Dutch Marineys tbrow up water towet their Jailt.) Sub hy- 
emem gregatim convolant in Occidentalia 476];e litora, 
& poít menfem unum aut alterum difcedunt, in oras. 
forfan frigori minus obnoxias. De eis haud paucas olim; 
dum adhuc juvenis eflem, globulis plumbeis confodi, in. — 
margine fluminis Sabrize, ; 
. 1X. TROCHILUS (3 fi véixer, quia femper currit) 
Corrira, leu Tabellaria Aldrovandi, tbe Trochbilus, or fin- 
footed Runner. Hoc meante biennium ditavit do&iffi- 
mus Collega meus, D. Dr. Merret, fagaciflimus rerum 
naturg indagator. | 
X, CYGNUS (à Graco K/», mutato C. in G, unde 
quidam Cycnus malunt). Olor (quafi fa9- itzi&-, totus 
candidus) Homero 2«vxádes, (quia collum habet lon- 
piffimum, viginti octo vertebris conftans) tbe $:»wam, & 
(i pullus adhuc, the Cygzet, fiferus, tbe Elk, De Capti- 
exe fuaviflima Cygnorum qua tradita funt à veteribus, - 
non prorfus vana efle, vel modernis experimentis com- 
probant 01. Wormius in Mujei fii pag. 299. Thom. Bar- 
tbolin. in obfer. medic. — Arteriam afperanr habet fiogu- 
laris & admirandz plane ftructure. Nam Oecfopha: 
gum fübje&um comitata, ad jugülum deícendens cum . 
pervenit, non reCta, uti» ceteris animantibus, ad pul- 
. mones tendit, fed fupra claviculas elevata, in coítam 
offis pectoris feu. fterni, quz ex duobus lateralibus offi- 
bus, & tertio fuperno his pro operculo incumbente fa 
bricata, vaginz feu thece figuram & ufum praebet. Ad 
hujus finem poftquam arteria pervenit, infern? in fein. 
ftar ferpentis refle&itur, & S literam exprimit 5 móxqs 
fub priore Jam dicta portione ipfi füperpofita, hanc ca- 
fülam denuo egreditur, & claviculis mediis confcenfis, 
. barum jugo tanquam fülcro innititur * Sc ita füftentata, 
denuó in morem tube revolvitur, thoracifq; cavuin 
fübiens, - 
