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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    [f. 19 b] alba eft: per fummum corpus, fufca, fed ab circulo illo nigro pluma alba in fummo diuifa. Extremae alae atque cauda cum fplendore virefcunt, vt Cantharides. Tibiarum cutis fufca efh, incifuris lenibus per circuitus du6ta. Membrana per interualla digitorum pedis pallefcit magis, vna atque altera refperfa macula fufca, incerta lege difpofita, nifi in interuallo fmiftri pedis, vbi fex per digiti extremi longitudine difponuntur. Tardo gradu incedit propter corporis grauitatem. Vox illi non qualis ceteris anatibus, fed rauca, qualis faucibus humanis catarrho obfefsis. Mas maior eft quam foemina. Ea fimilis mari eft, nifi quod non ita variegato corporis colore eft. Viuit ex coenofis aquis, & alijs quibus cetera vulgaris anas gaudet. De Anate Dircica fine Indica altera. Anati quidem fimilis eft quae Turcica fiue Indica dicitur, fed quantitate & magnitudine corporis anfe- rem fere diceres. Tota eft candida, nifi quod roftrum, tibiae, atque pedes rubent, genaeq item callofa carne, & roftri tuber fupra nares. Caro illi dulcis eft, & vox fibilus. Sunt eius generis quadam, colore albo & nigro variegatae. In aqua viuit, locisq gaudet coe¬ nofis vt ceterae anates. De Pica marina. Pica marina (vt noftrum vulgus nominat) paulo maior eft terreftri, coloris quidem varietate in corpore fimilis, fed colore pedis, digitorum numero, incifuris, cauda atque roftro admodum difsimilis. Nam pes rubet, & digito pofteriori deftituitur, nec incifuras habet is & tibia, fed imprefsiones quafda, pifcium fquamis quam fimillimas. Eiffus eft, fed ita in digitis vtrinq luxuriat cutis, quemadmodu in fulicis pene, vt ad natandu quoque pes fadlus videatur. Auis eft Amphibios. Caudam curtam habet, roftrum longum atq tenue, perpendiculariter latum, non teres, colore