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Show ' 9+3 0/ the Feat/oer: of fBiM/r. Booklll Book Ill. _,___'~ '1 he mintcr ef' liyug. To conclude this S'nbjeél,I humbly conceive the manner of FlyingTW formed after this manner, Birds being drefl'ed in their bodies with a light covering of numerous Feathers, and in their wings with various ranks of greater and lefs (hulls, fringed with innumerable Downy or Hairy Filaments Firlt begin their Flight from the ground by bending their Thighs and makinga leap from the Area, on which they reflcd, and then Cripand, C HA P. XXI. 0f the Sea/er of Iii/7. their wings, by bringing them to a right Line, if perpendicularly conlider. ed, in reference to the lateral Surface of the Brealt (as Learned Bomber will have it) fo that the wings being extended in a [trait pollute, do run tranf. verlly over the length of the Body in the manner ofa Crofs; lbtlm their dilated wings being elevated above the Horizon, do make ltrong vibrations upon the Air, received into the hollow furface of their lower Region; whereupon the corriprelfed Air being of an expanlivc Nature doth refill the weight of the Bird, and by its elalliek Particles, croud: ing upon the hinder and lower part of its Body, doth carry it forward bya kind of even fwimming motion, through a fluid Medium. Ilh have their Skin covered with Scales (as that of lVIan's Head, and the ,"ffigimr ] arc inBodies of Beal'ts with Hair, and Birds with Feathers) adorned with " ellerl wuh LJlL'S- {averal Colours, Figures, and Magnitudes, Thefe numerous line lntegus b merits, beautifying the Bodies of Fill}, are eurionlly let together in elegant Order, and melt decent Figure. i . I will begin with the Scales of a Carp ( as very eminent in ftrnéturefind treat of their Situation, Connexion, Figure, Magnitude, Colour, Subltance, and Ufe. Their Situation ( in this as Well as other Filh ) is very remarkable, as they r hc fitnaiinu are placed one overlanother after the manner of Slates upon a Houfe, + and J,ol7‘.the60.Stan-5, 1:. $their Origens are inlerted into the (Parent/0mm ofthe Skin, where they flick '1 rz 24, fall, and are alfo conneé‘ted to each other, by the interpolition ofa glutinous fuhllance; and fecm to have Black lines garnilhing their Margents, (where they are naturally conjoyned in their circumferences on the fides) and have their out-lines Latifed with White upon the Belly. The Figure of thefe Scales feemeth fornewhar to refemble that ofa Scolop, The Figureuf +35 being endued with fmaller Dimenlions in their beginning (where they the Scales. outwardly appear) and larger in their termination 3 Or they may feem not i T 60.513, bbbb. tobe altogether unlike Lozenges, as furnilhed with various Angles. As to the dimenlions of thefe Scales, they are much different in Magni- The Magnitude ofScaIcs. tude, of which the leall: are feared near the Back and Belly, and the latgel‘t upon the lides of the Filli; and are all both linall and great, endqu with the fame Figure. ' They have variety of Colours, as they are yellowilh on the lides, and in the The colours : middle, and brownilh in their Extremities, where they are mutually ulil- OFScalcs. ally faltned, making a kind of Checker-work; and on the Belly the Scales are beautified in the middle with a kind of {hining Pearl colour, and have their edges brightned with White, where their Margents are affixed to each other. The fubltance of thefe Scales is firm and folid, as they are a Compage, fuhllancc made "P Ofmany Cartilaginous Fibres or Filaments 'f- clofiely put together, The 0, ‘ Scales. and are more nearly featth in their Origen, and diffufe themfelves like f0 ma- t T. 63. (1111. "Y Ralys through the Surface of the circumference. F. 4- Every Scale of this Filh feemeth to be formed ofFour triangles + ( which 21,: slim; Ul'm'si rl lspleafant to behold) 21 Superior, Inferior, and TWO lateral ones, whole ,‘Uhmm Bales are placed in the circumference, and their points all concenter in the r.a]"I" r». M middle: The Superior and Inferior Triangles are llreaked with lines, running MM. 1" length, and the lateral Triangles have their filaments running tranfverlly 3 andall the Fibres of each Triangle have their lines more elofe in their Origen, nglnning as it were in a. point, or in an Angle, and then are difplayed toWard the Bafe of everv Triangle. All the Triangles of a Scale in this Filh are arayed with a \vhitilh colour, except toward the termination or middle, where they are coated with a bright ellow) Of Pearl colour, as covered with a clammy Membrane of that lager] e |