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BOOK I.
BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS.
BOOK III. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK IV. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR
FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK V.
AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK VI. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES
WHO NOW EXIST, OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK VII.
MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.
BOOK VIII. THE NATURE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS.
BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.
BOOK XI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS.
BOOK XII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES
BOOK XIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF EXOTIC TREES, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF UNGUENTS.
BOOK XIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT TREES.
BOOK XV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES.
BOOK XVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES.
BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES.
BOOK XVIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GRAIN.
BOOK XIX.
THE NATURE AND CULTIVATION OF FLAX, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS GARDEN PLANTS.
BOOK XX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE GARDEN PLANTS.
BOOK XXI.
AN ACCOUNT OF FLOWERS. AND THOSE USED FOR
CHAPLETS MORE PARTICULARLY.
BOOK XXII.
THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.
BOOK XXIII.
THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CULTIVATED TREES.
BOOK XXIV.
THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FOREST TREES.
BOOK XXV.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WILD PLANT
BOOK XXVI.
A CONTINUATION OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM
PLANTS, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO PARTICULAR
DISEASES.
BOOK XXVII.
A DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS, AND OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THEM.
BOOK XXVIII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXIX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXX.
REMEDIES DERIEVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXXI.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC PRODUCTION
BOOK XXXII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
BOOK XXXIII.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.
BOOK XXXIV.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.
BOOK XXXV.
AN ACCOUNT OF PAINTINGS AND COLOURS.
BOOK XXXVI.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STONES.
BOOK XXXVII.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PRECIOUS STONES.
chapter:
CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE OSTRICH.
CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE PHŒNIX.
CHAP. 3. (3.)—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF EAGLES.
CHAP. 4.—THE NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EAGLE.
CHAP. 5. (4.)—WHEN THE EAGLE WAS FIRST USED AS THE
STANDARD OF THE ROMAN LEGIONS.
CHAP. 6. (5.)—AN EAGLE WHICH PRECIPITATED ITSELF ON THE
FUNERAL PILE OF A GIRL.
CHAP. 7. (6.)—THE VULTURE.
CHAP. 8. (7.)—THE BIRDS CALLED SANGUALIS AND IMMUSULUS.
CHAP. 9. (8.)—HAWKS. THE BUTEO.
CHAP. 10.—IN WHAT PLACES HAWKS AND MEN PURSUE THE
CHASE IN COMPANY WITH EACH OTHER.
CHAP. 11. (9.)—THE ONLY BIRD THAT IS KILLED BY THOSE OF
ITS OWN KIND.—A BIRD THAT LAYS ONLY ONE EGG.
CHAP. 12. (10.)—THE KITE.
CHAP. 13. (11.)—THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS.
CHAP. 14. (12.)—CROWS. BIRDS OF ILL OMEN. AT WHAT SEASONS
THEY ARE NOT INAUSPICIOUS.
CHAP. 15.—THE RAVEN.
CHAP. 16.—THE HORNED OWL.
CHAP. 17. (13.)—BIRDS, THE RACE OF WHICH IS EXTINCT, OR
OF WHICH ALL KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN LOST.
CHAP. 18. (16.)—BIRDS WHICH ARE BORN WITH THE TAIL FIRST.
CHAP. 19. (17.)—THE OWLET.
CHAP. 20. (18.)—THE WOOD-PECKER OF MARS.
CHAP. 21. (19.)—BIRDS WHICH HAVE HOOKED TALONS.
CHAP. 22. (20.)—THE PEACOCK.
CHAP. 23.—WHO WAS THE FIRST TO KILL THE PEACOCK FOR
FOOD.—WHO FIRST TAUGHT THE ART OF CRAMMING THEM.
CHAP. 24. (21.)—THE DUNGHILL COCK.
CHAP. 25.—HOW COCKS ARE CASTRATED. A COCK THAT ONCE
SPOKE.
CHAP. 26. (22.)—THE GOOSE.
CHAP. 27.—WHO FIRST TAUGHT US TO USE THE LIVER OF TEE
GOOSE FOR FOOD.
CHAP. 28.—OF THE COMMAGENIAN MEDICAMENT.
CHAP. 29.—THE CHENALOPEX, THE CHENEROS, THE TETRAO, AND
THE OTIS.
CHAP. 30. (23.)—CRANES.
CHAP. 31.—STORKS.
CHAP. 32.—SWANS.
CHAP. 33.—FOREIGN BIRDS WHICH VISIT US; THE QUAIL, THE
GLOTTIS, THE CYCHRAMUS, AND THE OTUS.
CHAP. 34. (24.)—SWALLOWS.
CHAP. 35.—BIRDS WHICH TAKE THEIR DEPARTURE FROM US, AND
WHITHER THEY GO; THE THRUSH, THE BLACKBIRD, AND THE
STARLING—BIRDS WHICH LOSE THEIR FEATHERS DURING THEIR
CHAP. 36. (25.)—BIRDS WHICH REMAIN WITH US THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR; BIRDS WHICH REMAIN WITH US ONLY SIX OR
THREE MONTHS; WITWALLS AND HOOPOES.
CHAP. 37. (26.)—THE MEMNONIDES.
CHAP. 38.—THE MELEAGRIDES.
CHAP. 39. (27.)—THE SELEUCIDES.
CHAP. 40. (28.)—THE IBIS.
CHAP. 41. (29.)—PLACES IN WHICH CERTAIN BIRDS ARE NEVER
FOUND.
CHAP. 42.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF BIRDS WHICH AFFORD OMENS
BY THEIR NOTE—BIRDS WHICH CHANGE THEIR COLOUR AND
THEIR VOICE.
CHAP. 43.—THE NIGHTINGALE.
CHAP. 44.—THE MELANCORYPHUS, THE ERITHACITS, AND THE
PHŒNICURUS.
CHAP. 45.—THE ŒNANTHE, THE CHLORION, THE BLACKBIRD, AND
THE IBIS.
CHAP. 46. (31.)—THE TIMES OF INCUBATION OF BIRDS.
CHAP. 47. (32.)—THE HALCYONES: THE HALCYON DAYS THAT
ARE FAVOURABLE TO NAVIGATION.
CHAP. 48.—OTHER KINDS OF AQUATIC BIRDS.
CHAP. 49. (33.)—THE INSTINCTIVE CLEVERNESS DISPLAYED BY
BIRDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR NESTS. THE WONDER-
FUL WORKS OF THE SWALLOW. THE BANK-SWALLOW.
CHAP. 50.—THE ACANTHYLLIS AND OTHER BIRDS.
CHAP. 51.—THE MEROPS—PARTRIDGES.
CHAP. 52. (34.)—PIGEONS.
CHAP. 53.—WONDERFUL THINGS DONE BY THEM; PRICES AT
WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN SOLD.
CHAP. 54. (38.)—DIFFERENT MODES OF FLIGHT AND PROGRES-
SION IN BIRDS.
CHAP. 55. (39.)—THE BIRDS CALLED APODES, OR CYPSELI.
CHAP. 56. (40.)—RESPECTING THE FOOD OF BIRDS–THE CAPRI-
MULGUS, THE PLATEA.
CHAP. 57. (41.)—THE INSTINCTS OF BIRDS—THE CARDUELIS,
THE TAURUS, THE ANTHUS.
CHAP. 58.—BIRDS WHICH SPEAK-THE PARROT.
CHAP. 59.—THE PIE WHICH FEEDS ON ACORNS.
CHAP. 60. (43.)—A SEDITION THAT AROSE AMONG THE ROMAN
PEOPLE, IN CONSEQUENCE OF A RAVEN SPEAKING.
CHAP. 61. (44.)—THE BIRDS OF DIOMEDES.
CHAP. 62. (45.)—ANIMALS THAT CAN LEARN NOTHING.
CHAP. 63. (46.)—THE MODE OF DRINKING WITH BIRDS. THE
PORPHYRIO.
CHAP. 64. (47.)—THE HÆMATOPOUS.
CHAP. 65.—THE FOOD OF BIRDS.
CHAP. 66.—THE PELICAN.
CHAP. 67.—FOREIGN BIRDS: THE PHALERIDES, THE PHEASANT,
AND THE NUMIDICÆ.
CHAP. 68.—THE PEŒNICOPTERITS, THE ATTAGEN, THE PHALACRO-
CORAX, THE PYBRHOCORAX, AND THE LAGOPUS.
CHAP. 69. (49.)—THE NEW BIRDS. THE VIPIO.
CHAP. 70.—FABULOUS BIRDS.
CHAP. 71. (50.)—WHO FIRST INVENTED THE ART OF CRAMMING
POULTRY: WHY THE FIRST CENSORS FORBADE THIS PRACTICE.
CHAP. 72.—WHO FIRST INVENTED AVIARIES. THE DISH OF
ÆSOPUS.
CHAP. 73. (52.)—THE GENERATION OF BIRDS: OTHER OVIPAROUS
ANIMALS.
CHAP. 74.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF EGGS, AND THEIR NATURE.
CHAP. 75. (54.)—DEFECTS IN BROOD-HENS, AND THEIR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 76. (55.)—AN AUGURY DERIVED FROM EGGS BY AN EMPRESS.
CHAP. 77. (56.)—THE BEST KINDS OF FOWLS.
CHAP. 78. (57.)—THE DISEASES OF FOWLS, AND THEIR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 79. (58.)—WHEN BIRDS LAY, AND HOW MANY EGGS. THE
VARIOUS KINDS OF HERONS.
CHAP. 80.—WHAT EGGS ARE CALLED HYPENEMIA, AND WHAT
CYNOSURA. HOW EGGS ARE BEST KEPT.
CHAP. 81. (61.)—THE ONLY WINGED ANIMAL THAT IS VIVIPAROUS,
AND NURTURES ITS YOUNG WITH ITS MILK.
CHAP. 82. (62.)—TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS THAT ARE OVIPAROUS.—
VARIOUS KINDS OF SERPENTS.
CHAP. 83. (63.)—GENERATION OF ALL KINDS OF TERRESTRIAL
ANIMALS.
CHAP. 84. (64.)—THE POSITION OF ANIMALS IN THE UTERUS.
CHAP. 85.—ANIMALS WHOSE ORIGIN IS STILL UNKNOWN.
CHAP. 86. (66.)—SALAMANDERS.
CHAP. 87. (68.)—ANIMALS WHICH ARE BORN OF BEINGS THAT
HAVE NOT BEEN BORN THEMSELVES—ANIMALS WHICH ARE BORN
THEMSELVES BUT ARE NOT REPRODUCTIVE—ANIMALS WHICH
ARE OF NEITHER SEX.
CHAP. 88. (69.)—THE SENSES OF ANIMALS—THAT ALL HAVE THE
SENSES OF TOUCH AND TASTE—THOSE WHICH ARE MORE REMARK-
ABLE FOR THEIR SIGHT, SMELL, OR HEARING—MOLES—WHETHER
OYSTERS HAVE THE SENSE OF HEARING.
CHAP. 89. (70.)—WHICH FISHES HAVE THE BEST HEARING.
CHAP. 90.—WHICH FISHES HAVE THE FINEST SENSE OF SMELL.
CHAP. 91.—DIVERSITIES IN THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS.
CHAP. 92. (72.)—ANIMALS WHICH LIVE ON POISONS.
CHAP. 93.—ANIMALS WHICH LIVE ON EARTH-ANIMALS WHICH
WILL NOT DIE OF HUNGER OR THIRST.
CHAP. 94.—DIVERSITIES IN THE DRINKING OF ANIMALS.
CHAP. 95. (74.)—ANTIPATHIES OF ANIMALS. PROOFS THAT THEY
ARE SENSIBLE OF FRIENDSHIP AND OTHER AFFECTIONS.
CHAP. 96.—INSTANCES OF AFFECTION SHOWN BY SERPENTS.
CHAP. 97. (75.)—THE SLEEP OF ANIMALS.
CHAP. 98.—WHAT ANIMALS ARE SUBJECT TO DREAMS.
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BOOK VII.
MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.
BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.
BOOK XXII.
THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.
BOOK XXXII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
1 By nestling in the dust. Throwing dust over the body was one of the ancient modes of purification.
2 "Lustrant," "perform a lustration." This was done by the Romans with a branch of laurel or olive, and sometimes bean-stalks were used.
3 The linnet, probably.
4 The "bull." This cannot possibly be the bittern, as some have suggested, for that is a large bird.
5 Supposed to be the Motacilla flava of Linneus, the spring wagtail.
The Natural History. Pliny the Elder. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855.
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