He is as big as a Swan, the colour black, the Legs very short, the Head monstrous, his Bill very long, a little rounding like a Hawks, and white on each side of the head, like ears: on the top of the crown groweth out a white thing, somewhat like to the comb of a Cock; commonly they keep four or five of them together; and always are hopping from bough to bough; They are seldom silent, but continually make a roaring noyse, somewhat like the quacking of a Duck, that they may be heard at least a mile off; the reason they thus cry, the Chingulayes say, is for Rain, that they may drink.

The bodies of these Fowls are good to eat.
[Water-Fowls resembling Ducks and Swans.] Here is a sort of Bird very much resembling a Duck, but not very plentiful.

And another sort of Fowl as big as a Duck, cole black, which liveth altogether upon Fish.

It is admirable to see, how long they will remain under water, and at what a distance they will rise again.

Besides these, there are many other kinds of Birds, much larger than Swans, which keep about the Ponds and Marshes to catch Fish, but the people eat them not: Nature hath endowed them with an admirable understanding, that they are not to be catched by the Allegators, tho there be many of them in those waters.
[Peacocks.] The Peacocks in rainy weather are sometimes hunted and caught by Dogs; for their Feathers being wet, they are uncapable of flying far.
[The King keeps Fowl.] The King hath Geese, Ducks, Turkeys, Pigeons, which he keeps tame, but none else may.