Cinnamolgus

The Cinnamolgus is a bird that lives in Arabia, and builds its nest from the fruit of the cinnamon tree, which is valuable and highly prized. Men cannot climb the trees to reach it, because the branches are too delicate and break easily, and so they shoot lead weighted arrows, or throw lead balls into the trees to bring the cinnamon down. The Cinnamolgus is most commonly illustrated as a bird in a nest at the top of a tree, with a man below, shooting an arrow or throwing a lead ball from a sling.