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43. The nightingale 509 
44. The melancoryphus, the erithacus, and the phoenicurus .. 511 
45. The oenanthe, the chlorion, the blackbird, and the ibis . . . . ib. 
46. The times of incubation of birds 512 
47. The halcyones : the halcyon days that are favourable to navigation ib. 
48. Other kinds of aquatic birds 513 
49. The instinctive cleverness displayed by birds in the construction 
of their nests. The wonderful works of the swallow. The 
bank- swallow ib. 
50. The acanthyllis and other birds 515 
51. The merops — partridges 516 
52. Pigeons .517 
53. Wonderful things done by them ; prices at which they have been 
sold 519 
54. Different modes of flight and progression in birds 520 
55. The birds called apodes or cypseli 521 
56. Eespecting the food of birds — the caprimulgus, the platea. . . . ib, 
57. The instincts of birds — the carduelis, the taurus, the anthus . . 522 
58. Birds which speak — the parrot ib. 
59. The pie which feeds on acorns 523 
60. A sedition that arose among the Eoman people, in consequence of 
a raven speaking 524 
61. The birds of Diomedes 526 
62. Animals that can learn nothing ib. 
63. The mode of drinking with birds. The porphyrio 527 
64. The hsematopous ib, 
65. The food of birds ib. 
66. The pelican . . ib. 
67. Foreign birds : the phalerides, the pheasant, and the numidicse. . 528 
68. The phoenicopterus, the attagen, the phalacrocorax, the pyrrhoco- 
rax, and the lagopus ib. 
69. The new birds. The vipio 529 
70. Fabulous birds 530 
71. Who first invented the art of cramming poultry : why the first 
Censors forbade this practice 531 
72. Who first invented aviaries. The dish of JEsopus ib. 
73. The generation of birds : other oviparous animals 532 
74. The various kinds of eggs, and their nature ib, 
75. Defects in brood-hens, and their remedies 535 
76. An augury derived from eggs by an empress , ib. 
17. The best kinds of fowls 536 
78. The diseases of fowls, and their remedies 537 
79. When birds lay, and how many eggs. The various kinds of herons ib. 
SO. What eggs are called hypenemia, and what cynosura. How 
eggs ars best kept 539 
81. The only winged animal that is viviparous, and nurtures its young 
with its milk 540 
82. Terrestrial animals that are oviparous. Various kinds of serpents m 
83. Generation of all kinds of terrestrial animals . . ib. 
84. The position of animals in the uterus 544 
