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Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4

The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of 37 books, covering more than 20.000 topics ranging from astronomy and mathematics to botany and precious stones. The book became a model for later encyclopaedias and gives a fascinating overview of the state of scientific knowledge almost 2000 years ago. This version of the Natural History (or, the "Pliny") has been adapted for a younger audience. This fourth volume contains Book VII (The Natural History of Birds) and Book VIII (The Various Kinds of Insects) out of a total of 9 books. - Summary by Foon

Genres: Science , Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) , Reference

Running Time: 02 hours 39 minutes 42 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Bk. 7 Ch. 1 – The Ostrich Foon	2:28
2	Bk. 7 Ch. 2 – The Phoenix Foon	3:39
3	Bk. 7 Ch. 3 – The Eagle Foon	9:41
4	Bk. 7 Ch. 4 – The Vulture and the Hawk Foon	7:38
5	Bk. 7 Ch. 5 – The Crow, the Raven, and the Owl Foon	4:43
6	Bk. 7 Ch. 6 – The Woodpecker of Mars Foon	3:22
7	Bk. 7 Ch. 7 – The Peacock and the Rooster Foon	6:19
8	Bk. 7 Ch. 8 – The Goose Foon	2:46
9	Bk. 7 Ch. 9 – Cranes Foon	2:30
10	Bk. 7 Ch. 10 – Storks and Swans Foon	3:33
11	Bk. 7 Ch. 11 – Foreign Birds which Visit Us Foon	4:47
12	Bk. 7 Ch. 12 – Swallows Foon	1:55
13	Bk. 7 Ch. 13 – Birds which take their Departure from Us in Winter Foon	6:35
14	Bk. 7 Ch. 14 – The Nightingale Foon	4:56
15	Bk. 7 Ch. 15 – The Halcyons: the Halcyon Days that are Favorable to Navigation Foon	2:43
16	Bk. 7 Ch. 16 – The Instinctive Cleverness Displayed by Birds in the Construction of their Nests Foon	3:14
17	Bk. 7 Ch. 17 – The Acanthyllis and the Partridge Foon	5:21
18	Bk. 7 Ch. 18 – Pigeons Foon	5:25
19	Bk. 7 Ch. 19 – Different Modes of Flight and Progression in Birds Foon	4:01
20	Bk. 7 Ch. 20 – Strange and Fabulous Birds C. Roxanne Maxwell	15:01
21	Bk. 7 Ch. 21 – The Art of Cramming Poultry; Aviaries C. Roxanne Maxwell	4:03
22	Bk. 7 Ch. 22 – Peculiarities of Animals C. Roxanne Maxwell	9:40
23	Bk. 8 Ch. 1 – The Extreme Smallness of Insects C. Roxanne Maxwell	5:00
24	Bk. 8 Ch. 2 – Whether Insects Breathe, and Whether they have Blood Rachel May Ferriman	4:12
25	Bk. 8 Ch. 3 – Bees Rachel May Ferriman	5:23
26	Bk. 8 Ch. 4 – The Mode in which Bees Work Rachel May Ferriman	8:15
27	Bk. 8 Ch. 5 – The Mode of Government of the Bees Rachel May Ferriman	4:07
28	Bk. 8 Ch. 6 – Wasps and Hornets Andrew Gaunce	2:04
29	Bk. 8 Ch. 7 – The Silk-Worm Andrew Gaunce	2:27
30	Bk. 8 Ch. 8 – Spiders Ruth P.	5:02
31	Bk. 8 Ch. 9 – Locusts Ruth P.	4:44
32	Bk. 8 Ch. 10 – Ants Ruth P.	4:08