1 40 Perdix — Phasianus — Phoenix 



Cum ad nidum quis uenando accefferit, pro- 

 [p. 114] uoluit fe perdix ante pedes uenantis, quafi iam 

 capi poffit 1 , atque ita ad fe capiendam hominem 

 allicit, eoufque dum pulli effugiant, turn ipfa 

 uolat, & reuocat prolem. parit oua non pauci- 

 ora quam decern. 



Ejl & alia aids, qute perdix rujlica dicitur, Anglis 

 rata dicta, cuius his uerfibus Martialis- memiuit : 

 Rujlica funt perdix, quid refert Ji fapor idem ? 

 Charior eft perdix, Ji fapit ilia minus. 



DE PHASIANO. 

 Phajianus, Auglice a phefan, German ice i\)\\ \<x\<\\\\.\ 

 ober etyn fafian. 



Plinius 3 . 



Phafiani geminas aures ex pluma fubmit- 

 tunt, fubriguntx^. qua; ueluti cornicula appa- 

 rent. 



Aristoteles 4 . 



Phafianorum oua pun6lis diftincla funt ut 

 meleagridum, puluerant ut gallinse & perdices. 

 [p. 115] Phafiani a pediculis infeftantur, & nifi inter- 

 dum puluerent, eifdem interimuntur. 



DE PHCENICE. 

 Plinius 5 . 

 Aethiopes atque Indi difcolores maxime & 

 inenarrabiles ferunt aues, & ante omnes nobilem 

 Arabie phcenicem : haud fcio an fabulofe, unum 

 in toto orbe, nee uifum magnopere. Aquilse 

 narratur magnitudine, auri fulgore circa colla, 

 cetera purpureus, cceruleam rofeis caudam pen- 



1 Aristotle has <»$• eVtXr;7rroy ovau, which means 'as if disabled.' 



2 Epigr. Lib. XIII. lxxvi. 



3 Hist. Nat. Lib. X. cap. xlviii. 



4 Hist. An. Bk vi. 5, Bk ix. 260, Bk v. 140. 

 b Hist. Nat. Lib. X. cap. ii. 



