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Document Details : Title: From Philology to Ornithology Subtitle: Early Modern Naturalists in Search of the Bird caprimulgus Author(s): SMITH, Paul J. Journal: Humanistica Lovaniensia Volume: 72    Date: 2023    Pages: 123-137 DOI: 10.2143/HLO.72.0.3292714 Abstract : 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.

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