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Show A A et et v T a- his Guefts feafted themfelve wit good order and grévity. This pleafant Com Iaw a&ed in the Imperial alace at Agra A e e sttt s CHAP VII Of feweral Fowly nowhere Jee but in China / Mongft which the Bird Royal dm, deferves the firf place ; of whom in his F ora thus Father Boim : Th s Bird of moft admirabl Beanty, if at any time abfent o a while unfeen, it is an Omen f fome misfortune to th Royal F antily 5 the Male s called F um, the Female they hawe their Nefts in th onntains neay Peking, thei beads 4re like 2 Peacock 5 the Chinefians Emblens fboulders to the Vertues, thei ei win gs [ignifie Fuftice, th iy frdes Obedience, and th Neft F idelity 5 this pions B rd, a5 they term ityi 4 Rhinoceros,it newer tyrn but goeth backwards, with the M jeftick pace of @ Stag ;5 it hat like a Serpent, feet like 4 To eoife, and Angels wings 5 th Emperonr, Colais and Mandorines have thefe Birds embr idered in Goly on their Vefts nd other Habits anigera 4 SL reynt ~ 1In the Kingdo of Suchu are fleece-bearin g Hens , they re {inall Duc leg'd, yet bold and daring, an they are much ef eemed by th Women for thei callow Down, and (oft Plumag r elembling W to hand]e They reportin the Province Suc ue, there is a Bird produced o Tunchon, which therefore is calle Tunchonfung ; thi s Bird doth me fure out lif with the days of the flower, fo f ding, and fo expiring ; the is vef ed with fo grea variety of Plumes, that her wing expanded lively deportraitur of the flower when blown the beautie Between Couchinchinaand the I land Hainan, are many great an {fmall R ocks within which in the Spring-time a ultitude of little Birds, like u to Spar rows or Swallows, flock to build t eir Nefts ; from whence th € come is not known the |