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οἱ πέρδικες ὅταν ἐπῳάζωσι, προβάλλονταί τινας θάμνους καὶ δάση ἕτερα ὑπὲρ τοῦ καὶ δρόσους καὶ ὄμβρους καὶ πᾶν ὅ τι ἂν ᾖ νοτερὸν ἀποστέγειν αὐτῶν. εἰ γὰρ διάβροχά πως γένοιτο, ἐὰν μὴ πάλιν ἡ τεκοῦσα ὑποθάλψῃ αὐτὰ ἐπελθοῦσα ταχέως, γίνεται ἄγονα. ἀθρόα δὲ καὶ πεντεκαίδεκα ᾠὰ ἀποτίκτει. Παφλαγόνων δὲ ἄρα περδίκων διπλῆν ὁρᾶσθαι καρδίαν Θεόφραστός πού φησιν. ἄθυρμα δὲ ὁ πέρδιξ τῆς Διὸς καὶ Λητοῦς ὥς ἐστιν ἄλλοι λέγουσιν.
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