BOOK I 



eggs 43 and in last book 22 = 65, Syrian cock 5 and 

 in last book 4 = 9, swan 5 and In last book 1 = 6, 

 otis 2, raven 4 and in last book 2 = 6, crow 2 and in 

 last book 1 = 3, hawk 2 and in last book 2 = 4, kite 6 

 in last book 2 = 8, crane 1, stork 1 and in last book 

 2 = 3, ibis 3, little heron 1, duck 4 and in last book 

 2=6, diver 2, partridge 11 and in last book 6 = 17, 

 dove 14 and in last book 2 = 16, crested lark 4, 

 cuckoo 1, Mars's woodpecker 1, tm-tledove 5 and in 

 last book 4=9, thrush 3, blackbird 1, swallow 24 

 and in last book 9 = 33, night-owl 5 and in last book 

 4 = 9, screech-owl 1 and in last book 1 = 2,hoopoe 1, 

 horned owl 5 and in last book 2 = 7, sparrow 5, 

 galgulus 2, bat 9 and in last book 4 = 13, tree cricket 

 1, bees 7 and in last book 5 = 12, wasps 2, cowfly 3 

 and in last book 3 = 6, pine-grub 4 and in last book 

 2 = 6 (that the beneficence of nature has placed 

 powerful remedies even in disgusting animals), 

 beetle 7 and in last book 1 = 8, cockroaches 13 and in 

 last book 4 = 17 ; the genus Spanish fly — drugs from 

 these 11 and in last book 5 = 16, bug 5 and in last 

 book 9 = 14, house-fly 5 and in last book 7 = 12, 

 locusts 3 and in last book 4 = 7, ants 5 and in last 

 book 3 = 8. — ^Total 854 drugs, investigations and 

 observations. 



Authorities : Marcus Varro, Nigidius, Marcus 

 Cicero, Sextius Niger (Greek works of ), Licinius 

 Macer. Foreign authorities : Eudoxus, Aristotle, 

 Hermippus, Homer, Apion, Orpheus, Democritus, 

 Anaxilaus. Medical writers : Botrys, Apollodorus, 

 Menander, Archidemus, Aristogenes, Xenocrates, 

 Diodorus, Chrysippus, PhiUppus, Orus, Nicander, 

 ApoUonius of Pitane. 



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