The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
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References in Documents:Palmipede.Coulter-Neb, or
sPuffin . Clusius '
Anas Arctica, a Sea-Fowl, yet found alive
upon the Moors near
Threapland.
ed, and the broad-beak'd.
Elkor
wild Swan.
Stork.
SolandGoose from
they breed in no Place about
BasseIsland
Frith
orCoot
Fulicaof Kin to the Water-Hen, shot upon the
River
Gul. CooksonMerc.
Scapula, or Fin of a
Whale3 ½ Foot long, and about four broad
at the Skirt.
of a Whale. Don.Rib
Gul. Cookson
Leod.
at the
Glansabove a Foot round, though now shrunk up and hard as
Horn.
roundBone of a Whale seven Inches Diameter, but little
more than one thick. Don. D.
Fran. Place .
as it growsWhale-Bone
under the Tongue of the Whale. Don.
Geo. Lumley.
a
Grampus(
Grand-poise, Magnus piscis) taken about the
a Foot long; the Fish it self was 19 Yards in Length.
of another great Fish, vulgarly called aFin
Bottle-Nose, 25 of which
were at once cast upon the said Shore.
of a large Fish castTooth
up near
of white and of the black
a
curiously writ & paintedCallendar
by a
Buckinger
o
D.