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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    Vtreoftem {quod fcio) in Anglia nunquam uidi^ fed in Germania fcepi/fime. turture paulo minor efl. Voeem fifidcE grandiufcul(E, quce infimam ca7itionis partem fiufimet, Jimilem emittit. Nidum in ramo quem in fumma arbore fiufpendit, in formam rotunda^n eonft7mit, 7ie CUI Ji07ni7iu7n aut feraru ad eum pateret aditus. DE VPVPA. eVoTT?, tipupa, A7tgliee a hotiupe, Ger7nanice ei)U ^oup/ ober e^n unbf)op)f. Aristoteles \ Vpupa potiffimum nidum e ftercore hominis facit. Mutat facie tempore aeftatis & hyemis, ficut & caeterarum quoque agreftium plurimae, [p. 143] Vpupa^ una in fuo genere non nidificat, fed fti- pites arborum fubiens, parit fine ullo ftramento, in cauis. Literatores plerig, 077i7ies Brita7t7iiei, 7ipupa7n ea77t 7i07ni7iant atmn, qua77i barbari ab alartmt firepitu, 7ia7t7iellinn 7iuncupa7it, & ipfi fua lingua lapuuinga77i uoeant. Veritm ifioru777 craffus error facile aictori- tate Plmifi de upupa ita fcribe7itis, co7ifutatur: Vpupa {mquit) obfcoena alias paftu auis, crifta uifenda plicatili, cotrahens eam, fubrigenscjj per longi¬ tudinem capitis. H(ec ille. Sed Gram7naticis 7iofi7''is hic error efi facile co7ido7ia7idus, 7iam 7iufqua77t i7i tota Brita7mia upupa {quod ego fcio') reperii'i potefi, apud Ger77ia7ios ta7ne7i frequentifiima. Ea efi 77tag7iitudine tu7Ei, alis per hiterualla fufcis, albis & 7iigris pe7i7iis difimPtis, crifla m capite ab ea parte rofiri, qua capiti coifwiittitur, ad extre77tu77i ufq-, occiput m Idgitudi7ie77i porrigitur, quain pro adfePlibus fuis aut coiitrahit, Angloru lapuuinga non effe upupam. 1 Hist. All. Bk IX. 88. 2 Hist. An. Bk vi. 4. ^ Hist. Nat, Lib. x. cap. xxix.