THEOPHRASTUS 



o-<f)6Bpa, TO cap &>9 ra TroXXa yuveTai 



eav Be TO eap ofaov <yevrjTai /cal ^jrv^pov, ?; OTrcopa 



o^ria yiverai /cal <ro> /jueroTrcopov &>9 ra TroXXa 



49 Ol Trplvoi, OTav ev/capTraxn, ccpoBpa, eo? /i-ev ra 

 7ro\\.a 'xeijjiwva la^vpov GTq^alvovcriv, evLore 8e 

 Kal au^yitou? </>acr ^iv^dQai. /cal edv rt? cnrd- 

 \a/ca \a/3(*)V UTTOTracra? apyiXov t9 TriOd/wrjv 

 Off, crrjfjLaivei rat? fywvals at? d^i^aiv avepov Kal 

 evBiav. /cal TO 'jravTa^ov Be Xeyo/jievov crr)jj,6Lov 



'xeifjuepiov, OTCLV //,0e? irepl <f>opvTov 

 /cal (frepaxriv. 



50 IV. EuSta? Be arj^ela TtiBe. ^Xto? fJ<ev aviav 

 Xayu-TT/909 /cal /jirj fcavfiaTia? /cal /JLTJ e%a)V arj/jieiov 



ev ev eavTw evBiav (rrj/Jiaivei. 009 8' ai/ra)9 



TravcreX.ijvq). /cal 

 t9 Ka9apov evBiewos, eav 



t? yLt^/ /caOapbv BeBv/cobs y e'f e 

 ovro) Be aBr)~\,ov. /cal eav %et/i.afoi/T09 ^ 



6t9 /caOapov, evBieivov /cal eav BVVCDV 

 /oo9 ?7, evSiav cr^^aivei. 



51 Kat o yitet9 eaz^ rpnalos wv Xayu/7r/)09 ?7, evSt- 

 eivov. Kal r) TOV ovov <&drvr) ore av Kadapa Kal 

 \afjL7Tpa (fraivrjTai, evBietvov. aX&>9 Be edv o / aaX&)9 



1 T& add. Sch. 2 cf. 45. 



3 (TTraAaKo Vulg. ; ffiroLKa Bas.Ald.; <r/coAo7ra/fa (woodcock?) 

 conj. Furl. 



* i.e. (reading ffKo\6irai(a.) for the bird to find worms in 

 with its long beak (Sch.). It is hard to say, without illus- 



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