THEOPHRASTUS 



ovSev arj^elov, eirel koI rcov ^cocov evOevel ra 

 Kvovra. 



TloWa he koI ra fiepr] kut eviavrov avo- 

 ^dWei, Kadairep oi re €\a(jioi ra Kepara Kai 

 ra (f)(/)\€vovra ra Trrepa Koi rplx"^^ TerpaTToBa- 

 axTT ovSev aroirov aXXo)<; re koL 6p,oiov ov rm 



(f)vW0^0\€LV TO TTOlOo^. 



'^aavrco<i K ovSe ra irpo'S rrjv <^eveaiv' iirel Kal 

 iv rol<i ^(ooc<; ra fiev avveKriKrerai ra S' arro- 

 Kadaiperai Kaddirep aWorpia t?)? cf>v(xea)<;. eoiKe 

 Be TrapaTrX-tjaiox; Kal ra rrepl rr)v ^Xdarrjaiv 

 ex^iv. r) 'yap rot /3\da-r7}(n<; yeveaecof Xf^piv earl 

 rrj^ re\eia^. 



"0X0)9 he KaOdrrep eliTOfiev ovhe irdvra 

 op,oi(t)<i Kal eirl rwv ^docov XrjTrreov. hi o Kal 6 

 dpL6p.o<i dopiaro^' rravraxv J^P ^aarrjriKov 

 are Kal iravraxq ^o)V. cocrre ravra jxev ovrw^ 

 VTToXrjTrreov ov fiovov el<i ra vvv dWa Kac roiv 

 fieWovrcov xApiv ocra yap /ir) olov re d(f)o- 

 fioiovv Trepiepyov to 7Xt%ecr^at 7rdvr<o<;, iva /nrj 

 Kal rrjv oiKeiav diro^dXKwixev decopiav. rj he 

 laropia rSiv <^vrS)v eanv 0)9 dTr\Si<; elirelv 17 Kara 



1 fvBfvfi conj. Sch., evOfTii UMVAld. i.e. we do not 

 argue from the fact that animals are at their handsomest 

 in the breeding season that the young is therefore ' part ' of 

 the animal. 



2 Lit. ' which are in holes,' in allusion to the well-known 

 belief that animals (especially birds) which are out of sight 

 in the winter are hiding in holes ; the text is supported by 

 [Arist.] de plantis 1. 3, the author of which had evidently 

 read this passage ; but possibly some such words as raj re 

 (^oAiSos /coi have dropped out after (puKivovra. 



