APPENDIX. 



Romans^ upon which we never try the fame ex- 

 periment. Mofchus addreffes nightingales and fwal- 

 lows which were thus inftru&ed : 



Adonhg, wcco-at ts ^s^fSbwj, a$ wok slsp7rev t 



Ag Aatajv s3iS«a«£. 



Mofchi Idyl III. 



'Pliny mentions both a cock, thrulh, and nigh- 

 tingales, which articulated * : 



" Habebant & Ctefares juvenes turdum f 9 item 

 * c lufcinias Grseco atque Latino fermone dociles, 

 " prsterea meditantes in diem, & affidue nova lo- 

 w quentes longiore etiam contextu." 



Statins alfo takes notice of fome birds fpeaking, 

 which we never attempt to teach in this manner : 



*? Hue doctas ftipentur aves, queis nobile fandi 

 ** Jus natura dedit, plangat Phcebeius, ales, 

 * c Auditafque memor penitus demittere voces 

 " Sturnus, & Aonio verfas certamine pica? % 

 ** Quique refert jungens iterata vocabula perdb, 

 " Et quas Biftonio queritur foror orba cubili £." 



Stat, Sylv. lib. ii. eel. 4. 

 As 



* Lib. X. c. 21 & 42. 

 f Ibid. The other tardus belonged to the Emprefs Jgrippina, 

 X Amonglt the five birds mentioned in thefe lines of Sta- 

 tins, there are four which are never taught to fpeak at pre- 

 sent, viz. the cock, the nightingale, the common, and the 



red legged partridge* 



As 



