Θεόφραστος δὲ ὁ Ἐρέσιος, Ἀριστοτέλους μαθητής, ἐν τῇ γ᾽ περὶ ζῴων μνημονεύων αὐτῶν οὑτωσί πως λέγει: ' ἐστὶ δὲ καὶ τοῖς ὄρνισι τοιαύτη διαφορά: [p. 250] τὰ μὲν γάρ βαρέα καὶ μὴ πτητικά, καθάπερ ἀτταγήν, πέρδιξ, ἀλεκτρυών, φασιανός, εὐθὺς βαδιστικὰ καὶ δασέα.' καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης ἐν ὀγδόῃ ζῴων ἱστορίας γράφει τάδε: : εἰσὶ δὲ τῶν ὀρνίθων οἱ μὲν κονιστικοί, οἱ δὲ λοῦνται, οἱ δὲ οὔτε κονιστικοὶ ’
καὶ τὸ λεγόμενον,
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