68 Of P*almifede /. P a r t I. 
of an unufual figure, fc. {lender, numerous and parallel, 
as in Ivory-Combs ; but alfo very fhort, fcarcc the eighth 
of an inch deep. An admirable invention of Nature, by 
the help of which, and of the (harp Ridge above mention’d, 
this Bird holds his flippery Prey the fafter. 
What Car dam affirmeth of the Pbxnicopter , That he 
moves the upper Jaw or Beak, I have obferved, faith Wor- 
(,) Lib.dc m ' lllA } to he true. Menippus the Philofopher alfo, (a) 
Hunmu. tltc J hy Rondeletius, filth the fame. But Wormius adds, 
That the caufe is not fo manifeft, as in the Crocodile: 
yet (hews not, in what refpect. Hereof fee Seel. 2. 
Chap. 3. 
As tor the Phaenicopter , it mull needs be faid, That the 
Rape and bignefs of the upper Beak (which here, con¬ 
trary to what it is in all other Birds that I have feen, is 
thinner and tar lefs than the nether) fpcaks it to be the more 
fit for motion, or to make the appulfe, and the nether 
to receive it. But there can be no determination of thefe 
matters, without InfpcCtion into the Mufcules and the Ar¬ 
ticulation of the Bones. 
Another PHfENICOPTER. The Tongue of this 
Bird, as Apicius faith, was a delicious Morfel amongft the 
Roma?is. 
The GREATEST LOON. Colymbus maximus five 
Arliicus Clufii. Given by Mr. Houghtcn an Apothecary in 
thologia?,'" London. Defcribcd by Mr. WiUughby. (b) This is as big 
P ' 2 59 - as a Gcofe : of a dark colour, dapled with white Spots on 
the Neck, Back, and Wings 5 each Feather marked near 
the point with two Spots. They breed in Farr ifland. 
The GREAT SPECKLED LOON of NORWAY. 
By the people there called LUMME. Defcnbed by Wor- 
tnins, and out of him by Mr. WiUughby. In the former, 
the Spots are fewer on the Neck, more on the Back: In 
this, more on the Neck, and fewer on the Back. There, 
each Feather hath two Spots, here, but one, near the 
point. 
The Legs, both of thefe and the other Species of the 
Loon kind, are broad and flat, by which they are difun- 
( c ) Wii- guifhed from all other Birds, (c) Their Claws are alfo 
nlfh b p *2 5<5 ^ voa( ^’ in (hape almoft like a mans Nail; as Mr. WillngMy 
(d) ibiil. alfo obferves. (d) They are called Colymbi. becaufc they arc 
great 
