BOOK I 



Talking birds : parrots, acorn-pies ; riot at Rome 

 caused by talking crow. (Ixi) Diomede's birds. 

 (Ixii) What animals learn nothing. (Ixiii) Birds, 

 mode of drinking ; the sultana hen. (Ixiv) The long- 

 legs. (Ixv f.) Food of birds. Pelicans. (Ixvii f.) 

 Foreign birds : coots, pheasants, Numidian fowl, 

 flamingoes, heath-cock, bald crow or cormorant, 

 red-beaked or Alpine crow, bare-footed crow or 

 ptarmigan. (Ixix) New species : small cranes. (Ixx) 

 Fabulous birds. (Ixxi) Who invented fattening of 

 chickens, and which consuls first prohibited ? who 

 first invented aviaries ? Aesop's stewpan. (Ixxiii- 

 Ixxx) Reproduction of birds: oviparous creatures 

 other than birds ; kinds and properties of eggs ; de- 

 fective hatching and its cures ; Augusta's augury 

 fromeggs; what sort of hens the best ? their diseases 

 and remedies ; kinds of small heron ; nature of pufF- 

 eggs, addled eggs, wind-eggs ; best way of preserving 

 eggs. (Ixxxi f.) The only species of bird that is vivi- 

 parous and suckles its young. Oviparous species of 

 land animals. Reproduction of snakes. (Ixxxiii- 

 vii) Reproduction of all land animals ; posture of 

 animals in the uterus ; animal species whose mode of 

 birth is still uncertain ; salamanders ; species not 

 reproduced by generation ; species whose generated 

 ofFspring is unfertile ; sexless species. (Ixxxviii- 

 xc) Senses of animals: all have sense of touch, also 

 taste ; species with exceptional sight, smell, hearing ; 

 moles ; have oysters hearing ? which fishes hear most 

 clearly ? which fishes have keenest sense of smell ? 

 (xci-iii) Difference of food in animals : which Uve on 

 poisonous things ? which on earth ? which do not die 

 of hunger of thirst ? (xciv) Variety of drink. (xcv f.) 

 Species mutually hostile ; facts as to friendship and 



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