( »»s ) 
Goofe. The Bony Circle dcfcrib’d by Mr. Ranhy^ this 
Birjl has in common with other Fowls both of the Wa- 
ter and Land, with this difference only, tliat the Rin[» 
in Water-Fowls confifts of fifteen, and in Land-Fowis 
but of fourteen Bones. They are fo difpos d, that one 
Bone lies over the Ends of two others, then three 
or four lie over one another, like the Scales of Filh; 
then one Bone lies under the Ends of two others ; and 
then two or three more follow again like the Scales of 
Fifii ; But unlefs there be a Lufus l^aturce, I think Mr. 
Ranhys Icon does not exprefs it fo very jufily, as I be 
lieve it might be done. There was no Mufculm fuf- 
penforiHS Omit in this Animal, nor do I believe itds to 
be found among Birds, and indeed there feuns to be 
no reafon for it 
The Crop was fo fluff’d with Grafs, or other Greens 
( proper Food for a Goofe, or one of that Kind) that 
I don’t think the Bird could have digefied it off,, if 
there had been no other reafon for its Death. The 
Gizzard was not fo fluff’d as the Crop, and what was 
therein, feem’d undigefled. The Guts contain’d a thick 
deep-green Juice, even to the Cloaca. The Money 
both of Silver and Copper in the Gizzard was very 
remarkably worn away ; the Edges, in particular, w ere 
made round, and the Bull and Reverfe fcarce percep- 
tible in fome Pieces, and quite obliterated in others. 
The JErugp and Sulci in many of the Pieces would 
make one believe (that befides the Attrition^ rheremay 
be a Metiflruum in their Gizzards not unfit to diffolve Me- 
tals Within an Inch of the End of the Return was the 
Cloaca, ox Expanfion of that great Gut, which was thinner 
than the other Part of the Gut, in proportion to its Ex- * 
panfion, and would hold above half a Pint. The End 
of the Return ffrom the Cloaca) open'd into a Cavity 
big enough to hold my two Fills ,• and for want of ano- 
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