HEAEKAN— HEPAIE I37 



riEAAOI {continued). 



€pyd^€Tai 8e ttjv i]fxepav. Ti]V fjLfVTOi xponv e;^ft (f)av'\rjv Kai ttjv KnCklav aet 

 vypav. Cf. Plin. x. (60) 79. 



In U. X. 275, there is an alternative reading niWov 'Adrjualr}, vide s. v. 

 epcuSios. 



nEPrOVAON' dpvidaptov 'ApyftXeyw [? 'Apyetot Xe'youo-i] Hcsych. C(. 

 CTTrepyouXos. Vide S. VV. o-iTopyiXos, o-rpouGos- 



nEPAIKO0H'PAI. A specific appellation of a Hawk, sacred to Apollo; 

 Ael. xii. 4. 



riE'PAIH. (On the ciuantity of the i, vide Athen. ix. 41, 388, and Soph, 

 fr. 300, ibi cit.). 

 A Partridge (Etym, dub.) ]\Iod. Gk. nep8tKa. Dim. Trep8iKi.8(vs, 

 Eust. 753, 56; TTfph'iKiov, Eubul. Inc. 14, Ephipp. Obeliaph. ap. 

 Athen. ix. 359 b, &c. The species commonly referred to is 

 Perdix gracca = P. saxa/ilis, auctt., the Common Partridge, 

 P. dnerea, being distinguished from it chiefly by its note. 



Arist. H. A. iv. 9, 536 B ol pev KOKKa^L^ovcrtv, ol 8e TpiCova-iv. P.graeca 

 cries cacabis, P. ci7ierea on the other hand gmah or ripipri. The 

 latter bird, our common Partridge, is now confined to the north of 

 Greece. Cf. Athen. ix. 390 a, b : Theophr. ap. Athen. 1. c. o\ 'Adiivr^ai 

 ini Ta8f TvepBines tov KopvbaXXov [a village on the road to Boeotia] npos 

 TO cicTTV KnKKalBi^ovcriv, ol d' eneKeiva TiTTvlSi^ovaiv ; cf. Plin. x. (29) 4I 

 Perdices non transvolant Boeotiae fines in Atticam ; Solin. vii. 23. 

 Athen. ibid, tcov de TrfpfiiKwi' iariv f'repov yfvos iv 'IruXia. apnvpov rfj 

 TTTepaxTfi, Kai piKporepov rrj e^ft, to pvyxos ovxl Kivva^apLvov e'xo*' : this 

 seems to be again the common Partridge. The red legs of the Greek 

 Partridge, Ael. xvi. 2 ; vide s.v. TreXeidg x^wpoTrriXos. Cf. Ael. iii. 35 ; 

 Antig. H. Mirab., vi. See also s. vv. ajxaXXos, KaKKaPrj, irtipi^, 

 (TiaiXapog, CTupoTTep8i|. 



Description. —An epitomized account, mostly after Arist. (fr. 270), in 

 Athen. ix. 389 ; ;(ep(ra(oy, o-;(t6ai'd7rovs-, kkvicttikos (H. A. ix. 498, 633 b), 

 (fl be (Trj TTfVTeKaiSeKa (ib. ix. 7, 613 ; sixteen years, ib. vi. 4, 563), 

 f] 8e drjXfin Km TrXeiovn. OTav de yva oti Brfpeverai, irpoeXdcov ttjs vfOTTias 

 KvXtvde'iTai nnpa to. aKeXi] tov BrjpevovTos (H. A. ix. 8, 613 b, Ael. iii. 16, 

 Plut. ii. 992 B, Antig. H. Mirab. 39 (45), Plin. x. (33) 51; cf. verb. 

 eKirep^iKia-ai, Ar. Av. 768, and Schol. ; also SianepSiKi^eiv, Meineke, Com. 

 Fr. iv. 634^- In Ar. Av. 1292 -nepbi^ pev eis Ki'nvqXos oivopa^ero \ ^^coXdy, 

 the allusion is rather to its supposed habit of feigning lameness, than 

 merely, in a general way, to the bird as a proverbial deceiver ; cf. Prov. 

 nepdiKos (TKeXos, ap. Schol. KuKorjdrjs Koi Truvovpyos (H. A. ix. 8, 613, 614), 

 TvpuXo^os, (TT6p(i)(os, o77o0Da8e?, H. A. ii. 17, 5'-''^'> 5*-'9' "^ povov abei iiXXu 



