36 Haliceetus — Aquila — Ardea 



Plinius 1 . 

 Supereft Haliseetus, clariffima oculorum acie, 

 librans ex alto fefe uifodjj in mari pifce, prseceps 

 in eu ruens, & difcuffis peclore aquis rapiens. 



Aristoteles 2 . 



Haliaeetos, hoc eft, marina aquila, ceruice 



[p. 32] magna & craffa, alis curuantibus, & cauda lata 



eft. Moratur haec in littoribus & oris. Acci- 



dit huic faepius, ut quum ferre, quod ceperit, 



nequeat, in gurgitem demergatur. 



Halicectos apud Anglos /iodic notior eft, qnam 

 multi nchnt, qui in uiuarijs pifces alnnt: nam pijccs 

 omnes breui tempore aufert. Pifcatores noflrates efcis 



fallendis pifcibus dejiinatis, Jialitzeti adipem illinunt, 

 ant immifcent, putantes lioc argumento efcam efficaciore 



futuram, qnbd haliceeto fefe in a'e're librdte, pifces quot- 

 quot fubfunt (natura aquilce ad hoc cogentc, ut cre- 

 ditnr) fefe refupinet, & uetres albicantes, nt qnrm 

 liber et, cligeret, exhibedt. 



De aquila vera ex Aristotele 3 . 

 Sextum genus gnefium, id eft, ueru germa- 

 right'egle numcj» appellant. Vnii hoc ex omni aquilarum 

 German. genere, ueri incorruptid:* ortus creditur. Maxi- 



eyn edel arn. ° . mi n 



ma omnium aquilarum hac elt, maior etiam 

 [ p . 33] quam offifraga 4 : fed caeteras aquilas uel fefqui- 

 altera portione excedit, colore ruffa eft, con- 

 fpecl;u rara. 



DE ARDEA. 

 epo)Bi6<i, ardea, Anglicc an heron. Gcrmanice etyn 



1 Hist. Nat. Lib. X. cap. iii. 



2 Hist. An. Bk ix. 115, a free version. 



3 Hist. An. Bk IX. 116. 



4 Gaza translates <\>r\vr] by ossifraga, but it is very doubtful 

 what bird the ossifraga really was. Possibly it should be identi- 

 fied with the Lammergeier (cf. Prof. Newton, Diet. Birds, p. 660). 



