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A rdea — A urivittis — A ttagen 



a buttour 

 ein pittour. 

 ein rofdo. 



Phoix. 



Auriuittis. 



lardani albardeold effe iudicaffem. Stellaris eji, qua 

 [p- 35] Angli buttourum,aut bittourum, & Germani pittour um 

 & rofdommum nominant: nam auis eJi toto corporis 

 habitu ardeis reliquis Jimilis, ex pifcium uenatu ad 

 ripas paludium & amnium uiuens, pigerrima & Jloli- 

 dijjima, lU quce in retia ab equo faclicio agi potejl 

 facilime. Colore eft fere, quantum memini, pkafeani, 

 roftro limo indito, afininos ronchos uoce refert: cculos 

 hominum auidijjime omnium auiuin appetit. Quare 

 Ji quid impediat, qu6 miniis ftellaris ejje poffit, {quod 

 mihinondum ceriiere datum eft) phoica effe oportebit, 

 ■ quani Arifhteles oculos maxime appetere tejlatur, quan- 

 quam & ccstercs ardece idem facere f<spe uifce funt, 



DE AVRIVITTE. 



^pvao/iiTpif, no ut quidam. codices habent, pvaofirj- ' 

 Tpr]<;, auriuittis, Anglice a gold finche, Germanice e^n 

 biftelftncE, ober e^n ftigeli^. 



Auriuittis una eft ex auiculis, quce carduorum 

 femine uiSlitant^, & uermes etiam oblatos, non attingunt. 

 Alij goldfincam, aut difteluincam, fpinum, alij cardue- 

 lein effe uolunt. Sed fi quis, ex fpiniuoris prceter hatic 

 aliam aurea uitta redimitam oftederit, cui magis auri- 

 uittis nomen competat, qudm hue, opinionem meam 

 facile patiar explodi, alioqui non uideo, quin digna fit, 

 qucs probetur. 



[p. 36] DE ATTAGENE. 



ArTayrjp, arrd'ya';, attagen, attagena. 



Attagen, ut fcribit Ariftoteles, gallinagini fimilis 

 eft colore. Attagenam uarijs difHnSlam effe maculis, 

 A riftophanes ^ his uerfobus teftatur : 



Si quis ex nobis erit fugitiuus atq; uftus notis, 

 Attagen fane apud nos uarius appellabitur. 



1 Aristotle's groups of Birds are as follows: (i) ya/xx/^mvuxey 

 (crooked-clawed) ; (2) (TKa>kr\Ko^aya (worm-eating) ; (3) a.Kav- 

 doffiaya (eating thistle seeds) ; (4) <TRiwo(^aya (? grub-eating) ; 

 (5) ntpioTepoubri (dove-like) ; (6) o-;(ifd7ro8a (cleft-footed) ; 

 (7) oreyavoTToSa (wholly webbed) ; (8) ^apia (heavy, i.e. ground 

 kinds). A few Birds, however, can hardly be placed under any 

 of these. 



2 Ave.s, 11. 761—762. 



