. Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae animalium liber primus de quadrupedibus viuiparis : opus philosophis, medicis, grammaticis, philologis, poe?tis, & omnibus rerum linguarumq?ue variarum studiosis, vtilissimum simul iucundissimumq?ue futurum. Pre-Linnean works; Zoology. ^26 De Quadmpedihm cuiUs peileiti huper AntjSchnebrrgerasadmfcmillc, longaeiHduos dodrantes CumdiroiJiOsFeliijiJstioftrisfi- r lis, fedcolore diucrro,nempenigilcanteiVel,fipropius&: adluceminfpidas,cnigrorufFefcente,vndiquaq; fct^concolor. Cauda decem digicos iong^, terete, nigra. Sed Vnam tanttim pellem vidi*
. Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae animalium liber primus de quadrupedibus viuiparis : opus philosophis, medicis, grammaticis, philologis, poe?tis, & omnibus rerum linguarumq?ue variarum studiosis, vtilissimum simul iucundissimumq?ue futurum. Pre-Linnean works; Zoology. ^26 De Quadmpedihm cuiUs peileiti huper AntjSchnebrrgerasadmfcmillc, longaeiHduos dodrantes CumdiroiJiOsFeliijiJstioftrisfi- r lis, fedcolore diucrro,nempenigilcanteiVel,fipropius&: adluceminfpidas,cnigrorufFefcente,vndiquaq; fct^concolor. Cauda decem digicos iong^, terete, nigra. Sed Vnam tanttim pellem vidi* nec fcioan cmncs eiafmodi MalabarprouinciafinquitScaligerJiFelesfunragreftes Inarboribusagitantes. Deeornm ce- leritateincurrunihilrocroorabileproditumeft. Saltuvalerepotius. Peculiarfs verovolatus. Idqjquod mirum mags cft, fincalis. Membranam ab an^erioribus pedlbus ad pofteriores vfque produ^lam tendi,quam do elcunt , ad alunm contrahunti Vbivolare inftituunr, pedum crnrumque sgitatione protenta , colledaqde irembrana,turoluftinentut,turo feruntur: mirabilisqne cfteorum, tanquam peraerem currentium fpecses. Sic illc. «idit autcm verifimilius hoc nobis fieciex Vefpectiiionis natura. De mure I^ontico volame dice- jnusfuo loc6i ^ ' Ad FelesfortereferripbrcftetiamHcyratin America didumanimaljcuiusiconcm (non fatisexplanatam tami?n) Andreasl heuetuspofuir,Gcnetha:catonondiffimiIem,&fimiliterm8CuIofam. Hcyrat (^inquir) vo- caturanimaljvocabulobeftiammellisfignificante: eiquodpisjlirirodefiderio melHscertas arbores (quasVhe- bchafon ineola vocant,« quarum fr uiftu apes mellificant) perqrrirat. Colore eft caftaflcsB ferc, magnitudinc Fc- \h: mel tanta folecdafuis vnguibus excrahit,vt Apes neq; )xdat,nec ab eis lasdstur. D E C E R V O. 2«. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gessner, Conr
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