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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    ut quafi catena quaeda nidorum contexta ui- deatur. Plinius \ Turdi hyeme maxime in Germania cer¬ nuntur. [p. 141] Turdus primus. Secundus. Tertius. Primimt turdi genus Angli peculiariter nominabit a thrushe, & Germani {niji me fallant aucupes, qui me Jic uocare docueruni) eyn cram7nefuogeL Sectmdum genus Angit uocatit a throjfei aut a mauis, Germatii eyn droffel, aut eyn durjiel. Tertiu genus ab Anglis a uuyngthrushe, & a Germanis eyn uueingaerdsuoegel nuncupatur. Hic turdus utrinque iuxta oculos, & in pedlore & in ipfo alce flexu, intus & foris macidas habet latiufculas rubras. Huius nidum nunquam uidi: nec mirum, quum per ceflatem apud nos nufquam uideatur. primum genus non nif hyeme in Anglia cernitur, aut fi uideatur, rarum efi. Secundum genus per totum annum apparet maculofo ualde peflore, & catus fui gratia a multis in caueis alitur. Nidum intus ex luto aut lignorum cane liquore mixta, artificiofe leuigata, fons ex mufco in ramis arborum aut fruticum facit. DE VIREONE. XXayplou, uireo, Anglice a uuituuol, Germanice tDittDol/ ober et)u tpeibmaif/ ober et;n ferfenvife. Aristoteles l Vireo docilis, & ad uitae munia ingeniofus [p. 142] notatur, fed male uolat, nec grati coloris eft. Vireo^ totus uiridis ex obfcuro eft, hyeme hic non uidetur, fed aeftiuo folftitio potiffimum uenit in confpeftum. Difcedit exortu arfturi fyderis, magnitudine turturis eft. ^ Hist. Nat. Lib. X. cap. xxiv. 2 Hist. An. Bk ix. 89. ^ Hist. An. Bk ix. 98. ^ These two words are not in Aristotle.