The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
42. The various kinds of birds which afford omens by their
note. Birds which change their colour and their voice 509
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- BOOK VI. Ch.2
- 5. The region of Colica, the nations of the Achæi, and other Ch.3
- 19. The nations of Scythia and the countries on the Eastern Ch.4
- 38. The comparative distances of places on the face of the Ch.5
- 39. Division of the earth into parallels and shadows of equal Ch.6
- BOOK VII. Ch.7
- 4. The generation of man; the unusual duration of pregnancy; Ch.8
- 5. Indications of the sex of the child during the pregnancy Ch.9
- 11. What men are suited for generation. Instances of very Ch.10
- 13. Remarkable circumstances connected with the menstrual Ch.11
- 15. Some account of the teeth, and some facts concerning Ch.12
- 28. Union in the same person of three of the highest Ch.13
- 37. Names of men who have excelled in the arts, astrology, Ch.14
- 39. Painting; engraving on bronze, marble, and ivory; Ch.15
- 42. Rare instances of good fortune continuing in the same Ch.16
- 45. Ten very fortunate circumstances which have happened to Ch.17
- 48. The man whom the gods ordered to be worshipped during his Ch.18
- 53. Persons who have come to life again after being laid out Ch.19
- 58. The things about which mankind first of all agreed. The Ch.20
- BOOK VIII. Ch.21
- 10. The birth of the elephant, and other particulars Ch.22
- 11. In what countries the elephant is found; the antipathy Ch.23
- 16. The animals of the north; the elk, the achlis, and the Ch.24
- 20. Who it was that first introduced combats of lions at Ch.25
- 24. The decree of the Senate, and laws respecting African Ch.26
- 32. The animals of Æthiopia; a wild beast which kills with Ch.27
- 40. Who first exhibited the hippopotamus and the crocodile Ch.28
- 41. The medicinal remedies which have been borrowed from Ch.29
- 52. Other animals which change colour; the tarandus, the Ch.30
- 61. The qualities of the dog; examples of its attachment to Ch.31
- 65. The disposition of the horse; remarkable facts concerning Ch.32
- 78. The wild boar; who was the first to establish parks for Ch.33
- 84. Animals which injure strangers only, as also animals Ch.34
- BOOK IX. Ch.35
- 4. The forms of the Tritons and Nereids. The forms of Ch.36
- 12. Turtles; the various kinds of turtles, and how they are Ch.37
- 15. Those which are covered with hair, or have none, and Ch.38
- 18. Tunnies, cordyla, and pelamides, and the various parts Ch.39
- 20. Fishes which are never found in the Euxine; those which Ch.40
- 24. Fishes which have a stone in the head; those which keep Ch.41
- 25. Fishes which conceal themselves during the summer; those Ch.42
- 30. The various kinds of mullets, and the sargus that attends Ch.43
- 35. Fishes which come on land; the proper time for catching Ch.44
- 36. Classification of fishes, according to the shape of the Ch.45
- 43. Fishes which fly above the water—the sea-swallow—the Ch.46
- 50. Sea-animals which are enclosed with a crust; the Ch.47
- 51. The various kinds of crabs; the pinnotheres, the sea Ch.48
- 63. When purple was first used at Rome; when the laticlave Ch.49
- 65. The amethyst, the Tyrian, the hysginian, and the crimson Ch.50
- 67. The sensitiveness of water-animals; the torpedo, the Ch.51
- 68. Bodies which have a third nature, that of the animal and Ch.52
- 69. Sponges; the various kinds of them, and where they are Ch.53
- 71. Fishes which are enclosed in a stony shell—sea-animals Ch.54
- 76. Fishes the belly of which opens in spawning, and then Ch.55
- 77. Fishes which have a womb; those which impregnate Ch.56
- 88. The antipathies and sympathies that exist between aquatic Ch.57
- BOOK X. Ch.58
- 5. When the eagle was first used as the standard of the Roman Ch.59
- 6. An eagle which precipitated itself on the funeral pile of Ch.60
- 10. In what places hawks and men pursue the chase in company Ch.61
- 11. The only bird that is killed by those of its own kind.—A Ch.62
- 14. Crows. Birds of ill omen. At what seasons they are not Ch.63
- 17. Birds, the race of which is extinct, or of which all Ch.64
- 23. Who was the first to kill the peacock for food. Who first Ch.65
- 33. Foreign birds which visit us; the quail, the glottis, the Ch.66
- 35. Birds which take their departure from us, and whither Ch.67
- 36. Birds which remain with us throughout the year; birds Ch.68
- 42. The various kinds of birds which afford omens by their Ch.69
- 47. The halcyones: the halcyon days that are favourable to Ch.70
- 49. The instinctive cleverness displayed by birds in the Ch.71
- 53. Wonderful things done by them; prices at which they Ch.72
- 57. The instincts of birds—the carduelis, the taurus, the Ch.73
- 60. A sedition that arose among the Roman people, in Ch.74
- 67. Foreign birds: the phalerides, the pheasant, and the Ch.75
- 68. The phœnicopterus, the attagen, the phalacrocorax, the Ch.76
- 71. Who first invented the art of cramming poultry: why the Ch.77
- 79. When birds lay, and how many eggs. The various kinds of Ch.78
- 80. What eggs are called hypenemia, and what cynosura. How Ch.79
- 81. The only winged animal that is viviparous, and nurtures Ch.80
- 82. Terrestrial animals that are oviparous. Various kinds of Ch.81
- 87. Animals which are born of beings that have not been born Ch.82
- 88. The senses of animals—that all have the senses of touch Ch.83
- 93. Animals which live on earth—animals which will not die of Ch.84
- 95. Antipathies of animals. Proofs that they are sensible of Ch.85
- 98. What animals are subject to dreams 553 Ch.86
- BOOK VI. Ch.87
- BOOK VII.[835] Ch.88
- introduction into Rome of the Mother of the gods.[1156] Ch.89
- BOOK VIII. Ch.90
- BOOK IX. Ch.91
- BOOK X. Ch.92