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IIEAAOI {continued). 



epyd^erai 8e rrjv rjpepav. Trjv pcvroi xpoav ?^fi (pav'Krjv Kai rf]V KoiXlav aei 

 vypdv. Cf. Plin. X. (60) 79. 



In II. x. 275, there is an alternative reading iriXXov 'Adrjvair], vide s. v. 

 ipoihios. 



riEPrOVAON' opviBdpiov 'ApyeiXeyo* [? 'Apyeioi Xe'yot/crt] Hesych. Cf. 

 (nrcpyouXos. Vide S. w. airopyiXos, orpouOos. 



riEPAIKO0H'PAI. A specific appellation of a Hawk, sacred to Apollo ; 

 Ael. xii. 4. 



nE'PAIE. (On the quantity of the t, vide Athen. ix. 41, 388, and Soph, 

 fr. 300, ibi city. 

 A Partridge (Etym. dub.) Mod. Gk. iviphiKa. Dim. ncpduadevs, 

 Eust. 753, 56; nepbiiaov, Eubul. Inc. 14, Ephipp. Obeliaph. ap. 

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

 Perdix graeca = P. saxatilts, auctt., the Common Partridge, 

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



Arist. H. A. iv. 9, 536 B ol pev KaKKa^l^ovaiv, ol 8e Tpi^ovaiv. P.graeca 

 cries cacabis, P. cinerea on the other hand girrah or rifiipri. 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. ol 'ABrjvrjo-t 

 eVi raSe nepbiKes tov KopvdakXov [a village on the road to Boeotia] irpbs 

 to cio-TV Ka.KKafti£ovcriv, ol 8' eVeKfira tittv(SiCovo-iv ; cf. Plin. X. (29) 41 

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

 Athen. ibid, tcov 8e 7rep8iKO)i/ €o~t\v erepov yevos iv 'IraXt'a dpavpov 177 

 7rrepa)(T6i Kai piKporepov 177 e£ei, to pvyxos ovxi Kivva^dpivov ex ov '- this 

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

 Partridge, Ael. xvi. 2 ; vide s.v. ireXeids x^wpoirriXos. Cf. Ael. iii. 35 ; 

 Antig. H. Mirab., vi. See also s. vv^ apiXXos, icaia«xj3T], irrjpif, 

 aicrtXapos, crupoirepSi^. 



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

 Athen. ix. 389 ; x € P cral0S ) 0X«8a*ojrow, kovlcttlkos (H. A. ix. 498, 633 b), 

 Cfj 8e err] n€VTeKai8eica (ib. ix. 7, 613 ; sixteen years, ib. vi. 4, 563), 

 f) 8e drjXeia Ka\ nXeiova. orav 8e yvco otl drjpeverai, irpoeXOuv rrjs veorrias 

 KvXiv8e'iTai irapa to. aKcXr) 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. 

 eKnep8iKio-ai, Ar. Av. 768, and Schol. ; also 8ianepdiKi£eiv, Meineke, Com. 

 Fr. iv. 634). In Ar. Av. 1292 nip8it; pev eh Ka7rr)Xos wvopd&TO | ^coXo'y, 

 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. 

 7T€p8iKos aKeXos, ap. Schol. KaKorjdrjs Ka\ iravovpyos (H. A. ix. 8, 613, 614), 

 irpoXofios, aTopaxos, diro(pvd8es } H. A. ii. IJ, 5°8> 5°9« ov H-^vov a Set dXXd 



