Note 2985 — BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.
John Bostock translation
“Despui suetum.” See B. xxviii. c. 7. As Hardouin says, in modern times they are considered delicate eating; but Schenkius, Obsers. Med. B. i., states, that if the bird has eaten hellebore, epilepsy is the consequence to the person who partakes of its flesh.