σαφῶς ἐμφανίζων ὅτι παρὰ τῶν περδίκων ᾁδειν ἐμάνθανε. διὸ καὶ Χαμαιλέων ὁ Ποντικὸς ἔφη: ‘ τὴν εὕρεσιν τῆς μουσικῆς τοῖς ἀρχαίοις ἐπινοηθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐρημίαις ᾀδόντων ὀρνίθων ὧν κατὰ μίμησιν λαβεῖν στάσιν τὴν μουσικήν.’ οὐ πάντες δ᾽ οἱ πέρδικες, φησί, κακκαβίζουσιν Θεόφραστος γοῦν ἐν τῷ περὶ ἑτεροφωνίας τῶν ὁμογενῶν ‘οἱ Ἀθήνησι,’ φησίν, ‘ ἐπὶ τάδε πέρδικες τοῦ ’
ἔπη δὲ γε καὶ μέλος Ἀλκμὰν
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43. καλοῦνται δ᾽ οἱ πέρδικες ὑπ᾽ ἐνίων κακκάβαι, ὡς καὶ ὑπ᾽ Ἀλκμᾶνος λέγοντος οὕτως:
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