vorlowermoft Hea-^ 
iVtn^ it cannot be expelled in fo fmalla County, I (liOuld produce 
many not already noted, fince the feather ed^^ingdom has been fo 
lately and fo carefully furveyed - by the Learned and Induftrious 
Francis Willughby Efq; Nor indeed could I meet with any omitted 
by him, except perchance a //7f/eBir^/, fomtimes feen, but oft- 
ner heard in the Park, at WoodsJock-j from the noifethat it makes, 
commonly called the Wood-cracker : Defcribed to me (for I had 
not the happinefs to fee it) to be about the bignefs of ^ Sparrow^ 
with a blue back, and a xeddip breaft, a mde mouth and a long 
bill, which it puts into a crack or fplinter of a rotten bough of a 
Tree, and makes a noife as if it were rending afunder, with that 
violence, that the noife may be heard at leaft tvpelve fcore yards, 
fome have ventured to fay 2i.mile from the place. 
4. Which is alll could find in the County of Oxford omitted by 
that careful and ingenious Juthor^ except 1 may have leave to 
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