An account of several late voyages and discoveries

514 The F OHrlb P "' ' of tbe 1"oyttge Birds of .Prey. I got on him the 11th of near to the Dear-httve11, or Dear-b11y, in Spi gell ; afterwarda I faw tbi1 Bird behind Seo,/ huot afrer the new K,,tge-gehef. In tbe T· it is marked with J. VIII. O/ tl,e Di11i11g Parret. This is commonl y caUed the Parre t. A ali the web-footed Birds, that have three this hatb a peclíliar Bill; and becaufeitfi to thofe that gave him this Name to be that of a Parret, therefore they called him a Parret ; but in truth bis Bill is not at ali that of a Parret, its Bill is broad, and . flendcr firokes of f everal colours, 'ilir.. White, and the broad part thereof is the uppermoft ~s well as the undennoft both pointed ; the uppermofr arch is red, bis upper Bill hath a thin hended Hook; undermofr hath a yellowiíh arch, and il wards the end downwards cut otf fo lloaping : The upper part of its Bill, as the lower part, is about three fingers broad, about the fame length, if you meafure the and uoclermofl together : He hath on the per Bill four arched or ben:led oblong · boles, and on the lower he hath as manf: thougb the furthermoíl: is not alroget plain. Theíe boles or pits of rhe upper and 1 Bill make together a Half-moon ; and 1he that are elevated make in the fame mano