BOOK I 



Kites. (xiii) Classification of birds by species. (xiv- 

 xvi) Birds of ill-omen ; in what montlis crows are not a 

 bad omen ; ravens ; the horned owl. (xvii) Extinct 

 birds ; birds no longer known. (xviii) Birds hatched 

 tail first. (xix) Night-owls. (xx) Mars's wood- 

 pecker, (xxi) Birds with hooked talons. (xxii-v) 

 Birds with toes : peacocks ; who first killed the 

 peacock for food ; who invented fattening peacocks ; 

 poultry — mode of castrating ; a talking cock. (xxvi- 

 xxxii) The goose ; who first introduced goose-Hver 

 (foie gras) ; Commagene goose ; fox-goose, love- 

 goose, heath-cock, bustard; cranes ; storks ; rest of 

 reflexed-claw genus ; swans. (xxxiii-v) Foreign 

 migrant birds : quails, tongue-birds, ortolan, horned 

 owl ; native migrant birds and their destinations — 

 swallows, thrushes, blackbirds, starhngs ; birds that 

 moult in retirement : turtle-dove, ring-dove. (xxxvi) 

 Non-migrant birds : half-yearly and quarter-yearly 

 visitors : witwalls, hoopoes. (xxxvii-xl) Memnon's 

 hens, Meleager's sisters (guinea-hens), Seleucid hens, 

 ibis. (xli) Where particular species not kno^vn. 

 (xlii-v) Species that change colour and voice : the 

 divination-bird class; nightingale, black-cap, robin, 

 red-start, chat, golden oriole. (xlvi) The breed- 

 ing season. (xlvii) Kingfishers : sign of fine weather 

 for saihng. (xlviii) Remainder of aquatic class. 

 (xhx-H) Craftsmanship of birds in nest-making; 

 remarkable structures of swaHows ; sand-martins ; 

 thistle-finch ; bee-eater ; partridges. (lii f.) Pigeons 

 — remarkable structures of, and prices paid for; 

 (liv f.) Varieties of birds' flight and walk ; footless 

 martins or swifts. (]vi) l"ood of birds. Goat- 

 suckers, spoon-bill. (Ivii) Intefligence of birds; 

 gold-finch, buU-bittern, yeUow wagtail. (Iviii-lx) 



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