Note 3063 — BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
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.