68S APPENDIX. 



As we find, from thefe citations, that fo many 

 different forts of birds have learned to fpeak, and 



as 



As 1 fuppofe, however, that perdix fignifies this laft bird, 

 and not the common partridge (as it is always tranflated), it 

 is proper I fhould here give my reafons why I diffent from 

 others, as alio why I conceive that Jl htmns, in this paflage, is 

 not zjiarling, but the common partridge. 



None of the ancients have defcribed the plumage of the 

 perdix ; but Arijiotle, Ovid, and Pliny, inform us of what 

 materials the neft of this bird is compofed, as well as where 

 it is placed. 



Arijiotle fays, that the nefl is fortified with wood*; and 

 in another chapter f, with thorns and wood ; neither of which 

 are ufed by the common partridge, which often builds in a 

 country where they cannot be procured. 



On the contrary, M. de Bujfon informs us, that the red leg- 

 ged partridge, " fe tiennent fur les montagnes qui produifen: 

 beaucoup de bruyeres, & de brofTailles % . 



Ovid, therefore, fpeaking of the perdix, fays, 

 " ponitque in fepibus ova§," 



where the common partridge is feldom known to build. 

 Pliny again informs us, " perdices fpina & frutice fie mu- 



* EMYikuyafrfAEvat v>^v. Lib - v - c « *• which Stephens ren- 

 ders making a covering of ivood, 



■f Lib. IX. c. 8. The common partridge, however, makes its neft 

 with hay and ftraw. 



% Orn. T. U. p. 433. 



§ Ovid. Met. Lib. VIII. I. 258. I mall alfo refer to 1. 237, of the fame 

 book: 



" Garrula ramosa profpexit ab Ilice perdix : " 

 -3s it is well known that tbe common partridge never perches upon a tree. 



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