CHAP. 62—THE PERDICIUM. THE ORNITHOGALE.
It is not in Egypt only that the perdicium[2243] is eaten; it owes its name to the partridge,[2244] which bird is extremely fond of digging it up. The roots of it are thick and very numerous: and so, too, with the ornithogale,[2245] which has a tender white stalk, and a root half a foot in thickness, bulbous, soft, and provided with three or four other offsets attached to it. It is generally used boiled in pottage.[2246]