5 8 Colhi rio — Co hi mbi 



[ P . 48] DE COLLVRIONE. 



KoWvpiaiv, collurio, Anglice, a feldfare aut a felde- 

 fare. Quibufda German, etyn frammefuogcl. 



Aristoteles \ 



Collurio ijfdem, quibus merula uefcitur, 

 magnitudo eius eadem quae fuperioribus, id eft, 

 uireoni & mollicipiti 2 , capitur potius hyberno 

 tempore. 



Aids, qnam collurionem effe puto, turdum magni- 

 tudine cequat, fed caudam Jiabet longiorem, & magis 

 mobilem, & pcclus maculofum. In deflate apud uos aut 

 rarb aut nunquam uidetur : in liyeme uerb tanta copia 

 eft, ut nullius aids maior fit. baccis aquifolice arboris, 

 forbi minima, & jimilium arborum uefcitur. gregatim 

 uolat, & inter uolandum obflrepera efi. 



DE COLVMBIS. 



Uepiarepd, columba, AngUce a done, Germanice ctyll 

 taube. Saxonice e\)\\ biuie. 



Aristoteles 3 . 



Columbacei uero generis plures fpecies funt. 



Liuia. Eft enim liuia a liuore dicla, diuerfum certe a 



Lp ' 49J columba genus, quippe minor quam columba 

 fit, & minus patiens manfuefcere : liuet enim 

 plumis, & pene nigricat, & pedibus rubris fca- 

 brofisc^j eft. Quas ob res, nullus id genus cel- 

 lare alit. Maximo inter hec genera funt corpore 



Palumbes. palumbes. Secundum magnitudinis locum ui- 



Vinago. nago obtinet, paulo maior quam columbus 4 eft. 



Turtur. Minimum ex his turtur eft. pariunt columba^ 



omnibus anni temporibus, pullosc^j educant ii 

 locum apricum habeat & cibum. Sin minus, 



1 Hist. An. Bk IX. 99. 



2 These five words are not represented in Aristotle. 

 Moreover the 7rdpSa\os is here omitted, and is placed later 

 (p. 107 of the original work), but there seems to be some doubt 

 as to the correct reading in the Greek. 



3 Hist. An. Bk v. 43. The readings vary in places, but the 

 rendering is decidedly free. 



4 Gaza and Turner make indiscriminate use of ' Columbus ' 

 and 'Columba' for the same kind of bird. 



