Birds that haunt the Fields and Woods.
Aves Campestres & Sylvestres
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The _Ostrich_, 1.
is the greatest Bird.
_Struthio_, 1.
ales est maximus.
The _Wren_, 2.
is the least.
_Regulus_, 2.
(Trochilus) minimus.
The _Owl_, 3.
is the most despicable.
_Noctua_, 3.
despicatissimus.
The _Whoopoo_, 4.
is the most nasty,
for it eateth dung.
_Upupa_, 4.
sordidissimus,
vescitur enim stercoribus.
The _Bird of Paradise_, 5.
is very rare.
_Manucodiata_, 5.
rarissimus.
The _Pheasant_, 6.
the _Bustard_, 7.
the deaf wild _Peacock_, 8.
_Phasianus_, 6.
_Tarda_ (Otis), 7.
surdus, _Tetrao_, 8.
the _Moor-hen_, 9.
the _Partrige_, 10.
the _Woodcock_, 11.
and the _Thrush_, 12.
are counted Dainties.
_Attagen_, 9.
_Perdix_, 10.
_Gallinago_ (Rusticola), 11.
& _Turdus_, 12,
habentur in deliciis.
Among the rest,
the best are,
the watchful _Crane_, 13.
the mournful _Turtle_, 14.
Inter reliquas,
potissimæ sunt,
_Grus_ 13. pervigil.
_Turtur_, 14. gemens.
the _Cuckow_, 15.
the _Stock-dove_,
the _Speight_,
the _Jay_,
the _Crow_, &c., 16.
_Cuculus_, 15.
_Palumbes_,
_Picus_,
_Garrulus_,
_Cornix_, &c., 16.