Ulisse Aldrovandi

Ornithologiae tomus alter - 1600

Liber Decimusquartus
qui est 
de Pulveratricibus Domesticis

Book 14th
concerning
domestic dust bathing fowls

transcribed by Fernando Civardi - translated by Elio Corti - reviewed by Roberto Ricciardi

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A Os uteri.

B Uteri corpus ovum duro putamine tectum habens.

C Uteri protensi pars capacitati eiusdem proxima, substantia albicante, paucioribus venis referta.

D Uteri pars tertia crassior, rubicundior, venis plurimis intertexta.

EEE {Mesareon} <Mesenterion> Uteri.

F Pars suprema uteri protensi praetenuis, hians ad loca ovorum sub septo transverso.

GG Ova sub septo transverso concepta.

aa Ova tenella venulis distincta.

LL Pedunculus, quo ovum spinae haeret.

A The opening of the oviduct.

B The body of the uterus holding an egg covered with a hard shell.

C Part of the stretched out oviduct whose capacity is close to that of uterus, made of a whitish substance, rich in fewer veins.

D The larger, more reddish third part of the oviduct, interwoven with very many veins.

EEE Mesentery of the oviduct.

F The uppermost very thin part of the stretched out oviduct, opening toward the places of the eggs under the transverse septum.

GG Eggs conceived under the transverse septum.

aa Still young eggs adorned with little veins.

LL The little stem with which the egg clings to the spine.

 

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