s is mentionedby Cosmas {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 Indes, Bk. II. ch. xxiv. ; J. A. S. B. XI. 285;Daviess Rep. App. p. cexxxvii. ; Dr. Fliickiger in Schweiz.… … Mr. Gould has identified this bird with Marcos in hismagnificent Birds of Asia, andhas been kind enough to showme a specimen which, withthe 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 exagger-ation. These…
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