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10.45 CHAP. 45.—THE ŒNANTHE, THE CHLORION, THE BLACKBIRD, AND THE IBIS.

The cenanthe, [Note] too, is a bird that has stated days for its re-

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treat. At the rising of Sirius it conceals itself, and at the setting of that star comes forth from its retreat: and this it does, a most singular thing, exactly upon both those days. The chlorion, [Note] also, the body of which is yellow all over, is not seen in the winter, but comes out about the summer solstice.

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



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