APPENDIX. 6S7 



Romans, upon which we never try the fame ex- 

 periment. Mofckus addreffes nightingales and iwal- 

 lows which were thus inftru&ed : 



ASbvictef, nxacrai ts %E?u3bv£$, ag tsok slspTrzv, 



Mofchi Idyl III. 



Pliny mentions both a cock, thrufh, and nigh- 

 tingales, which articulated * : 



" Habebant & Ca fares juvenes turdum -f, item 

 " Iufcinias Grasco atque Latino fermone dociles, 

 " pneterea meditantes in diem, & aflidue nova lo- 

 " quentes longiore etiam contextu." 



Statius alfo takes notice of fome birds fpeaking, 

 which we never attempt to teach in this manner : 



V Hue do&as ftipentur aves, queis nobile fandi 

 " Jus natura dedit, plangat Phcebeius ales, 

 " Auditafque memor penitus demittere voces 

 " Sturnus, & Aonio verfae certamine pic« ; 

 " Quique refert jungens iterata vocabula perdix, 

 ** Et quas Biftonio queritur foror orba cubili J." 



Stat, Sylv. lib. ii. eel. 4. 

 As 



* Lib. X. c. 21 & 42. 

 f Ibid. The other turdus belonged to the Rmprefs Jgrippina, 



% Amonglt the five birds mentioned in thefe lines of Sta- 

 tins, there are four which are never taught to fpeak at pre- 

 fent, viz. the cock, the nightingale, the common, and the 

 red legged partridge. 



