Part I. Of Quadruped's. 
the other down. But that this motion was not meant by 
Ariftotle , appears in his Firft Book de Hi ft. Anim , c. 11. isr 
lib. 3. c. 7. where he faith more plainly. That of all other 
Animals, only the Crocodile moveth the upper Jaw. So 
that he fpeaks of it, as a motion ftrange and peculiar 5 as 
if the upper Mandible did make an Articulation with the 
Cranium: contrary to what is here feen. And if we will 
hear Pifo, who probably fpeaks Ariftotle s meaning, as 
plainly as he doth his own, he goes further, and faith, 
(a) That the Crocodile doth not only move his upper Jaw, 60 Hift.N. 
but that his nether Jaw is immoveable. Than which Af- lib ' 5- 
fertion, to one that hath any competent knowledge in 
Anatomy, and feeth the Head and lower Jaw of this Ani¬ 
mal articulated in the fame way, as in other Animals, 
nothing can appear more ridiculous. 
The WINDPIPE of a CROCODILE. It is 
almoft an inch and I over. Compofed of Cartilaginous 
Rings, not broken off, with a Membrane betwixt their 
ends, as in mold Quadrugedes , but entire. 
The G R E E N LIZARD. It was brought from 
the Weft-Indies. See the Description hereof in Gefner, and 
others. 
The SENEMBI, a Lizard fo called in Brafile. -Alfo 
called Iguana. Curioudy figur’d by Bejler. Well defenb’d 
by Marggrarius, and after him, Wormius. Saving as to the 
odd ftructurc of the hinder Foot. The inmold Toe is 
joyned to the next, by a Membrane, for the length of an 
inch and i This to the third, by a like Membrane for the 
length of an inch. This again to the fourth, for the, length 
of an inch and f The fourth, almofd loofe from the laid. 
The Picture alfo, commonly given, falfty reprefents the 
equal to the hinder, which is far longer and 
thicker. 
Another SENEMBI lefter than the former. 
The SWIFT, or SPOTTED LIZARD. Com* 
manly called S T ELL IO, or the STARR YT, IZ A R D 5 
but not properly, the Stars, in the Figure given by Aldro- 
u and us and others, being feigned. For the Animal is not 
marked with Starry, but with round Spots. The lefter 
are fprinkled up and down. The greater compofed into 
about 13 half Rings or Girdles. On the Back the fpots 
are 
