Part L 
54 Of Birds , 
moft, three 5 the laft, three and i The fir ft of the fourth, 
is alfo four inches long 5 the middlemoft, two and I - 
the iaft, as much. The firft of the fifth or utmoft Finger' 
is alfo four inches long 5 the middlemoft, two ; the laft, as 
many. 
His Thigh an inch and 4 long, and flefhv, yet not much 
above i inch over. His Leg two inches long, tendinous 
and about i of an inch thick. The Tedium , above 4 inch 
long. The Toes, five ; each of them about an inch and 4 
long; and each having a Claw, like that on his Thumb. 
The two inmoft, have each two Bones 3 the other have 
three. 
The Membrane which makes the Wings, excepting 
only his Head, Neck, two joynts of his Thumb and the 
bottom of Ins Feet, is fpread from the top of his Back, over 
all his Parts. 
He hath no Tail. 
The lhape and number of his Teeth, fhew him to be a 
Voracious Creature. The Claws of his Thumb and Feet, 
that he is alfo Rapacious. The ftructurc of his Wings is 
admirable. For were they to be always ftretched out, 
they were (as to the length of the Bones) the moft irregular 
and ill contrived of any thing that ever was feen. " But 
being made to open and (hut, ihew the greater Artifice , in 
having the Bones of fuch a length, as might ferve for all 
the Pofitions betwixt being quite open and quite clofe. 
The particular explication whereof, notwithftanding, can- 
not be made, without examining the feveral Mufcules, by 
winch all the faid pofitions are determin'd. 
Another WEST-INDI A N B A T of the fame 
kind. There are many of them in Bra file. The Chine- 
W Ki 5 .f : i es efteem of them as a delicate fort of meat, (a) Barlaus 
in ‘ ir< mentions a Water-Bat, which the Natives of Bra fie call 
(b) Res Bra- Gmcucua. (b) In the fame Ifland, there is a fort of great 
m ' p ' 324- Iktt, that as Men lie afleep with their Legs naked, wilkfuck 
their blood at a Wound fo gently made, as not to awake 
, them: whereby they are oftentimes in danger of bleeding 
N° s to death - CO 
The HEADofanOSTRICH. Caput Struthio- 
cameh. He is accurately defcribed in Mr. WillugM/s 
Ornithologia. His Head, like that of a Goofe 3 he hath 
, great 
