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‘. τίκτει δὲ ᾠὰ δύο, ὧν τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἄρρεν
ποιεῖ
, τὸ δὲ δεύτερον θῆλυ, τίκτουσι δὲ πᾶσαν
ὥραν τοῦ ἔτους: διὸ δὴ καὶ δεκάκις τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ τιθέασιν, ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ δὲ δωδεκάκις. τεκοῦσα γὰρ
τῇ ἐχομένῃ ἡμέρᾳ συλλαμβάνει.’ ἔτι ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ
[p. 284] φησιν Ἀριστοτέλης ὅτι περιστερὰ ἕτερον, πελειὰς δ᾽ ἔλαττον, καὶ ὅτι ἡ πελειὰς τιθασὸν γίνεται, περιστερά δὲ καὶ μέλαν καὶ μικρὸν καὶ ἐρυθρόπουν καὶ τραχύπουν διὸ οὐδεὶς τρέφει, ἴδιον δὲ
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