Birds of the Heron-^mc/j See. 
like Land-Fowl’s Claws. They make a 1699.' 
Noife or Cluck like our Brood-Hens, or tXWJ 
■DunghikHens, when they have Chickens, 
and for that reafon they are called by the 
Englijh Clocking Hens. There are many 
of them in the Bay of Campenchj (tho’ I 
omitted to fpeak of them there) and elfe- 
where in the Wefi-Indies. There are both 
here and there four forts of thefe long- 
leg’d Fowls, near a-kin to each other, as 
fo many Suh-Sgectes of the fame Kind ; 
•viz. Crab catchers, Clocking-Hens, Gal- 
dens ( which three are in lhape and co- 
lour like Herons in EngUnd^ but lefs ; the 
Gulden^ the biggeft of the three, the Crab- 
catcher the fmalleft ; ) and a fourth fort 
which are black, but ihaped like the other, 
having long Legs and fhort Tails ; thefe 
are about the bignefs of Crab-catchers, and 
feed as they do. 
CurrecoQs, are Water Fowls, as big as 
pretty large Chickens, of a bluifh colour, 
with fhort Legs and Tail ; they feedal- 
fo in fwampy Ground, and are very good 
Meat. I have not feen of them elfe- 
where. / 
The Wild-Di^cks here are faid to be 
of two forts, the Mufeovy , and the com- 
Hion-Ducks. In the wet Seafon here are 
abundance of them, but in the dry time 
but few. Wigeon and Teal alfo are faid 
to be in great plenty here in the wet Sea- 
fon, To 
