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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    in fummo ad caput rubrum, per reliquum pallidum, nec eft in fine acutum, fed obtufum id. In menfa grata auis eft. De gallina Getida domeflica. Gallina Getula domeftica, paulo minor noftra eft, [f. 20] colore in fupernis obfcure ruffa, in infernis pallida, pluma capitis incompofita & eredla, crifta ferrata, humili, fimplici, carnea: gutturofa magis perpetuo, quam noftrae cum glociunt: tibijs pedibusque plumo- fis, maxime per exteriora & pofteriora vt columbis, ne per interiores plumas greffus impedirentur: cetera vt vulgaris. De Meleagride. Meleagris pulcherrima auis eft, magnitudine cor¬ poris, figura, roftro, & pede Phafiano fimilis : vertice corneo, in apicem corneum a pofteriori parte pre- cipitem, in anteriori leniter acclinem eleuato, armatus. Eum natura voluiffe videtur inferiori capitis parti tribus veluti lacinijs fe promittentibus committere atque deligare: inter oculum & aurem vtrinque vna, & in fronte media item vna: omnibus eiufdem cum vertice coloris: ita vt infideat capiti eo modo, quo ducalis pileus illuftrifsimo duci Veneto, fi quod iam aduerfum eft, auerfum fieret. Rugofus is eft: inferius, per circuitum : qua fe attolit, in diredlum. In fummo collo ad occipitium nafcuntur ere6li quidam atque nigri pili (non plumae) in contrarium verfi. Oculi toti nigri, aeque & in orbem palpebrae atq^ cilia, fi maculam in fumma & pofteriori parte fupercilij vtri- ufque demas. Imum caput per longitudinem vtrin¬ que caro quadam callofa colore fanguineo occupat, quae ne propendeat veluti Galli gallinacei paleafi vt [f. 20 b] replicaretur natura voluit, & auerfo du6lu in duos proceffus acutos a capite liberos finiret. Ex hac carne attollunt fe vtrinque carunculae, quibus nares in ambitu veftiuntur, & caput in anteriori parte a cqtero roftro pallido feparatur. Harii ad roftrum margines inferiores, replicantur etiam leuiter fub vtroque nare. ^ Possibly ‘palea’ is a misprint for ‘galea,’ comb.