[63]Mirabilia 23.

[64]See Petronius, Satyr. 55. Cp. also Juv. Sat. 1, line 116, and Mayor’s note. In the London Zoological Gardens, in March 1889, a pair of Storks were illustrating Petronius’ lines admirably—except in that they were captives.

[65]Gibbon, vol. iv. p. 240, ed. Milman.

[66]Georg. i. 120, 139, 156, 271.

[67]Cic. de Div. i. 29.

[68]N. II. x. 32.

[69]

Then the crow

With full voice, good-for-nought, inviting rain,

Stalks on the dry sand mateless and alone.