Natural History (1491) - Page 20


On the goatsuckers nightjars and spoonbills	Ch. 40.
On the ingenuity of birds	Ch. 41.
On the goldfinch, the parrot, and birds that speak	Ch. 42.
On the intelligence of crows	Ch. 43.
On the Diomedean birds	Ch. 44.
Which animals learn nothing	Ch. 45.
On the drinking of birds	Ch. 46.
On the haematopus oystercatcher, the pelican, and foreign birds	Ch. 47.
On the names and nature of many birds	Ch. 48.
On new and mythical birds	Ch. 49.
Who instituted the stuffing of chickens; on aviaries and who first established them	Ch. 50.
On Aesop's platter	Ch. 51.
On the generation of birds; and besides birds, which quadrupeds lay eggs	Ch. 52.
On the time and generation of incubation in birds and mating	Ch. 53.
On the faults and remedies of incubation	Ch. 54.
On the auguries of eggs	Ch. 55.
Which hens are best	Ch. 56.
On their diseases and remedies	Ch. 57.
On the conception and number of bird offspring	Ch. 58.
On the peacock and geese	Ch. 59.
On herons and how to keep eggs best	Ch. 60.
Which flying creatures alone give birth to a live animal and nourish it with milk	Ch. 61.
On the conception and birth of the viper; and which land animals lay eggs	Ch. 62.
On the generation of land animals	Ch. 63.
On the varied generation of birds	Ch. 64.
On the offspring of mice	Ch. 65.
On the spine of a man turning into a snake	Ch. 66.
On the salamander	Ch. 67.
On those things which are born from ungenerated matter, and those which, once born, beget nothing	Ch. 68.
On the senses of animals	Ch. 69.
That fish have hearing and smell	Ch. 70.
That touch is common to all	Ch. 71.
Which live on poisons and which on earth	Ch. 72.
On the food and drink of certain ones	Ch. 73.
Which are at odds and which are in harmony with each other	Ch. 74.
On the sleep of animals	Ch. 75.
Total items, histories, and observations: 724.

FROM THE AUTHORS

Manlius, Cornelius, Valerianus, Actius, Umbritius, Meliore, Massurius, Sabinus, Antistius, Labeo, Trogus, Cremutius, M. Varro, Marcus, Aemilius, Dmissius, Mutianus, Nepos, Fabianus, Pictor, T. Lucretius, Cor. Celsus, Oratius, Delusoe, Hyginus, the Sasernas, Higidius, Manlius Sura.

FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES

Homer, Phaenomenus, Philemon, Boetus, who wrote the ornithogonia work on birds regarding auguries, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Callimachus, Aeschylus, King Hiero, King Philometor, Archytas, Amphilochus the Athenian, Anaxipolis the Thasian, Apollodorus of Lemnos, Aristophanes the Milesian, Antigonus of Cyme, Agathocles of Chios, Apollonius of Pergamum, Aristander the Athenian, Bacchius the Milesian, Boethus of Soli, Chaereas the Athenian, Diodorus of Priene, Dio of Colophon, Democritus, Diophanes of Nicaea, Epigenes the Rhodian, Evagoras the Thasian, Euphronius the Athenian, Juba, Androcion who wrote on agriculture, Ascion who did the same, Dionysius who translated Mago, Diophanes who made an epitome of Dionysius, Nicander, Onesicritus, Phylarchus, Hesiod.

BOOK Eleven contains the histories and nature of small animals and reptiles.


On the class of insects	Ch. 1.
On the subtlety of nature in these	Ch. 2.
Whether they breathe or have blood	Ch. 3.
On their bodies	Ch. 4.
On bees	Ch. 5.
What order of nature is in them	Ch. 6.
On the terminology of their work	Ch. 7.
From which flowers the work is made	Ch. 8.
On their lovers those who study or keep bees	Ch. 9.
The method of the work	Ch. 10.
On drones	Ch. 11.
What is the nature of honey	Ch. 12.
Which honey is best	Ch. 13.
What kinds of honey are in each place	Ch. 14.
How honey is tested	Ch. 15.
On the third kind of honey; and how bees are tested	Ch. 16.
What is the method of governance	Ch. 17.
On the kind of bees; and what is hostile to bees	Ch. 18.
On the diseases of bees	Ch. 19.
On keeping bees; and how they are repaired repopulated	Ch. 20.
On wasps and hornets	Ch. 21.
On silkworms, the humble-bee, the necydalus another type of silkworm; and who first discovered silk clothing	Ch. 22.
On Coan silk	Ch. 23.
On spiders and their generation	Ch. 24.
On scorpions	Ch. 25.