[3021] Cuvier thinks that this is either the remiz, the Parus pendulinus of Linnæus, or else the moustache, the Parus biarmicus of Linnæus.
[3022] Not moss, Cuvier says, but blades of grass, and the silken fibres of the poplar and other aquatic trees.
[3023] Cuvier thinks that it is the same bird as the vitiparra of Pliny.
[3024] Galgulus.
[3025] This story, in all its extravagance, is related first by Herodotus, and then by Aristotle, who has reduced it to its present dimensions, as given by Pliny.
[3026] Cuvier suggests that, if at all based upon truth, this may have been the case in one instance, and then ascribed to the whole species.
[3027] The Merops apiaster of Linnæus, or bee-eater.
[3028] Cuvier says that the red partridge, the Tetrao rufus of Linnæus, is meant.
[3029] The same wonderful story is told by Aristotle, Hist. Anim. B. v. c. 5, and by Ælian, Hist. Anim. B. xvii. c. 15.
[3030] “Metu.” Aristotle says, by sexual passion. The reading is probably corrupt here.