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The Natural History of Pliny, Vol. 2

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  1. 1Contents. Of the Second Volume
  2. 2Book VI — An Account of Countries, Nations, Seas, Towns, Havens, Mo…
  3. 3Chap. 2 — (2.) — Paphlagonia
  4. 4Chap. 3 — (3.) — Cappadocia
  5. 5Chap. 4 — The Region of Themiscyra, and the Nations Therein
  6. 6Chap. 5 — (5.) — The Region of Colica, the Nations of the Achæi, an…
  7. 7Chap. 6 — The Cimmerian Bosporus
  8. 8Chap. 7 — Lake Mæotis and the Adjoining Nations
  9. 9Chap. 8 — (8.) — The Situation of Cappadocia
  10. 10Chap. 9 — (9.) — The Lesser and the Greater Armenia
  11. 11Chap. 10 — The Rivers Cyrus and Araxes
  12. 12Chap. 11 — (10.) — Albania, Iberia, and the Adjoining Nations
  13. 13Chap. 12 — (11.) — The Passes of the Caucasus
  14. 14Chap. 13 — (12.) — The Islands of the Euxine
  15. 15Chap. 14 — (13.) — Nations in the Vicinity of the Scythian Ocean
  16. 16Chap. 15 — The Caspian and Hyrcanian Sea
  17. 17Chap. 16 — Adiabene
  18. 18Chap. 17 — (14.) — Media and the Caspian Gates
  19. 19Chap. 18 — (16.) — Nations Situate Around the Hyrcanian Sea
  20. 20Chap. 19 — (17.) — The Nations of Scythia and the Countries on the…
  21. 21Chap. 20 — The Seres
  22. 22Chap. 21 — The Nations of India
  23. 23Chap. 22 — (18.) — The Ganges
  24. 24Chap. 23 — (20.) — The Indus
  25. 25Chap. 24 — (22.) — Taprobane
  26. 26Chap. 25 — The Ariani and the Adjoining Nations
  27. 27Chap. 26 — Voyages to India
  28. 2827 — Carmania
  29. 29Chap. 28 — The Persian and the Arabian Gulfs
  30. 30Chap. 29 — The Parthian Empire
  31. 31Chap. 30 — Mesopotamia
  32. 32Chap. 31 — The Tigris
  33. 33Chap. 32 — (28.) — Arabia
  34. 34Chap. 33 — The Gulfs of the Red Sea
  35. 35Chap. 34 — Troglodytice
  36. 36Chap. 35 — Æthiopia
  37. 37Chap. 36 — (31.) — Islands of the Æthiopian Sea
  38. 38Chap. 37 — (32.) — The Fortunate Islands
  39. 39Chap. 38 — The Comparative Distances of Places on the Face of the E…
  40. 40Chap. 39 — Division of the Earth Into Parallels and Shadows of Equa…
  41. 41Book VII — Man, His Birth, His Organization, and the Invention of t…
  42. 42Chap. 2 — The Wonderful Forms of Different Nations
  43. 43Chap. 3 — Marvellous Births
  44. 44Chap. 4 — (5.) — The Generation of Man; Unusual Duration of Pregnan…
  45. 45Chap. 5 — (6.) — Indications of the Sex of the Child During the Pre…
  46. 46Chap. 6 — (8.) — Monstrous Births
  47. 47Chap. 7 — (9.) — Of Those Who Have Been Cut Out of the Womb
  48. 48Chap. 8 — (10.) — Who Were Called Vopisci
  49. 49Chap. 9 — (11.) — The Conception and Generation of Man
  50. 50Chap. 10 — Striking Instances of Resemblance
  51. 51Chap. 11 — (13.) — What Men Are Suited for Generation. Instances of…
  52. 52Chap. 12 — (14.) — At What Age Generation Ceases
  53. 53Chap. 13 — (15.) — Remarkable Circumstances Connected With the Mens…
  54. 54Chap. 14 — The Theory of Generation
  55. 55Chap. 15 — Some Account of the Teeth, and Some Facts Concerning Inf…
  56. 56Chap. 16 — Examples of Unusual Size
  57. 57Chap. 17 — Children Remarkable for Their Precocity
  58. 58Chap. 18 — Some Remarkable Properties of the Body
  59. 59Chap. 19 — (20.) — Instances of Extraordinary Strength
  60. 60Chap. 20 — Instances of Remarkable Agility
  61. 61Chap. 21 — (21.) — Instances of Acuteness of Sight
  62. 62Chap. 22 — (22.) — Instances of Remarkable Acuteness of Hearing
  63. 63Chap. 23 — (23.) — Instances of Endurance of Pain
  64. 64Chap. 24 — (24.) — Memory
  65. 65Chap. 25 — (25.) — Vigor of Mind
  66. 66Chap. 26 — Clemency and Greatness of Mind
  67. 67Chap. 27 — (26.) — Heroic Exploits
  68. 68Chap. 28 — (27.) — Union in the Same Person of Three of the Highest…
  69. 69Chap. 29 — (28.) — Instances of Extreme Courage
  70. 70Chap. 30 — (29.) — Men of Remarkable Genius
  71. 71Chap. 31 — (30.) — Men Who Have Been Remarkable for Wisdom
  72. 72Chap. 32 — (32.) — Precepts the Most Useful in Life
  73. 73Chap. 33 — (33.) — Divination
  74. 74Chap. 34 — (34.) — The Man Who Was Pronounced to Be the Most Excellent
  75. 75Chap. 35 — (35.) — The Most Chaste Matrons
  76. 76Chap. 36 — (36.) — Instances of the Highest Degree of Affection
  77. 77Chap. 37 — (37.) — Names of Men Who Have Excelled in the Arts, Astr…
  78. 78Chap. 38 — Geometry and Architecture
  79. 79Chap. 39 — (38.) — Of Painting; Engraving on Bronze, Marble, and Iv…
  80. 80Chap. 40 — (39.) — Slaves for Which a High Price Has Been Given
  81. 81Chap. 41 — (40.) — Supreme Happiness
  82. 82Chap. 42 — (41.) — Rare Instances of Good Fortune Continuing in the…
  83. 83Chap. 43 — (42.) — Remarkable Example of Vicissitudes
  84. 84Chap. 44 — Remarkable Examples of Honours
  85. 85Chap. 45 — Ten Very Fortunate Circumstances Which Have Happened to…
  86. 86Chap. 46 — The Misfortunes of Augustus
  87. 87Chap. 47 — (46.) — Men Whom the Gods Have Pronounced to Be the Most…
  88. 88Chap. 48 — (47.) — The Man Whom the Gods Ordered to Be Worshipped D…
  89. 89Chap. 49 — (48.) — The Greatest Length of Life
  90. 90Chap. 50 — (49.) — The Variety of Destinies at the Birth of Man
  91. 91Chap. 51 — (50.) — Various Instances of Diseases
  92. 92Chap. 52 — (51.) — Death
  93. 93Chap. 53 — (52.) — Persons Who Have Come to Life Again After Being…
  94. 94Chap. 54 — (53.) — Instances of Sudden Death
  95. 95Chap. 55 — (54.) — Burial
  96. 96Chap. 56 — (55.) — The Manes, or Departed Spirits of the Soul
  97. 97Chap. 57 — (56.) — The Inventors of Various Things
  98. 98Chap. 58 — (57.) — The Things About Which Mankind First of All Agre…
  99. 99Chap. 59 — (59.) — When Barbers Were First Employed
  100. 100Chap. 60 — When the First Time-Pieces Were Made
  101. 101Book VIII — The Nature of the Terrestrial Animals
  102. 102Chap. 2 — (2.) — When Elephants Were First Put Into Harness
  103. 103Chap. 3 — (3.) — The Docility of the Elephant
  104. 104Chap. 4 — Wonderful Things Which Have Been Done by the Elephant
  105. 105Chap. 5 — (4.) — The Instinct of Wild Animals in Perceiving Danger
  106. 106Chap. 6 — (6.) — When Elephants Were First Seen in Italy
  107. 107Chap. 7 — (7.) — The Combats of Elephants
  108. 108Chap. 8 — (8.) — The Way in Which Elephants Are Caught
  109. 109Chap. 9 — (9.) — The Method by Which They Are Tamed
  110. 110Chap. 10 — (10.) — The Birth of the Elephant, and Other Particulars…
  111. 111Chap. 11 — (11.) — In What Countries the Elephant Is Found; the Ant…
  112. 112Chap. 12 — (12.) — The Sagacity of These Animals
  113. 113Chap. 13 — (13.) — Dragons
  114. 114Chap. 14 — (14.) — Serpents of Remarkable Size
  115. 115Chap. 15 — (15.) — The Animals of Scythia; the Bison
  116. 116Chap. 16 — The Animals of the North; the Elk, the Achlis, and the B…
  117. 117Chap. 17 — Lions; How They Are Produced
  118. 118Chap. 18 — The Different Species of Lions
  119. 119Chap. 19 — The Peculiar Character of the Lion
  120. 120Chap. 20 — Who It Was That First Introduced Combats of Lions at Rom…
  121. 121Chap. 21 — Wonderful Feats Performed by Lions
  122. 122Chap. 22 — A Man Recognized and Saved by a Dragon
  123. 123Chap. 23 — Panthers
  124. 124Chap. 24 — The Decree of the Senate, and Laws Respecting African An…
  125. 125Chap. 25 — Tigers: When First Seen at Rome; Their Nature
  126. 126Chap. 26 — Camels: The Different Kinds
  127. 127Chap. 27 — The Cameleopard; When It Was First Seen at Rome
  128. 128Chap. 28 — (19.) — The Chama, and the Cepus
  129. 129Chap. 29 — (20.) — The Rhinoceros
  130. 130Chap. 30 — (21.) — The Lynx, the Sphinx, the Crocotta, and the Monkey
  131. 131Chap. 31 — The Terrestrial Animals of India
  132. 132Chap. 32 — The Animals of Æthiopia; a Wild Beast Which Kills With I…
  133. 133Chap. 33 — The Serpents Called Basilisks
  134. 134Chap. 34 — (22.) — Wolves; the Origin of the Story of Versipellis
  135. 135Chap. 35 — (23.) — Different Kinds of Serpents
  136. 136Chap. 36 — The Ichneumon
  137. 137Chap. 37 — (25.) — The Crocodile
  138. 138Chap. 38 — The Scincus
  139. 139Chap. 39 — The Hippopotamus
  140. 140Chap. 40 — (26.) — Who First Exhibited the Hippopotamus and the Cro…
  141. 141Chap. 41 — (27.) — The Medicinal Remedies Which Have Been Borrowed…
  142. 142Chap. 42 — (28.) — Prognostics of Danger Derived From Animals
  143. 143Chap. 43 — (29.) — Nations That Have Been Exterminated by Animals
  144. 144Chap. 44 — (30.) — The Hyæna
  145. 145Chap. 45 — The Corocotta; the Mantichora
  146. 146Chap. 46 — Wild Asses
  147. 147Chap. 47 — Beavers, Amphibious Animals; Otters
  148. 148Chap. 48 — (31.) — Bramble-Frogs
  149. 149Chap. 49 — The Sea-Calf; Beavers; Lizards
  150. 150Chap. 50 — (32.) — Stags
  151. 151Chap. 51 — The Chameleon
  152. 152Chap. 52 — Other Animals Which Change Colour; the Tarandus, the Lyc…
  153. 153Chap. 53 — (35.) — The Porcupine
  154. 154Chap. 54 — (36.) — Bears and Their Cubs
  155. 155Chap. 55 — (37.) — The Mice of Pontus and of the Alps
  156. 156Chap. 56 — Hedgehogs
  157. 157Chap. 57 — (38.) — The Leontophonus, and the Lynx
  158. 158Chap. 58 — Badgers and Squirrels
  159. 159Chap. 59 — (39.) — Vipers and Snails
  160. 160Chap. 60 — Lizards
  161. 161Chap. 61 — (40.) — The Qualities of the Dog; Examples of Its Attach…
  162. 162Chap. 62 — The Generation of the Dog
  163. 163Chap. 63 — Remedies Against Canine Madness
  164. 164Chap. 64 — (42.) — The Nature of the Horse
  165. 165Chap. 65 — The Disposition of the Horse; Remarkable Facts Concernin…
  166. 166Chap. 66 — The Generation of the Horse
  167. 167Chap. 67 — Mares Impregnated by the Wind
  168. 168Chap. 68 — (45.) — The Ass, Its Generation
  169. 169Chap. 69 — (44.) — The Nature of Mules, and of Other Beasts of Burden
  170. 170Chap. 70 — (45.) — Oxen; Their Generation
  171. 171Chap. 71 — (46.) — The Egyptian Apis
  172. 172Chap. 72 — (47.) — Sheep, and Their Propagation
  173. 173Chap. 73 — (43.) — The Different Kinds of Wool, and Their Colours
  174. 174Chap. 74 — Different Kinds of Cloths
  175. 175Chap. 75 — The Different Shapes of Sheep; the Musmon
  176. 176Chap. 76 — (50.) — Goats and Their Propagation
  177. 177Chap. 77 — (51.) — The Hog
  178. 178Chap. 78 — The Wild Boar; Who Was the First to Establish Parks for…
  179. 179Chap. 79 — (53.) — Animals in a Half-Wild State
  180. 180Chap. 80 — (54.) — Apes
  181. 181Chap. 81 — (55.) — The Different Species of Hares
  182. 182Chap. 82 — (56.) — Animals Which Are Tamed in Part Only
  183. 183Chap. 83 — (58.) — Places in Which Certain Animals Are Not to Be Found
  184. 184Chap. 84 — (59.) — Animals Which Injure Strangers Only, as Also Ani…
  185. 185Book IX — The Natural History of Fishes
  186. 186Chap. 2 — (3.) — The Sea Monsters of the Indian Ocean
  187. 187Chap. 3 — (4.) — The Largest Animals That Are Found in Each Ocean
  188. 188Chap. 4 — (5.) — The Forms of the Tritons and Nereids. The Forms of…
  189. 189Chap. 5 — (6.) — The Balæna and the Orca
  190. 190Chap. 6 — Whether Fishes Respire, and Whether They Sleep
  191. 191Chap. 7 — (8.) — Dolphins
  192. 192Chap. 8 — Human Beings Who Have Been Beloved by Dolphins
  193. 193Chap. 9 — Places Where Dolphins Help Men to Fish
  194. 194Chap. 10 — Other Wonderful Things Relating to Dolphins
  195. 195Chap. 11 — (9.) — The Tursio
  196. 196Chap. 12 — (10.) — Turtles. The Various Kinds of Turtles, and How T…
  197. 197Chap. 13 — (11.) — Who First Invented the Art of Cutting Tortoise-S…
  198. 198Chap. 14 — (12.) — Distribution of Aquatic Animals Into Various Spe…
  199. 199Chap. 15 — (13.) — Those Which Are Covered With Hair, or Have None,…
  200. 200Chap. 16 — How Many Kinds of Fish There Are
  201. 201Chap. 17 — (15.) — Which of the Fishes Are of the Largest Size
  202. 202Chap. 18 — Tunnies, Cordyla, and Pelamides, and the Various Parts o…
  203. 203Chap. 19 — The Aurias and the Scomber
  204. 204Chap. 20 — Fishes Which Are Never Found in the Euxine; Those Which…
  205. 205Chap. 21 — Why Fishes Leap Above the Surface of the Water
  206. 206Chap. 22 — (16.) — That Auguries Are Derived From Fishes
  207. 207Chap. 23 — What Kinds of Fishes Have No Males
  208. 208Chap. 24 — Fishes Which Have a Stone in the Head…
  209. 209Chap. 25 — Fishes Which Conceal Themselves During the Summer; Those…
  210. 210Chap. 26 — (17.) — The Mullet
  211. 211Chap. 27 — The Acipenser
  212. 212Chap. 28 — The Lupus, Asellus
  213. 213Chap. 29 — The Scarus, the Mustela
  214. 214Chap. 30 — The Various Kinds of Mullets, and the Sargus That Attend…
  215. 215Chap. 31 — Enormous Prices of Some Fish
  216. 216Chap. 32 — That the Same Kinds Are Not Everywhere Equally Esteemed
  217. 217Chap. 33 — Gills and Scales
  218. 218Chap. 34 — (19.) — Fishes Which Have a Voice — Fishes Without Gills
  219. 219Chap. 35 — Fishes Which Come on Land. The Proper Time for Catching…
  220. 220Chap. 36 — (20.) — Classification of Fishes, According to the Shape…
  221. 221Chap. 37 — The Fins of Fish, and Their Mode of Swimming
  222. 222Chap. 38 — (21.) — Eels
  223. 223Chap. 39 — (23.) — The Muræna
  224. 224Chap. 40 — (24.) — Various Kinds of Flat Fish
  225. 225Chap. 41 — (25.) — The Echeneis, and Its Uses in Enchantments
  226. 226Chap. 42 — (26.) — Fishes Which Change Their Colour
  227. 227Chap. 43 — Fishes Which Fly Above the Water — The Sea-Swallow — The…
  228. 228Chap. 44 — (28.) — Fishes Which Have No Blood — Fishes Known as Sof…
  229. 229Chap. 45 — (29.) — The Sæpia, the Loligo, the Scallop
  230. 230Chap. 46 — The Polypus
  231. 231Chap. 47 — The Nautilus, or Sailing Polypus
  232. 232Chap. 48 — (30.) — The Various Kinds of Polypi; Their Shrewdness
  233. 233Chap. 49 — The Sailing Nauplius
  234. 234Chap. 50 — Sea-Animals, Which Are Enclosed With a Crust; the Cray-Fish
  235. 235Chap. 51 — The Various Kinds of Crabs; the Pinnotheres, the Sea Urc…
  236. 236Chap. 52 — Various Kinds of Shell-Fish
  237. 237Chap. 53 — (34.) — What Numerous Appliances of Luxury Are Found in…
  238. 238Chap. 54 — Pearls; How They Are Produced, and Where
  239. 239Chap. 55 — How Pearls Are Found
  240. 240Chap. 56 — The Various Kinds of Pearls
  241. 241Chap. 57 — Remarkable Facts Connected With Pearls — Their Nature
  242. 242Chap. 58 — Instances of the Use of Pearls
  243. 243Chap. 59 — How Pearls First Came Into Use at Rome
  244. 244Chap. 60 — The Nature of the Murex and the Purple
  245. 245Chap. 61 — The Different Kinds of Purples
  246. 246Chap. 62 — (38.) — How Wools Are Dyed With the Juices of the Purple
  247. 247Chap. 63 — (39.) — When Purple Was First Used at Rome: When the Lat…
  248. 248Chap. 64 — Fabrics Called Conchyliated
  249. 249Chap. 65 — The Amethyst, the Tyrian, the Hysginian, and the Crimson…
  250. 250Chap. 66 — (42.) — The Pinna, and the Pinnotheres
  251. 251Chap. 67 — The Sensitiveness of Water Animals; the Torpedo, the Pas…
  252. 252Chap. 68 — (45.) — Bodies Which Have a Third Nature, That of the An…
  253. 253Chap. 69 — Sponges; the Various Kinds of Them, and Where They Are P…
  254. 254Chap. 70 — (46.) — Dog-Fish
  255. 255Chap. 71 — Fishes Which Are Enclosed in a Stony Shell — Sea Animals…
  256. 256Chap. 72 — (48.) — Venomous Sea-Animals
  257. 257Chap. 73 — (49.) — The Maladies of Fishes
  258. 258Chap. 74 — (50.) — The Generation of Fishes
  259. 259Chap. 75 — Fishes Which Are Both Oviparous and Viviparous
  260. 260Chap. 76 — Fishes the Belly of Which Opens in Spawning, and Then Cl…
  261. 261Chap. 77 — (52.) — Fishes Which Have a Womb; Those Which Impregnate…
  262. 262Chap. 78 — (53.) — The Longest Lives Known Amongst Fishes
  263. 263Chap. 79 — (54.) — The First Person That Formed Artificial Oyster-Beds
  264. 264Chap. 80 — Who Was the First Inventor of Preserves for Other Fish
  265. 265Chap. 81 — (55.) — Who Invented Preserves for Murenæ
  266. 266Chap. 82 — (56.) — Who Invented Preserves for Sea-Snails
  267. 267Chap. 83 — (57.) — Land Fishes
  268. 268Chap. 84 — (58.) — The Mice of the Nile
  269. 269Chap. 85 — (59.) — How the Fish Called the Anthias Is Taken
  270. 270Chap. 86 — (60.) — Sea-Stars
  271. 271Chap. 87 — (61.) — The Marvellous Properties of the Dactylus
  272. 272Chap. 88 — (62.) — The Antipathies and Sympathies That Exist Betwee…
  273. 273Book X — The Natural History of Birds
  274. 274Chap. 2 — (2.) — The Phœnix
  275. 275Chap. 3 — (3.) — The Different Kinds of Eagles
  276. 276Chap. 4 — The Natural Characteristics of the Eagle
  277. 277Chap. 5 — (4.) — When the Eagle Was First Used as the Standard of t…
  278. 278Chap. 6 — (5.) — An Eagle Which Precipitated Itself on the Funeral…
  279. 279Chap. 7 — (6.) — The Vulture
  280. 280Chap. 8 — (7.) — The Birds Called Sangualis and Immusulus
  281. 281Chap. 9 — (8.) — Hawks. The Buteo
  282. 282Chap. 10 — In What Places Hawks and Men Pursue the Chase in Company…
  283. 283Chap. 11 — (9.) — The Only Bird That Is Killed by Those of Its Own…
  284. 284Chap. 12 — (10.) — The Kite
  285. 285Chap. 13 — (11.) — The Classification of Birds
  286. 286Chap. 14 — (12.) — Crows. Birds of Ill Omen. At What Seasons They A…
  287. 287Chap. 15 — The Raven
  288. 288Chap. 16 — The Horned Owl
  289. 289Chap. 17 — (13.) — Birds, the Race of Which Is Extinct, or of Which…
  290. 290Chap. 18 — (16.) — Birds Which Are Born With the Tail First
  291. 291Chap. 19 — (17.) — The Owlet
  292. 292Chap. 20 — (18.) — The Wood-Pecker of Mars
  293. 293Chap. 21 — (19.) — Birds Which Have Hooked Talons
  294. 294Chap. 22 — (20.) — The Peacock
  295. 295Chap. 23 — Who Was the First to Kill the Peacock for Food — Who Fir…
  296. 296Chap. 24 — (21.) — The Dunghill Cock
  297. 297Chap. 25 — How Cocks Are Castrated. A Cock That Once Spoke
  298. 298Chap. 26 — (22.) — The Goose
  299. 299Chap. 27 — Who First Taught Us to Use the Liver of the Goose for Food
  300. 300Chap. 28 — Of the Commagenian Medicament
  301. 301Chap. 29 — The Chenalopex, the Cheneros, the Tetrao, and the Otis
  302. 302Chap. 30 — (23.) — Cranes
  303. 303Chap. 31 — Storks
  304. 304Chap. 32 — Swans
  305. 305Chap. 33 — Foreign Birds Which Visit Us; the Quail, the Glottis, th…
  306. 306Chap. 34 — (24.) — Swallows
  307. 307Chap. 36 — (25.) — Birds Which Remain With Us Throughout the Year;…
  308. 308Chap. 37 — (26.) — The Memnonides
  309. 309Chap. 38 — The Meleagrides
  310. 310Chap. 39 — (27.) — The Seleucides
  311. 311Chap. 40 — (28.) — The Ibis
  312. 312Chap. 41 — (29.) — Places in Which Certain Birds Are Never Found
  313. 313Chap. 42 — The Various Kinds of Birds Which Afford Omens by Their N…
  314. 314Chap. 43 — The Nightingale
  315. 315Chap. 44 — The Melancoryphus, the Erithacus, and the Phœnicurus
  316. 316Chap. 45 — The Œnanthe, the Chlorion, the Blackbird, and the Ibis
  317. 317Chap. 46 — (31.) — The Times of Incubation of Birds
  318. 318Chap. 47 — (32.) — The Halcyones: The Halcyon Days That Are Favoura…
  319. 319Chap. 48 — Other Kinds of Aquatic Birds
  320. 320Chap. 49 — (33.) — The Instinctive Cleverness Displayed by Birds in…
  321. 321Chap. 50 — The Acanthyllis and Other Birds
  322. 322Chap. 51 — The Merops — Partridges
  323. 323Chap. 52 — (34.) — Pigeons
  324. 324Chap. 53 — Wonderful Things Done by Them; Prices at Which They Have…
  325. 325Chap. 54 — (38.) — Different Modes of Flight and Progression in Birds
  326. 326Chap. 55 — (39.) — The Birds Called Apodes, or Cypseli
  327. 327Chap. 56 — (40.) — Respecting the Food of Birds — The Caprimulgus,…
  328. 328Chap. 57 — (41.) — The Instincts of Birds — The Carduelis, the Taur…
  329. 329Chap. 58 — Birds Which Speak — The Parrot
  330. 330Chap. 59 — The Pie Which Feeds on Acorns
  331. 331Chap. 60 — (48.) — A Sedition That Arose Among the Roman People, in…
  332. 332Chap. 61 — (44.) — The Birds of Diomedes
  333. 333Chap. 62 — (45.) — Animals That Can Learn Nothing
  334. 334Chap. 63 — (46.) — The Mode of Drinking With Birds. The Porphyrio
  335. 335Chap. 64 — (47.) — The Hæmatopous
  336. 336Chap. 65 — The Food of Birds
  337. 337Chap. 66 — The Pelican
  338. 338Chap. 67 — Foreign Birds: The Phalerides, the Pheasant, and the Num…
  339. 339Chap. 68 — The Phœnicopterus, the Attagen, the Phalacrocorax, the P…
  340. 340Chap. 69 — (49.) — The New Birds. The Vipio
  341. 341Chap. 70 — Fabulous Birds
  342. 342Chap. 71 — (50.) — Who First Invented the Art of Cramming Poultry:…
  343. 343Chap. 72 — Who First Invented Aviaries. The Dish of Æsopus
  344. 344Chap. 73 — (52.) — The Generation of Birds: Other Oviparous Animals
  345. 345Chap. 74 — The Various Kinds of Eggs, and Their Nature
  346. 346Chap. 75 — (54.) — Defects in Brood-Hens, and Their Remedies
  347. 347Chap. 76 — (55.) — An Augury Derived From Eggs by an Empress
  348. 348Chap. 77 — (56.) — The Best Kinds of Fowls
  349. 349Chap. 78 — (57.) — The Diseases of Fowls, and Their Remedies
  350. 350Chap. 79 — (58.) — When Birds Lay, and How Many Eggs. The Various K…
  351. 351Chap. 80 — What Eggs Are Called Hypenemia, and What Cynosura. How E…
  352. 352Chap. 81 — (61.) — The Only Winged Animal That Is Viviparous, and N…
  353. 353Chap. 82 — (62.) — Terrestrial Animals That Are Oviparous — Various…
  354. 354Chap. 83 — (63.) — Generation of All Kinds of Terrestrial Animals
  355. 355Chap. 84 — (64.) — The Position of Animals in the Uterus
  356. 356Chap. 85 — Animals Whose Origin Is Still Unknown
  357. 357Chap. 86 — (66.) — Salamanders
  358. 358Chap. 87 — (68.) — Animals Which Are Born of Beings That Have Not B…
  359. 359Chap. 88 — (69.) — The Senses of Animals…
  360. 360Chap. 89 — (70.) — Which Fishes Have the Best Hearing
  361. 361Chap. 90 — Which Fishes Have the Finest Sense of Smell
  362. 362Chap. 91 — Diversities in the Feeding of Animals
  363. 363Chap. 92 — (72.) — Animals Which Live on Poisons
  364. 364Chap. 93 — Animals Which Live on Earth — Animals Which Will Not die…
  365. 365Chap. 94 — Diversities in the Drinking of Animals
  366. 366Chap. 95 — (74.) — Antipathies of Animals. Proofs That They Are Sen…
  367. 367Chap. 96 — Instances of Affection Shown by Serpents
  368. 368Chap. 97 — (75.) — The Sleep of Animals
  369. 369Chap. 98 — What Animals Are Subject to Dreams
  370. 370Errata in Vol. I.

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