Of Birds'. 
Valvula Conniventss placed at the diftance of I or * of an 
inch. 
Of a Starling. 
The Gulet exceedeth not s an inch in width. The Echinus 
(mail, with refpedt to the other parts. The Gizard, mean 5 
near an oval fhape: the lie duel or confpicuous. Next to the 
Gizard hands the (lender Gut, and the Greater follows 5 as 
in the Dunghill-Cock,: contrary to the order kept in molt 
other Birds. Where they meet,there is a remarquable Con¬ 
traction. The Indentures run along the lower half of 
the Ample Gut; with fome Undulations oyer-againft the 
Crtca. 
Ofa Yellorvhammer. 
Th c Gulet, at top is dilated into a’ Crop an inch and I 
long, and above i an inch over. The Axis whereof, as in 
a Pigeon, is the fame with that of the lower part of the Gu¬ 
let , and not tranfverfe, as in the Gallinaceous kind. Curi- 
oufly Laced with 1 6 or 18 Rows of Glands, about half an 
inch long. The Green-Finch hath a Crop of the fame fhape: 
but the Glands fprinkled all over it 5 very fmalfyet dilhnct. 
The Echinus very final 1 3 not above? of an inch long, 
and as broad. 
The Gizard above I an inch long, almoft 1 an inch 
broad 5 thin edg’d, but high in the middle 5 very ftrong 
and Tendinous. And it may here be obferv’d,' That 
although the Gallinaceous kind have a very large Girard : 
yet in many other Birds, even of the fmalleft fort, the Gi¬ 
zard, with refpedt to its bulk, is altogether as ftrong: that 
is to fay, the Mufcules, with refpedt to their length and 
breadth, are as Thick, and their Tendons anfwerable 5 as not 
only in this Bird, but the Houfe-Sparrorr, Linnet, Titlark., 
and many more. And with refpedt to the Body, fome 
fmall Birds have alfo a great Gizard, as a Chaffinch , which 
hath one four times as big as that of a l.inet. 
The Guts about eight inches long. The Greater, three 5 
and above I over where wideft. The fmaller, about three 
and I; and above I th wide. The Reclum an inch and ' long, 
fhaped like a Pear 5 I ths over in its wideft place: very great. 
TheOozftand ? of an inch, below its fmaller end : not 
above * ,h of an inch long. The 
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