Turner on birds : a short and succinct history of the principal birds noticed by Pliny and Aristotle first published by Doctor William Turner, 1544 / edited with introduction, translation, notes, and appendix, by A.H. Evans.

  • William Turner
Date:
1903
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Credit: Turner on birds : a short and succinct history of the principal birds noticed by Pliny and Aristotle first published by Doctor William Turner, 1544 / edited with introduction, translation, notes, and appendix, by A.H. Evans. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pari—Pardalus—Passeres [p. 107] Parus mi¬ nimus. Parum tertium, An^/i nomiam a fimilitudine quam cum uelata monacha habet, nominant. Nididanttir pari in cauis arboribus, iLcfcuntur non folimi uermibus, fed & canabino femine, & nucibus, quas roftris fuis acutiorib7is folent perforare, & nucleos eruere. Sceuo duo priora genera midthm deledlanttir. Parus maximus ineimte flatim uere cantiunctdam quandam breuem, nec admodum iucundam exercet, alias mutus, hide pePtiLS hUeum efl, intercinfante linea 7dgra maiuf- cula. Cceterorum corpora albo, 7tigro, pallido, & cyaneo coloribus dijlinguuntur. DE PARDALO. Pardalus, Angi, {ut creditur') a pluuer, Germa. in)n puluer. Aristoteles ^ Pardalus etiam auicula quaedam perhibetur, quae magna ex parte gregatim uolat, nec fingu- lare hanc uideris, colore tota cinereo efl:, magni¬ tudine proxima mollicipitieft : fed pennis & pedibus bonis, uocem frequentem nec grauem emittit. Si aids illa pardalus fit. quam effe fufpicor, celer¬ rime currit, & fibilum, quem pafores & aurigarum pueri labijs porrePtis edunt, uoce imitatur. Pennas habet ad cinereum colorem proxime uergcntes, quarum fingulce fingulis flauis maculis funt refperfce, & ea auicula, quam mollicipite effe conijcio, multo maior eft. Fieri potejl, ut eius aids plures fint fpecies. DE PASSERIBVS. GTpovQo^, paffer, Aiigli. a fparrouu, German, cpn mufct;e obev epu [pat3. Quidam epn luiiingf, Saxones cpn fperlingf uocant. Paffer, authore Ariftotele% puluerat & laiiat, et aids eji omnium falaciffima. Et quanquam Arijioteles unum tantum pajferum genus fecerit, tria tame genera effe conflat, quce nunquam nouit, & quce recentioi'es 1 Hist. An. Bk IX. 99. ^ Aristotle has ineivoLs, referring to the )(\(t)pL(x)v and the paXaKOKpavds. 3 Hist. An. Bk ix. 260, Bk V. 8.