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XX.

Tame Fowls. Aves Domesticæ.

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The _Cock_, 1. (which croweth in the Morning.) hath a _Comb_, 2. and _Spurs_, 3. _Gallus_, 1. (qui cantat mane.) habet _Cristam_, 2. & _Calcaria_, 3. being gelded, he is called a _Capon_, and is crammed in a _Coop_, 4. castratus dicitur _Capo_ & saginatur in _Ornithotrophico_, 4.

A _Hen_, 5. scrapeth the _Dunghil_, and picketh up Corns: _Gallina_, 5. ruspatur _fimetum_, & colligit grana: as also the _Pigeons_, 6. (which are brought up in a _Pigeon-house_, 7.) and the _Turkey-cock_, 8. with his _Turkey-hen_, 9. sicut & _Columbæ_, 6, (quæ educantur in _Columbario_, 7.) & _Gallopavus_, 8. cum sua _Meleagride_, 9.

The gay _Peacock_, 10. prideth in his Feathers. Formosus _Pavo_, 10. superbit pennis.

The _Stork_, 11. buildeth her nest on the top of the House. _Ciconia_, 11. nidificat in tecto.

The _Swallow_, 12. the _Sparrow_, 13. the _Mag-pie_, 14. the _Jackdaw_, 15. _Hirundo_, 12. _Passer_, 13. _Pica_, 14. _Monedula_, 15. and the _Bat_, 16. (or Flettermouse) use to flie about Houses. & _Vespertilio_, 16. (Mus alatus) volitant circa Domus.