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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    quam regulus eft, & fane iuxta fummum alae lineamentum cinerij amplius coloris. Breues item facit uolatus, naturalem autem uim omnino admiratione dignam habet. NiJiil ejl in hac defcriptione, quod non ad aniitjjini aiLiculcB conueniat, qiLani A ngli paffereni fepiarium^ Colonienfes ancitpes koebnnffhnni noniinant. Sed quo- iiiani tam tn Germania quam in Anglia uarijs nomi- nibiLs appellahir, & non omnes eum ex iluo nomine agnofeunt, omma eius, qucE noui nomina, ut omnibus innotefcat, fubijciam. Vocatur apud Anglos an hedge fpaimouu, hoc eft paper fepiarius, & a dike fmoider, hoe eji, in fepibus [p. Ill] delitefcens. Vulgus Coloniefe hunc pafferem eyn grafs- mufch appellat, ueru peritiores quiq\ aucupes eyn koel- mufch, hoc eJl, pafferem in foraminibus & eauemis degentem, nuncupant. Hic Germanos monitos nolo, quu duce fiiit aues, grafmufchi, fua lingua uocatce, illa fold effe trogloditen, quce per totum annum regulo fimilis cernitur, & non illam, quce circa fauces plumofa^ ineunte flatim hyeme difeedit. Nidum huius pafferis femel humi facium inter urtieas uidi, & pullos ante¬ quam uolare poffunt, relicto nido, inter herbas fruticesp reptitantes, fcepiiis obferuaui: uermibus pafeitur, & paulo ante uefperum folet impenfius Jlrepere, & omnium fere auium pofirema domnitum petit. DE PA VONE. Tacbv, pauo, Anglice a pecok, Germanice pjfau'. Saxonice et)n ]3agelun. Plinius l Pauo gemmantes laudatus expandit colores, aduerfo maxime fole, quia fic fulgentius radiant, fimul umbrae quofdam repercuffus caeteris, quae [p-ii2]in opaco clarius micat, conchata quaerit cauda, omnesc^j in aceruum contrahit penarum, quos ^ This is probably a misprint for some other word. Hist. Nat. Lib. x. cap. xx.