From Philology to Ornithology: Early Modern Naturalists in Search of the Bird caprimulgus

• Paul J. Smith ^[1]
  1. [1] Leuden University
• Localización: Humanistica lovaniensia: journal of neo-latin studies, ISSN 0774-2908, Vol. 72, N. 1, 2023, págs. 123-138
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article addresses the painstaking quest undertaken by Conrad Gessner and some of his correspondents, including William Turner, Pierre Gilles and Pierre Belon, to identify the bird caprimulgus, mentioned by Aristotle and Pliny.