Natural Hiftory of the Ancients. 79 



neft and met with any of their egges, confidering 

 that it is holden for an vncouth and ftrange 

 prodigie to haue feen the bird itfelf ? And what 

 might be he that tried fuch conclufions and ex- 

 periments, efpecially in the haire of his head?" 1 



1 Pliny, "Nat. Hift." (Holland), xxix. 4. 



