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ftruBm'i Ceric nemo. Neque confentaneum eft, ut quas 
Nature confilium ad pifces in ftagnis & fluvlorum vadis, 
non natando fed grallatoriis veluti gradibus vadando, capt An- 
dos deftinaverit , (is crura cor.cederentur tarn neceffario ad vi- 
Bum quarendum officio imparia. Ad hac, non aliunde fuit 
quam a proceritate crurum dr colli , quod Phcenicopterus 
dim a Juvenale ingens dicer etur. 
Dr. Grew obferves the lame Miftake, but in fewer 
Words, which are the following; when Scaliger there- 
fore faith that this Bird hath the fhorteft Legs of any Ani- 
mal yet known, he would have (aid the longeft. 
Gefner fays, it is Cruribus rubric , ea proceritate qua in Ci- 
conia funt, vel procerioribus . 
Du Tertre. Ceft le plus haut monte de tous Us oyfeaux 
que fay jamais vtu en ma vie . II a les Jambs -tout rouges , 
& les pieds a demi mar in. 
(y) Rochfort. Ils ont les jambs & les cuiffes fi hautes , que 
le refte de leur corps eft eleve de terre de deux Ions pieds ou 
environ. 
Color Tlumarum. 
Scaliger thus elegantly exprefles the fine Colour of 
its Wings. Cinereum coloremnobilitant alarum punicea pennA . 
Aldrovandus. Mirum eft cur nigrum alarum colorem non 
annotavit Scaliger. Cetera tcta Avis ex cinereo , phceniceo 
dr alb e color ibus mi ft is fpeBatur. 
Gefner fays, Tennis albis parte prona ; rubentibus per 
Ccllum, PeBus, Ventrem dr Alas. And fpeaking of one 
taken near Montpellier , he lays, tota alba , prater illas in 
alls partes qua nigra funt in Ciconiis. 
(z) De Laet obferves, that while they are young their 
Feathers are chiefly white ; but as they grow up, they 
are painted with an Infinity of Colours. Mais ils dijfe -• 
rent en couleur , d autant quits ont le plumage blanc quand ils 
(y) tliji . eies Antilles Edit, [{ottord. p. 583. 
( ^ ) Hip. du Nouveau Monde, Lib. 1. Cap. 9. & Lib. l8. Cap. 1 5. 
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