# Historia animalium 9.19

Aristotle, Historia animalium, Book 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/historia-animalium/9.19

Τῶν δὲ κοττύφων δύο γένη ἐστίν, ὁ μὲν ἕτερος μέλας καὶ πανταχοῦ ὤν, ὁ δ’ ἕτερος ἔκλευκος, τὸ δὲ μέγεθος ἴσος ἐκείνῳ, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ παραπλησία ἐκείνῳ· ἔστι δ’ οὗτος ἐν Κυλλήνῃ τῆς Ἀρκαδίας, ἄλλοθι δ’ οὐδαμοῦ. Τούτων ὅμοιος τῷ μέλανι κοττύφῳ ἐστὶ λαιός, τὸ μέγεθος μικρῷ ἐλάττων· οὗτος ἐπὶ τῶν πετρῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν κεράμων τὰς διατριβὰς ποιεῖται, τὸ δὲ ῥύγχος οὐ φοινικοῦν ἔχει καθάπερ ὁ κόττυφος.

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Aristotle, Historia animalium, ed. Immanuel Bekker. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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