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1 Dalechamps thinks that this story bears reference to the chatterer (the Ampelis garrulus of Linnæus), the ends of certain feathers of the wings being extended, and of a vermilion colour: but Cuvier looks upon Pliny's account as almost nothing more than a poetical exaggeration.
2 A species of duck, Cuvier thinks. From Aristophanes we learn that they were common in the markets of Athens. Cuvier suggests that it may have been the Anas galericulata of Linneus, the Chinese teal, which the Parthians may have received from the countries lying to the east of them.
3 "Phasiana," so called from the river Phasis.
4 A variety of the guinea fowl; probably the Numida Meleagris of Linnæus.
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- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), PHASIS
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- Lewis & Short, blandĭor
- Lewis & Short, paenĭtentĭa