. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ ^^3 1 citation, liu'it a wonJcotk wn; not alluded fo \>y ti,r 1 iltcr n i:r.'> ; for cai\ nny (.nc fay ." llu' fla\-oui of tlic two hiiJs'' hath tin Icafl r.!c:n!.l;ince : «' Qul'l rcf^jit,//:,/?;- AA/;; ^;'" The troth of the matter is, that as the woodcock hath hccii called fcol'jpax from the time of Ariilotlc, aiui as Liiuurus hath made it a diiVmdl genus by that name, the ^voodccck fhould havo taken the lead, and the others of the fiime genus be diftlngulflud by
. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ ^^3 1 citation, liu'it a wonJcotk wn; not alluded fo \>y ti,r 1 iltcr n i:r.'> ; for cai\ nny (.nc fay ." llu' fla\-oui of tlic two hiiJs'' hath tin Icafl r.!c:n!.l;ince : «' Qul'l rcf^jit,//:,/?;- AA/;; ^;'" The troth of the matter is, that as the woodcock hath hccii called fcol'jpax from the time of Ariilotlc, aiui as Liiuurus hath made it a diiVmdl genus by that name, the ^voodccck fhould havo taken the lead, and the others of the fiime genus be diftlngulflud by fpecific appellations. The next cxpreflion in this fhort citation from Linnaeus, that I fliall take notice of, is " in appropriatis locis ;" which I conceive to be no w'ord of claflical Latinity ; but fuppofing it to be fo, what Is the reader to underftand by it ? Can the ornithologirt; mean that it frequents peculiar places ? or if he does mean fo, ii not this applicable to almoft every other bird ? But the citation proceeds, " volitans per nofles quafi viam ''^^jlrl&ijjimam hi ipfo ; What is again to be inferred from thcfc expreffions, and more ^^vX\c\\\:{x\y viam Jlrictijimam? if a J^mit road is intended, was the term Jlritla ever ufed in that fenfe r and do not many other birds fly in a dire*St line from point to point ? For another example of the fame fort I ihall here fubjoln part of what Linnaeus obferves with regard to the horfe, " animal '' gcnerofum, fupcrbum, nptiirunurii equitando, curfu furens, '• fyivls delevftatur, pojlcr'iora cwva.'l, caudd conopcs tabanosque abi- " git, iiltenunfcalplt, pullum iiijurix obnoxlum reponit^ ^;. .til ^ The reading, in fomc cdilions of Martial '' }lurtieay?w; perdix," i-i cuarly enoneous. IVI m Though. 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 no
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