Contents of the Tenth Booh. 



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CHAP. 



34. Of House-doves. 



35. Of Stock-doves. 



36. Of Sparrows. 



37. Of the Kestrel. 



38. Of the Flight and Walk of 



Birds. 



39. Of certain footless Martinets, 

 called Apodes. 



40. Of Caprimulgi : also of Spoon- 



bills, or Plateae. 



41. The Ingenuity of Birds. 



42. Of the Goldfinch, Parrot, and 



Birds that will learn to speak. 



43. The Understanding that Ra- 



vens have. 



44. Of the Birds of Diomedes. 



45. Of Birds that will learn no- 



thing. 



46. The Manner how Birds drink. 



47. Of Birds called Himantipodes, 



and Onacrotali, and of other 

 strange Birds. 



48. The Names of many Birds and 



their Natures. 



49. Of new Birds and such as are 



supposed to be fabulous. 



50. Who devised first to cram 



Hens and Capons ; of Coops 

 to keep and feed Fowls, and 

 the first Inventor thereof. 



51. Of ^sop's Dish. 



52. The Generation of Birds, and 



what four-footed Beasts lay 

 Eggs as well as Birds. 



53. The Generation of Eggs, the 



laying and sitting of them, 

 the Manner and Time of 

 Birds coupling. 



54. The Accidents that befall 



Breeding Birds, and the Re- 

 medies. 



55. Auguries by Eggs. 



56. What Hens are of the best 



Kind. 



CHAP. 



57. The Diseases incident to Hens, 



and the Cure. 



58. The Manner how Birds con- 



ceive : what Number of Eggs 

 they lay, and how many they 

 hatch. 



59. Of Peacocks and Geese. 



60. Of Herons and Bitterns. The 



Way to preserve Eggs. 



61. The only Bird that bringeth 



forth her Young alive, and 

 feedeth the same with Milk. 



62. The Conception of the Viper, 



and how she is delivered of 

 her Young ; also what Land 

 Creatures lay Eggs. 



63. The Generation of Land Crea- 



tures. 



64. The Variety of Propagation of 



Land Animals, 



65. The Young of Mice and Rats. 



66. Whether the Marrow of a 



Man's Back- bone will pro- 

 duce a Serpent. 



67. Of the Salamander. 



68. What Things are engendered 



of those that were never 

 engendered ; and what Crea- 

 tures which, being engen- 

 dered themselves, breed not. 



69. The Senses of Animals. 



70. That Fishes both hear and 



smell. 



71. That the Sense of Feeling is 



common to all living Crea- 

 tures. 



72. What Creatures live on Poi- 



sons, and eat Earth. 



73. Of the Meat and Drink of some 



Creatures. 



74. What Creatures evermore dis- 



agree : and which they are 

 that agree well together. 



75. Of the Sleep of Animals. 



