58 Collurio Columbi 



[p. 48] DE COLLVRIONE. 



Ko\\vpld)v, collurio, Anglice, a feldfare aut a felde- 

 fare. Qnibnfdd German. etyii frammejuogd. 



ARISTOTELES 1 . 



Collurio ijfdem, quibus merula uefcitur, 

 magnitudo eius eadem quae fuperioribus, id eft, 

 uireoni & mollicipiti 2 , capitur potius hyberno 

 tempore. 



Auis, quam colhirionem effe puto, turdum mqgni- 

 tudine csquat^ fed caudam Jiabet longiorern, & magis 

 mobilem, & pectns niacnlofum. In ceftate apud nos ant 

 rarb ant nunqnam nidetur : in Jiyenie nerb tanta copia 

 eft, nt nullins anis maior Jit. baccis aquifolice arboris, 

 forbi minima, & Jimilium arbornm nefcitur. gregatim 

 nolat, & inter uolandzim obftrepera eft. 



DE COLVMBIS. 



HepKrrepd, columba, Anglice a doue> Germanice etyn 

 taitbe. Saxonice ei)it buue. 



ARISTOTELES 3 . 



Columbacei uero generis plures fpecies funt. 



Liuia. Eft enim liuia a liuore di6ta, diuerfum certe a 



columba genus, quippe minor quam columba 

 fit, & minus patiens manfuefcere : liuet enim 

 plumis, & pene nigricat, & pedibus rubris fca- 

 brofiscjj 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 columbae 

 omnibus anni temporibus, pulloscjj educant fi 

 locum apricum habeat & cibum. Sin minus, 



1 Hist. An. Bk ix. 99. 



2 These five words are not represented in Aristotle. 

 Moreover the TrdpdaXos 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. 



