...articulation of the bones; as for the Phtznicopter, fays he, it muft needs be allow'd, that the fliape and bignefs of the upper beak (which here, contrary to what it is in all other birds he had feen, is thinner and much fmaller than the lower) fpeak it to be more fit for motion, or to...

...the Articulation of the Bones. As for the Phanicopter, fays he, it muft needs be faid, that the Shape and Bignefs of the upper Beak (which here, contrary...to make the Appulfe, and the nether to receive it. Bdlonius remarks, that the Legs of this Volatile are very long. And legs and Tut. on the contrary,...

...resolved if the upper beak moved against a stationary lower jaw. He stated that the "shape and bigness of the upper beak (which here, contrary to what it is in all other birds that I have seen, is thinner and far less than the nether) speaks it to be more fit for motion and to make the...