ART 
I. 
Of Birds. 
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with a reddifh yellow Scale. Not much above four inches 
long 5 yet above five in thicknefs, or round about the 
Joynts: wherein, though it be inferior to that of an 
Oflrich or a Cajfoary , yet joyned with its fhortnefs, may ren¬ 
der it of almoft equal ftrength. 
The LEG, as it feems, of a certain MONSTROUS 
BIRD. Tts half a foot long. Two inches and I about. 
Hath five Toes. The fccond from the inmoft, the longed. 
The fourth, the fhorted. The fifth or utmod the thicked. 
It hath a very great black Spur, yet not crooked as a Cocks, 
but drait, and Iharp-pomted, two inches long, and next 
the Leg an inch and '■ about. 
A KING-FISHER, Jfpida. Defcribed by Mr. WiUughby 
and others. 
Two HEADS of the GROSSBEAK called Coccothraujies. 
See the Defcnption of the Bird in Mr. Willugbby s Omitb. 
There is a molt curious Picture hereof in Dr. Charlton’s 
Onomafticon Zoic. They breed in Germany and Italy: 
but rarely, and not except in Winter, feen in England. 
They will crack Cherry-dones, and Olive-dones too (which 
areas hard again) very eafily 5 ( a) his Bill and Temporal c , a \ Wif - 
Mufcules are fo drong. ,T h ' 0r 
The HUMING BIRD. By the Brafilians, called Gua- 
numbi. By Clufius , Ourijfia, i.e. a Sun-beam 5 becaufeof 
his radiant-colours. By the Spaniards , Tommeius 3 be- 
caufe ( b) one of them with its Nead, weighs but two (b ) J- de 
Tomino’s , a weight fo called by the Spaniards , confiding 
of 12 Grains. 
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12 drains. Marggravius reckons up and deferibes nine J- i-erius, 
forts of them. be / om 0v1 ' 
Yet whether he hath taken in this amongd them, feems 
doubtful.lt is of the greater kind. From the point of his Bill 
to the endtef Mus Tail, above four inches and Hong 3 His 
Bill black,almod an inch and * long,as thick as a Shoemakers 
waxed Thread 3 fharp-pointed, and crooked all along like 
a Sithe, or exactly as the Bill of the Guar a or Indian Cur¬ 
lew. His Head the third of an inch long, and as broad. 
His Neck two thirds. His Trunk an inch. His Tail an 
inch and i In which there are ten black Rudder-Quills 
5 of an inch broad. Each Wing is two inches and I long. 
Wherein there are fixteen Oar-Quills, of a blackifh-brown 
or Agg/e-colour, a little more than I of an inch broad. 
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