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Partridge

This normal depiction of the partridge is the first of two in this manuscript (the other is on folio 75r). The partridge steals the eggs of other birds and hatches them as her own, but it does her no good because as soon as the chicks hear their true mother's voice they fly to her.

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Bodleian Digital Library (Digital Bodleian)

Manuscript

Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, folio 75v

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