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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    DE P SIT ACO. PJltams^ Anglice a popiniay, Germanice ei)U papegcU)- Aristoteles \ Nam & Indica auis, cui nomen pfitacse, quam loqui aiunttalis eft, & loquacior^ quum biberit uinum, redditur. Plinius'*. Super omnia humanas uoces reddunt pfitaci, & quidem fermocinantes. India auem hanc mittit. Pfitacen uocant, uiride toto corpore, torque tantu miniato in ceruice diftindla. Im¬ peratores falutat, & quae accipit uerba, pro- nunciat: in uino pcipue lafciua. Capiti eius duritia eadem quae roflro. Haec cu loqui difcit, ferreo uerberatur radio : no fentit aliter idlus. [p. 124] Cum deuolat, rofhro fe excipit, illi innititur, le- uioremqj fe ita pedum infirmitati facit. DE PLATEA. HeKeicav, platea, platelea, pelecamcs, Anglice a shonelard, Germa. epn lefler/ oP epn fojfcf ga^. Aristoteles®. Platea fluuiatilis, conchas maiufculas, le- uescj^ deuorat, quas ubi fua ingluuie coxerit, euomit, ut hiantibus teftis exuens, legat atque edat. Plinius Platea nominatur aduolans ad eas, quae fe in mari mergunt, & capita illarum morfu corri- 1 Hist. An. Bk viii. 85. ro Xeyofievov dvdpcoTroyXcoTTOV. 2 (XKoXaoTorepov = reckless. Hist. Nat. Lib. X. cap. xli. ° Hist. An. Bk ix. 71. ® Hist. Nat. Lib. X. cap. xl.