58 Collurio — Columbi 



[p. 48] DE COLLVRIONE. 



KokXvpLav, collurio, Anglice, a feldfare aut afelde- 

 fare. Quibufdd German, e^n tramtnefuogel. 



Aristoteles \ 



Collurio ijfdem, quibus merula liefcitur, 

 magnitudo eius eadem quee fuperioribus, id eft, 

 uireoni & mollicipiti ^ capitur potius hyberno 

 tempore. 



Aids, quam collurionem effe puto, turdum magni- 

 tudine cequat, fed caudam habet longiorem, & magis 

 mobilem, &• pe£lus maculofum. In ajiate apud nos aut 

 rarb aut nunquam uidetur : in hyeme uero tanta copia 

 eji, ut nullius auis maior Jit. baccis aquifolice arboris, 

 forbi minima, & fimilium arborum uefcitur. gregatim 

 uolat, & inter uolandum objirepera eJi. 



DE COLVMBIS. 



Tlepiarepd, columba, Anglice a done, Germanice cljn 

 taube. Saxonice eijti buue. 



Aristoteles ^ 



Columbacei uero generis plures fpecies funt. 



Liuia. Eft enim liuia a liuore di6la, diuerfum certe a 



^' '^^^ columba genus, quippe minor quam columba 

 fit, & minus patiens manfuefcere : liuet enim 

 plumis, & pene nigricat, & pedibus rubris fca- 

 brofis4} eft. Quas ob res, nullus id genus cel- 

 lare alit. Maximo inter h^c genera funt corpore 



Paiumbes. palumbes. Secundum magnitudinis locum ui- 



Vinago. nago obtinet, paulo maior quam Columbus'* eft. 



Turtur. Minimum ex his tyrtur eft. pariunt columbse 

 omnibus anni temporibus, puUos^j educant fi 

 locum apricum habeat & cibum. Sin minus, 



1 Hist. All. Bk IX. 99. 



^ These five words are not represented in Aristotle. 

 Moreover the n-apdaXor is here omitted, and is placed later 

 (p. 107 of the original work), but there seems to be some doubt 

 as to the correct reading in the Greek. 



3 Hist. An. Bk v. 43. The readings vary in places, but the 

 rendering is decidedly free. 



* Gaza and Turner make indiscriminate use of ' Columbus ' 

 and ' Columba' for the same kind of bird. 



