Fasciculus:Flora Sinensis - Sum Xu AND Tortoise.JPG

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English: One of the earliest natural history books about China, by the Polish Jesuit Michael Boym. (Obviously includes some non-Chinese {and non-floral} species). This page, unusually, shows a squirrel (松鼠, Songshu; Sum Xu in Boym's transcription) chasing a green-haired turtle (綠毛龜, Lü mao gui).

Boym said that Chinese domesticate Sum Xu, put silver collars on them, and that they hunt mice.

Boym (mistakenly) translates 绿毛龟 as green-winged turtles. In the text he says that these rare creatures are green, and sometimes have blue (or dark green? cæruleas) wings attached to their legs; they move very slowly, but can sometimes jump, making use of their wings.
Русский: Китайская белка гонится за зеленовласой (в китайском тексте) или зеленокрылой (в латинском) черепахой. Зарисовка польского иезуита Михала Бойма.
Latina: (Caption: 松鼠 - Súm Xú)

Sum Xu.
Sum Xu animal apud Sinas reperitur, flavi & nigri coloris est, pulcherimi aspectus. Cicurant illiud Sinenses & collum argento exornant, mures egregiè venatur. Sæpe venit septem & novem scudis. ....

(Caption: 绿毛龟 - Ló Mâe Quey - Vindium alarum Testudo)
Lo Meo Quey.

Alatæ testudines in aliquibus provincijs Sinarum & præcipuè in Ho-van inveniuntur virides, & interdum cæruleas adiunctas pedibus habet alas, & gradum tardissimum quàm volatu aut potiùs quodam saltu extensis pedum alis compensat. Pedes alati hujusmodi testudinum in pretio sunt apud Sinas etiam ob raritatem. ...
Français : Dans quelques prouinces de la Chine, principalement dans celle de Ho-nan, l'on y void des tortües vertes, qui ont quelquefois des ailes bleues à leurs pieds ; elles marchent fort lentement , mais elles s'aident en faisant quelques sauts & en estendant leurs ailes, les Chinois eftiment les pieds aîlés de ces tortues à caufe de leur rareté.
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Fons Flora Sinensis at Bibliothèque Universtaire Moretus Plantin
Auctor Michael Boym (Michał Piotr Boym)
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Picture in Kircher's China illsustrata inspired by Boym's account of green-winged turtles:

Picture in Kircher's China illsustrata inspired by Boym's sum xu (squirrel):
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