NATURAL HISTORY. 



Found in Thessali/. 



42. Alauda Trivialis KccTt^vXa^ig. 



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MAMMALIA. 



Notes by the Editor. 



43. Emberiza Schoiniclus. The reed bunting is the axolviKoi of Aristotle, lib. viii. 

 c. 5. Schn. 



44. Fringilla Caelebs. The chaffinch, according to Buffon, is the 6po(r'!tt^rji of Aristotle, 

 lib. viii. c. 3. 



4. Felis Catus. yctTct in Du Cange, 239. and xoittx, ib. App. 9S. Kxttov;, iSiojTixtuj 

 nominari felcs, ait Callimachi Schol. — Vossius de Idolol. iii. lib. 382. 



6. Erinaceus Eur. 'The first part of the Romaic word is a corruption of axav$a, 

 Acanthias vulgaris nostras. Klein. Tiic flesh of the hedge-hog is prescribed in Syria 

 medicinally in some disorders. Russell's Aleppo, ii. 1(>0. He says he saw it carrying 

 grapes on its prickles, as- well as mulberries; and, properly, illustrates a passage in 

 iElian. The porcupine is not mentioned in tiiis list by Dr. 8ibthorp, but he saw a quill 

 of that animal on the Asiatic coast opposite to Rhodes ; it was probably an inhabitant of 

 that country. It is also found near Aleppo, and sometimes served up at the tables of the 

 Franks. — Russell, ii. lt>[). 



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