Merula — Milvus — Molliceps 1 17 



it is dumb. In yearlings furthermore the bill puts on 

 a look of ivory, provided they are males. 



Of the Milvus or Milvius. 



iktivos, milvus, in English a glede, a puttok, a kytc, in 

 German eyn weye. 



Pliny. 



Milvi are of the race of Accipitres, though differing 

 in size. They seem, moreover, to have taught man- 

 kind the art of steering, by the turning of the tail, 

 nature thus shewing in the sky what might be useful 

 in the sea. Milvi lie hidden in the winter months, 

 yet not until Hirundines depart. They are reported 

 also to be affected with the gout about the solstice. 



Aristotle. 



Milvi lay for the most part two eggs each, but 

 sometimes three, and hatch as many young. But 

 that kind which is named /Etolian at times lays even 

 four. 



I know two sorts of Kites, the greater and the less ; the 

 greater is in colour nearly rufous, and in England is abundant 

 and remarkably rapacious. This kind is wont to snatch 

 food out of children's hands, in our cities and towns. The 

 other kind is smaller, blacker, and more rarely haunts cities. 

 This I do not remember to have seen in England, though 

 in Germany most frequently. 



Ok the Molliceps. 



Ma\aKoicpav€v<;, molliceps, in English a shrike, a nyn 

 murder, in German eyn nuin murder. 



Aristotle. 



The Molliceps invariably takes its stand in the 

 same place, and thereat it is caught. It has a big 



