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
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Hic vero Gallus quinquepedes anno mundi 3838. Ante nativitatem Christi 125. {Cerae} <Caere> natus memoratur.[1] |
In
truth this five-footed rooster, of the year of the world
3828, 125 BC, is recorded as born at Cerveteri. |
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{Pullis}
<Pullus> capite gemino cum Lolio rubro. |
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Pullus
iste capite gemino, alis, pedibusque bini duntaxat, dorso erat coloris
fusci, temporibus, et collo lutescentibus, pectore, et ventre albis,
pedibus, et tibiis castaneis. |
This
chick with twin heads, with only two wings and feet, was dark on the
back; yellowish at temples and neck, white on breast and belly,
chestnut on feet and legs. |