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plane, fed nique a dune am habet , Scjthicl arcus partem potius 
imitatur . 
Gefner, who compares this Bird to the Crane for Big- 
ttefe, adds, Rxsftro jefquialtera fere longitudine ad Gi comae 
roftritm, fuperius ciaffo & tube real is quibufdam afpero. 
Aldrovandea commends the Account Scaliger gives of 
the Bill, and then adds, inRoftri autem conformatione non 
parum luftt Natura ; non enim ut Anatum aut Anferum pla- 
num eft, cum alioqui fit latum , neque ut A r dear um rtttum 
& rotundum, neque denique at rapaciam Aquilarum aut Ac - 
cipitrum aduncum ; cum tamen fit curvum quidem (A deorfum 
inflepeum, fed in medio fuperieris mandibuU notabiii extube- 
rant ia fnfigne, fex digit os Ionium, intus cavum & canalicu - 
latum media fui parte . Superior etiam mandibula infer iori 
longior eft , & in acutiffimam aciem definit ; contra vero in • 
ferior longe crafjior - 
Du Tertre, 11 a la tefte ronde & petite , a laquelle eft at- 
tache tin gr os bee , long de quatre pouces, moitie rouge (jr 
mo i tie noire , & reconrbe en forme de cue i liter e- 
Olaus Wormius gives the following Defcription of che 
Head and Bill of the Phcenicopter , which he had (ent him 
from a Friend* viz . 
Caput longitudine unctas otto fnperabat, ipfum caput, ex- 
cept o roftro,trium erat . Roftrum ipfum figuram a Scaligero 
delineatam obtinet , in medio craffum fat is fed cavum , fupe- 
fiore ejus parte utrinque ad latera caniculatum ; ad fui ex> 
■or turn duobus grandibus foraminibus olf acini deputatis pr<e < 
ditum, in ext remit ate aduncum , interne denticulatum cum 
coftd feu eminent i a, in medio, Pars vero inferior nigra , 
frequent thus pradtta ftriis ad extremum excurrentibus 5 lon- 
gitudine vero cedit fuperiori , fed ampla eft & capax , c raff a 
lingua, qua aberat, excipzend# apt a, 
Dr. (rm?has obliged us with a very curious Account 
of the Bill of rhi$ Bird, for which he fays ic is moll 
remark- 
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