CONTENTS. XI 



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43. The nightingale 509 



44. The melancoryphus, the erithucus, and the phoenicurus .. ., 511 



45. The cenanthe, the chlorion, the blackbird, and the ibis . . . . ib. 



46. The times of incubation of birds 512 



47. The halcyones : the halcyon days that are favourable to navigation ib. 



48. Other kinds of aquatic birds 513 



49. The instinctive cleverness displayed by birds in the construction 



of their nests. The wonderful works of the swallow. The 



bank-swallow ib. 



50. The acan thy His and other birds 515 



51. The merops — partridges 516 



52. Pigeons 517 



53. Wonderful things done by them ; prices at which they have been 



sold ^ 519 



54. Different modes of flight and progression in birds 520 



55. The birds called apodes or cypseli 521 



56. Respecting the food of birds — the caprimulgus, the platea. . . . ib. 



57. The instincts of birds — the carduelis, the taurus, the anthus . . 522 



58. Birds which speak — the parrot ib. 



59. The pie which feeds on acorns 523 



60. A sedition that arose among the Roman people, in consequence of 



a raven speaking 524 



61. The birds of Diomedes 526 



62. Animals that can learn nothing ib. 



63. The mode of drinking with birds. The porphyrio 527 



64. The hsematopous ib. 



65. The food of birds . . . . , ib. 



66. The pelican ib. 



67. Foreign birds : the phalerides, the pheasant, and the numidicae. . 528 



68. The phoenicoptei-us, the attagen, the phalacrocorax, the pyrrhoco- 



rax, and the lagopus ib. 



69. The new birds. The vipio 529 



70. Fabulous birds 530 



71. Who first invented the art of cramming poultry : why the first 



Censors forbade this practice 531 



72. WTio first invented aviaries. The dish of JEsopus ib. 



73. The generation of birds : other oviparous animals 532 



74. The various kinds of eggs, and their nature ib. 



75. Defects in brood-hens, and their remedies 535 



76. An augury derived from eggs by an empress ib. 



77. The best kinds of fowls 536 



78. The diseases of fowls, and their remedies 537 



79. When birds lay, and how many e^gs. The various kinds of herons ib. 



80. What eggs are called hypenemiu, and what cynosura. How 



eggs ars best kept 539 



81. The only winged animal that is viviparous, and nurtures its young 



with its milk 540 



82. Terrestrial animals that are oviparous. Various kinds of serpents ib. 



83. Generation of all kinds of terrestrial animals ib. 



84. The position of animals in the uterus 5-14 



