[344] FORMA. DESCRIPTIO.

SHAPE - DESCRIPTION

Forma Capis cum Gallis eadem, nisi quod illis iubae, et caudae pennae maiores sint, et crista careant, et calcaria in maiorem molem excrescant ut in adiectis duabus {carcarium} <calcarium> iconibus est videre. Quem hic primo loco depictum dabimus, capite, collo, dorso toto, pectore, et ventre coloris erat castanei, iubae pennae erant nigrae, nigra item cauda, et alae, sed quarum remiges erant subluteae: pedes cinerei. Altera pictura Capi monstrifici est, tribus pedibus instructi, qui tamen pes tertius duos tantummodo digitos habebat, at longiores multo quam in aliis. Color superiori fere contrarius. Huic enim color erat totus niger, sed iubae pennae duplicis coloris, nam maiores pennae ferrugineae, minores erant aureae. Remiges alarum candidae. Cauda nigra.  Pedes lutei. Adijciemus etiam intestinum cum duabus suis appendicibus, nempe intestinis caecis, quae Anatibus et Anseribus, similibusque aliis etiam sunt communia, item misenterium [mesenterium] seu lactes Columbi Cyprii.

The shape of the capons is the same as that of the roosters, except that the first ones have the feathers of hackle and tail which are larger, and that they lack a comb, and the spurs grow up more large in size, as it is possible to see in the two attached pictures of spurs. The capon, whose picture now I will carry as first, was of chestnut color on head, on the whole back, on breast and abdomen, the hackle was black, also tail and wings were black, but remiges were yellowish: the legs were ash-colored. The second picture belongs to a monstrous capon endowed with three feet, whose third foot had only two toes and much longer than in other feet. The coloring was almost the opposite of that of the previous capon. For its color was totally black, but the hackle was of two colors, in fact the larger feathers were rusty, the smaller were golden. The remiges were white. The tail black. The legs yellow. I will also add the bowel - ileum+rectum - with its two appendixes, that is, the caeca, which are present in ducks and geese and in other similar birds, as well as the mesentery or small intestine of the pigeon of Cyprus.