is mentionedby Cosinas {circa A.D. 545), and musk appears in a Greek prescription by Aetiusof Amida, a physician practising at Constantinople about the same date. {Martini, p. 39; Tav., Des hides, Bk. II. ch. xxiv. ;/. A. S. B. XI. 285;Daviess Rep. App. p. ccxxxvii. ; Dr. Fliickiger in Schweiz.… … Reevess Phensant Mr. Gould has identified this bird with Marcos in hismagnificent Birds of Asia, andhas been kind enough to show = me a specimen which, with the body, measured 6 feet 8inches. The tail feathers alone,however, are said to reach to 6and 7 feet, so that Marcos tenpalms was scarcely an…
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