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οἱ πέρδικες ἐν τοῖς ᾠοῖς οἰκοῦντες ἔτι καὶ κατειλημμένοι τοῖς περιπεφυκόσι σφίσιν ὀστράκοις οὐκ ἀναμένουσι τὴν ἐκ τῶν γειναμένων ἐκγλυφήν, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτοὶ δι᾽ ἑαυτῶν ὥσπερ θυροκοποῦντες ἐκκρούουσι τὰ ᾠά, καὶ ἐκκύψαντες εἶτα σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἀνωθοῦσι, καὶ τὸ τοῦ ᾠοῦ λέμμα περιρρήξαντες ἤδη θέουσι, καὶ τὸ πρὸς τῷ οὐραίῳ ἡμίτομον, εἰ προσέχοιτο, διασεισάμενοι [p. 85] ἐκβάλλουσιν αὐτό, καὶ τροφὴν μαστεύουσι, καὶ πηδῶσιν ὤκιστα.
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