# The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)

Author: Pliny, the Elder, 24?-79; Bostock, John, 1773-1846 [Translator]; Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878 [Translator]

Genre: Category: History - Ancient

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60230

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Natural+History+of+Pliny%2C+Volume+2+%28of+6%29+Pliny&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

35. Birds which take their departure from us, and whither they go; the thrush, the blackbird, and the starling—birds which lose their feathers during their retirement—the turtle-dove and the ring-dove—the flight of starlings and swallows _ib._

## Chapters

- [BOOK X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/10/index.md)
- [BOOK VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/8/index.md)
- [BOOK VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/6/index.md)
- [BOOK VII.[835](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/7/index.md)
- [BOOK IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/9/index.md)
- [c. 8, that these crabs had shorter feet and thinner than those of the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/21/index.md)
- [c. 13; the three latter writers agree in making his age 120 years,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/12/index.md)
- [c. 1, enlarge upon the valuable qualities of the ass for agricultural](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/18/index.md)
- [c. 7 of the Ninth Book, Pliny mingles with many facts that really do](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/19/index.md)
- [l. 112, is far from applicable to the dory, which is common enough](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/20/index.md)
- [c. 18, informs us, that the first library, formed for the use of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/11/index.md)
- [c. 32, accounts for the vulgar error, by stating that the hyæna has](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/16/index.md)
- [xliii. In the time of the Emperor Gordian, ten of these animals were](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/15/index.md)
- [c. 44, speaks of the two species of lions, and describes them nearly as](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/14/index.md)
- [BOOK X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/5/index.md)
- [BOOK IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/4/index.md)
- [BOOK VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/3/index.md)
- [BOOK VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/2/index.md)
- [BOOK VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/1/index.md)
- [c. 28, give a similar account of the district in which lions are](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/13/index.md)
- [c. 2; according to the usual estimate, the sum here mentioned amounts](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-natural-history-of-pliny-volume-2-of-6-60230/chapters/17/index.md)