ARISTOTLE 



709 b ^ „ , ^ , 



uevrcov tojv kcoAcjjv ovre Tropeveouai rcov Trrepvyajv 



25 a<j)aLpeBei<7(i)v, eirei ouS' avdpojTTOs ^ahit^ei fjurj 

 Kivcjv Tovg MfjLov?. dXXoL Trdvra ye, KaOdnep 

 e'lprjraL, Kapi^ei Koi iKraaet TTOielrai ttjv fiera- 

 ^oXiqv' (iTjavra ydp €ls to vTroKeifxevov fi^xpt' tlvos 

 olovel avvvTTeXKov^ Trpoepx^rai, cocrr' dvayKolov, 

 el fjLTj Kal KOT* dXXo fiopiov ytVerat rj Kdjjupcs, dXX* 



80 odev ye rq ^PXV ''"ots" jLtev oXoirripois rod Trrepov, 

 TOt? 8' opvLGi rrjs nripvyos, rot? 8* ctAAots" rod 

 dvdXoyov fxoplov, Kaddrrep rols lxOvglv. rots' S', 

 a)G7T€p ol 6cf}€L9, iv roZs /ca/XTrats" rod (jcvfiaros 



710 a iorriv rj dpx'T] rrjg Kdpupeois. ro S' odpoTTvyiov icrn 



rots TTrrjvoLS Trpos ro Karevdvveiv rrjv Trrrjocv, 

 Kaddnep rd TrrjhdXia roZs ttXolois. dvayKoiov 8e 

 KOI ravra eV rfj Trpoa^vGei KdfXTrreiv. hiorrep rd 

 5 re oXonrepa Kal rojv GX^^OTrripojv ols ro ovponvyiov 

 d(j)va)£ e%et 77^6? rrjv elp-qiievrjv XP'^^^^> otov rolg re 

 racpg Kal roXg dXeKrpvooc Kal oAcos" rot? jjltj Trrrjn- 

 Kots, ovK evdvTTopovGiv rwv fxev ydp oXorrrepajv 

 dnXcog ovdev e^et ovpoTTvyiov, (Lare KaOdirep d- 

 rnqhaXov nXolov (j)eperai, Kal ottov dv rvxj] eKaarov 

 10 avrojv TrpoGTTCTTrei, ofioLOJS rd re KoXeonrepa, 

 otov KdvQapoi Kal pL-qXoXovO ai, Kal rd dveXvrpa, 

 otov jxeXirraL Kal G(f)7]Kes. Kal rols fir] TrnqriKoZs 

 dxpeZov rd ovpoTTvyiov eGriv, otov rols re rropcjiv- 

 pLa>Gi Kal epcahiols Kal TraGi rols rrXatrols' aAA' 

 dvrl rod ovporrvyiov neravrac rovs TToSas diro- 



^ olovel avvvireiKOv Z : olov ei's virelKOV ceteri. 



* Lit. " creatures with undivided wings." (The Greek 

 here has different words for the wings of insects and those 

 of birds.) 



* Lit. creatures with cloven wings {i.e. made up of feathers) 

 as opposed to insects which have undivided wings. 



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