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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    nis diftinguentibus, criftis faciem caputcj^ plu¬ meo apice honeftante. Primus atque diligen- tiffimus togatorum de eo prodidit Manilius, fenator ille maximus, nobilis, dodlore nullo, autor eft, neminem extitiffe, qui uiderit uefce- [p. ii6]tem. Sacrum in Arabia foli effe, uiuere annis 660. fenefcetem cafia thuriscjj furculis con- ftruere nidum, replere odoribus, & fuperemori. Ex offibus deinde ac medullis nafci primo ceu uermiculum, inde fieri pullum. DE PICA. KiTTa, pica, Anglice a py, or a piot, Germanice elfter/ ober e^n a^d. Aristoteles Pica uoces plurimas commutat, fingulis enim fere diebus diuerfam emittit uocem. Parit oua circiter nouem numero. Nidum in arboribus facit ex pilis & lana, glandes cum deficiunt, colligit, & in repofitorio abditas, referuat. Plinius l Minor nobilitas, quia non ex longinquo [p-117] uenit, fed expreffior loquacitas certo generi picarum eft, quam pfitacis eft. Nec difcunt tantum, fed diligunt meditantes43 intra femet, cura atq? cogitatione, intentionem non occultant. Conftat emori uiftas difficultate uerbi, ac nifi fubinde eadem audiant, memoria falli, quaerentes mirum in modum hilarari, fi interim audierint id uerbum. Nec uulgaris ijs forma, quamuis non 1 Hist. An. Bk ix. 81. 2 Hist. Nat. Lib. X. cap. xlii.