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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    fpeftare^ gaudet oculos. Idem cauda annuis uicibus amiffa cum folijs arborum, donec renaf- catur iterum cum flore: pudibundus ac moerens quaerit latebram. Viuit annis uiginti quinque. Colores incipit fundere in trimatu. Ab autori- bus traditur non tantum gloriofum animal, fed maleuolum, ficut anfer uerecundum. Pauones in capitibus fuis ueluti crinita habent arbufcula. DE PERDICE. UepBi^, peiEix, Anglice a pertrige, Germanice ei)U velt t)bn/ abev e^n rap[)on. Aristoteles l Perdix auis efl pulueratrix, & non altiuola, & eadem non in nido fed in condenfo frutice [p. 113] aut fegete prolem fuam munit. Aues enim gra- Liiores nidos fibi non faciunt, ut coturnices & per¬ dices, & reliquae generis eiufdem. Quibus enim uolandi facultas deeft, ijs nidus non prodeft : fed fadta in aprico^ area, (alibi enim nufquam pariunt) atque materia ut uepribus ^ quibufdam congeftis, quoad accipitrum & aquilarum iniu- riam deuitare poffmt. Oua edunt, & incubant, mox cum excluferint, protinus pullos educunt, propterea quod nequeunt fuo uolatu ijs cibum adminiftrare. Refouent pullos fuos fub fe, ipfae ducendo more gallinarum, & coturnices & per¬ dices. Nec eodem loco pariut & incubat, ne quis locum percipiat, longioris temporis mora. 1 A misprint for ‘ spectari.’ Eist. All. Bk IX. 260, 59—61. There is a reading Xeiw besides ^ Aristotle has aKavOdv nva kul vXrjv, so no doubt ‘ut’ is a misprint for ‘ et.’ Gaza has ‘ ut.’