4O A rdea A urivittis A ttagen 



lardam albardeold effe iudicaffeui. Stellaris eft, qua 



[p- 35] Angli buttourum,aut bittourum, & Germani pittourmn 



a buttour & rofdommum nominant: nain auis eft toto corporis 



ein rofdo" habitu ardeis reliquis ftmilis, ex pifcium uenatu ad 



ripas paludium & amnium uiuens, pigerrima & ftoli- 



dijfima, ut qua in retia ab equo faclicio agi poteft 



facilime. Colore eft fere, quantum memini, phafiani, 



roftro limo indito, ajininos ronchos uoce refert: cculos 



hominum auidijjimc omnium auiuni appetit. Quare 



Ji quid impediat, quo minus ftellaris effe pojfit, (quod 



Phoix. mihi nondum cernere datum ejl} phoica ejfe oportebit, 



quam A riftoteles oculos maxime appetere teftatur, quan- 



quam & c&terce ardea idem facere fcepe uifce funt, 



DE A VRIVITTE. 



X/3fo-o/AtV/3t5, no ut quidam codices Jiabent, pva-o^r)- 

 Tprjs, auriuittis, Anglice a gold finclie, Germanice ei)n 

 ^iftelfincf, ober ei)n ftujelt^. 



Auriuittis. Auriuittis una eft ex auiculis, quce carduorum 



femine uittitant 1 , & uermes etiam oblatos, non attingunt. 

 Alij goldfincam, aut difteluincam, fpinum, alij cardue- 

 lem effe uolunt. Sed Ji quis> ex fpiniuoris prater Jianc 

 aliam aurea uitta redimitam oftederit, cui magis auri- 

 uittis nomen competat, quam huic, opinionem meant 

 facile, patiar explodi, alioqui non uideo, quin digna Jit, 

 qua probetur. 



[ p . 3 6] DE ATTAGENE. 



Arrowy rjv, aTTayas, attagen, attagena. 



A ttagen, ut fcribit Ariftoteles, gallinagini Jimilis 

 eft colore. Attagenam uarijs diftinElam ejfe maculis, 

 A riftophanes 2 his uerfebus teftatur : 

 Si quis ex uobis erit fugitiuus atq; uftus notis, 

 Attagen fane apud nos uarius appellabitur. 



1 Aristotle's groups of Birds are as follows: 

 (crooked-clawed) ; (2) o-KcoXryKo^dya (worm-eating) ; (3) anav- 

 do<j)dya (eating thistle seeds); (4) o-Knrcxfxi-ya (? grub-eating) ; 

 (5) -rrepurrfpofiftri (dove-like) ; (6) o-^t^oTroSa (cleft-footed) ; 

 (7) oTf-yai/oTroSa (wholly webbed) ; (8) /Sape'a (heavy, i.e. ground 

 kinds). A few Birds, however, can hardly be placed under any 

 of these. 



2 Ave.s, 11. 761 762. 



