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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    Perdix—Phasianus—Phoenix Cum ad nidum quis uenando accefferit, pro- [p. ii4]uoluit fe perdix ante pedes uenantis, quafi iam capi poffit\ atque ita ad fe capiendam hominem allicit, eoufque dum pulli effugiant, tum ipfa uolat, & reuocat prolem, parit oua non pauci¬ ora quam decem. EJi & alia auis, quce peiaiix riijlica dicittir, Anglis rala didta^ atius his uerjibiis Martialis‘^ meminit: RiiJlica fimi perdix, quid refert fi fapor idem ? Charior ejlperdix, fi fapit illa mirius, DE PHASIANO. Phafiianus, Anglice a phefan, Germanice et)n fafant/ ober ei)n fafian. Plinius l Phafiani geminas aures ex pluma fubmit- tunt, fubriguntcj?. quae ueluti cornicula appa¬ rent. Aristoteles ^ Phafianorum oua punftis diftinbfa funt ut meleagridum, puluerant ut gallinae & perdices, [p. 1^5] Phafiani a pediculis infeftantur, & nifi inter¬ dum puluerent, eifdem interimuntur. DE PHCENICE. Plinius Aethiopes atque Indi difcolores maxime & inenarrabiles ferunt aues, & ante omnes nobilem Arabie phoenicem : haud fcio an fabulofe, unum in toto orbe, nec uifum magnopere. Aquilae narratur magnitudine, auri fulgore circa colla, caetera purpureus, coeruleam rofeis caudam pen- 1 Aristotle has o)? eTriXrjTTTos ovaa, which means ‘as if disabled.’ 2 Epigr. Lib. xili. Ixxvi. 3 Hist. Nat. Lib. X. cap. xlviii. 4 Hist. An. Bk vi. 5, Bk ix. 260, Bk v. 140. ° Hist. Nat. Lib. x. cap. ii.