, 2l8 
! Expevijnmc 
! Sojicary tou¬ 
ching the Al- 
J tcriftgof the C$ 
lour of He'nes 
and Feathers. 
851 
I 
I 
Experiment 
Solitary tou- s 
ching the Dif¬ 
ferences of Li¬ 
ning Creatures , 
Male and Fe¬ 
male. 
852 
I 
lA^aturaH Hifiory : 
! There are alfo ordinary Quarries in Sommerf t-Shire,which in iktQuar- 
| ry cut foft to any Bignefle, and in the Building prone firme,and hard. 
L ining Creatures ( generally) doe change their Haire with Age, tur¬ 
ning to be Gray and White ; As is fecne in Men, though fome Ear¬ 
lier, fome Later, ; In Horfes b that are Dappled, and turne white jin old 
Squirr els, that turne Grijly •, And many others. So doe lome Birds . 
As Cygnets , from Gray turne white • Hawkes, from Browne turne more 
white: And home Birds tlierc be, that vpon their Moulting, doe turne 
; Colour-, As Robin Red-brejls, after theirjVl^/r/«^,grow to be Red againc 
I by degrees ■ So doe Gold-Finches vpon the Head. The caufe is, for that 
j Moijlure doth ( chiefly) colour Haire, and Feathers 5 And DrineJJe tur- 
| noth them Gray and White • Now Haire in AgewAxcth Drier : So doe 
Feathers. As lor Feathers , after Moulting , they are ToungFeathers , and 
Co all one as the Feathers of Touhg Birds. So the Beard is younger than 
the Haire of the Head, and doth (for the mod part,) wax Hoare later. 
Out of this Ground, a Man may dcuife the Meanes of Altering the Co¬ 
lour of Birds-, and the Retardation of Hoare-Haires. But of this lee in the 
fifth Experiment, 
T He D ijference between Male and Female, in Come Creatures,is notto 
be dilcerncd,otherwile than in the Part sot Generation ; As in Horfes 
and Mares,Dogges and Bitches,Doues He And she, and others. Butfomc 
diftvr in M tgnitudeynd that diuerfly-Tor in moft the Male is the grea¬ 
ter-As inMan,Pheafants,Peacocks,Turkey J^and the like; And infome few, 
as in Hawkes y he Female.Some differ in the Haire-, and Feathers, both in 
the Quantity,Crifpation,A nd Colours of them; As He-Lions are Herfute , 
and haue great Maines ; The she's are fmooth like Cats . Bulks are more 
Crifpc vpon the Fore-head than Cowes-, The Peacocke, and Pheafant-Cocke, 
and Gold-finch-Cocke, haue glorious and fine Colours • The Henns haue 
nor.Generally 5 the Hees in Birds haue the faireft Feathers. Some differ 
in diners Features • A.sBuckesh&ueHornes,Doe’snonc-,Rammes haue more 
wreathed Hornes than Ewes-, Cocks haue great Combes a nd Spur res. Hens 
little or none • Boares haue greaCFangs, Sowes much lefle • The Turky- 
Cocke\iAz\\ grear and Swelling Gills, the Hen hath lefle Men haue gene¬ 
rally Deeper and Srronger Voices, than women. Some differ in Facultie - 
As the Cockes amongft Singing Birds, are the belt singers. The Chiefe 
Caufe of all the{e 3 (no doubt,)is, for that the Males haue more Strength 
of Heat than the Females Which appeaseth manifeftly in rhis,that all 
young Creatures Males, are like Females ; And fo are Eunuchs, And Gelt 
Creatures of all kindes, liker Females. Now Heat caufcth Greatnejfe of 
Growth, generally, where there is Moijlure enough to woike vpon.-But 
if there be found in any Creature, (which is feene rarely,) an Ouer- great 
Heat in proportion to the MoiJlure,i n them the Female is the greater •. 
As in Hawkes, AndSparrowes. And if the Heat be ballanced with the 
Moijlure, then there is no difference to be feene betweene Mate and Fe- 
