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Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4

Pliny the Elder, John S. White

Read by Foon, C. Roxanne Maxwell, Rachel May Ferriman, Andrew Gaunce and Ruth P. · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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