Part I. Of ‘‘Palmipede*. yy 
of their Pullen. They breed m IJland, in the Ifle of Mona 
in Scotland , in thofe of Fero and the Syliies ; alfo in Ireland 
and other places 5 laying their Eggs under ground. 
The Puffin , Penguin , and Guillemot , all want the Heel or 
hinder Toe. Have all black Backs, but their Bellies,which 
are much under water, are White. All lay but one 
Egg at a fitting : proper perhaps to other Birds of this 
kind. ( a ) (V)Wiiiugh, 
The HEAD of a PUFFIN. ° rnith - 
The HEAD of the MAN of WAR 5 called alfo Al- 
bitrojfe. Suppofed by fome to be the Head of a Dodo. 
But it fee 111 ? doubtful. That there is a Bird called The 
Man of War , is commonly known to our Sea-men; and 
feveral of them who have feen the Head here preferved, 
do affirm it to be the Head of that Bird; which they de- 
fcnbe to be a very great one, the Wings whereof are eight 
feet over. And Ligon, (b) fpeaking of him, faith, That HP- «/ 
he will commonly fly out to Sea, to fee what Ships are Barttd, i x * ,: 
coming to Land, and fo return. Whereas the Dodo is 
hardly a Volatile Bird, having little or no Wings, except 
fuch as thofe of the Cajfoary and the OJh icb. Befides, al¬ 
though the upper Beak of this Bill, doth much referable 
that of the Dodo ; yet the nether is of a quite different 
fhape. So that either this is not the Head of a Dodo, or 
elfe we have no where a true figure of it. I fhall defcribe 
it as follows. 
The SKULL is four inches long ; the Bill, feven 5 two 
and -1 high ; one and i broad. The upper Beak is hollow. 
Is compofed of fix Bones. The uppermoft whereof is four 
inches and > long, above I inch high, and convex. The 
middlemoft on each fide, alfo four inches long, and 
about * of an inch high or thick. The lowermoft, above 
five inches long, and i high. Their Edges are furrow’d 
W )i ] iC l ue an d deep Grooves both before and behind. 
All thefe five Bones are refunated or bended upward, with 
fome refemblance to a Saddle. The fixth, at the end of 
u ^ iS a won derful ftrong Bone, crooked exactly like 
the Bill of a P arret , and hollow; by the bow, almofl: 
three inches, and near an inch over. Its Edges are very 
keen, and handing out with two fharp or pointed Angles. 
The Noltnls are ■> of an inch long, and almoft two inches 
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