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LIBER X · CAPUT 30

THE ŒNANTHE, THE CHLORION, THE BLACKBIRD, AND THE IBIS

THE ŒNANTHE, THE CHLORION, THE BLACKBIRD, AND THE IBIS. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.
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THE ŒNANTHE, THE CHLORION, THE BLACKBIRD, AND THE IBIS. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

merulae circa Cyllenen Arcadiae, nec usquam aliubi, candidae nascuntur. ibis circa Pelusium tantum nigra est, ceteris omnibus locis candida.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

The blackbird is found in the vicinity of Cyllene, in Arcadia, with white plumage; a thing that is the case nowhere else. The ibis, in the neighbourhood of Pelusium only is black, while in all other places it is white.