Errant saepe canes itaque et vestigia quaerunt[31].

How happily their characteristics are struck off in the line—

At levisomna canum fido cum pectore corda[32].

The various cries and habits of birds are often observed and described, as—

Et validis cycni torrentibus ex Heliconis

Cum liquidam tollunt lugubri voce querellam[33];

and again—

Parvus ut est cycni melior canor ille gruum quam

Clamor in aetheriis dispersus nubibus austri[34].

The description of sea-birds,