AirOKE<t>AAOZ— AI0YIA I 7 



AirilAIOI {continued). 



[here Camus, reading atVwXioj, and following Belon and Buffon, trans- 

 lates Milviis niger, the Black Kite]. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 17, 616 b vvktiv6\m^ fari, koi Tjfifpas oXi-yafci? (fiaiverai. 

 oiKe'i Trerpai Ka\ a-rrijXvyyas' eari yap 8idnX\os [Gaza tr. victus geinini, 

 Guil. divaricata, v. Aub. and Wimm. ii. p. 248], ti]v 8e bidvoiav ^icotikos 

 KOI evfiri)(avos. lb. vi. 6, 562 ivioTi. 8e /cat Tirrapas i^aya veoTTovs [Plin. 



X. 79 (60)]. 



The metamorphosis of Aegolius, Boios ap. Anton. Lib. Met. 19. 



If SldnkXos means particoloured, atywXtoy is clearly the White or 

 Barn Owl, Strix flatmnea, L., as Littrd (ad Plin.) takes it to be ; 

 it however does not catch birds, and is said to be scarce in Greece 

 (v. d. Miihle, Lindermayer). Gesner transl. by ulula, and identifies 

 it with the Tawny Owl. Sundevall librates between the Tawny and 

 the Barn Owl ; A. and W. incline to the former. See aiYOKe<})a\os, 



CTToXlOS. 



ArGYIA. A poetic word, of uncertain or indefinite meaning. 



Probably a large Gull, e.g. Lanes marztms, the Black-backed Gull 

 (Sundevall), or L. argentattis, the Herring Gull (Kriiper), the former 

 being rare in Greece. Netolicka's hypothesis of the Merganser, and 

 that of Groshans that it was a Diver or Grebe, do not tally with 

 Aristotle : Schneider's identification with the Skua, Lestris parasiticus, 

 fails, inasmuch as the latter does not dive (vide Buchholz, op. c. pp. 112, 

 113) nor does it breed in the Mediterranean. The Herring Gull is 

 abundant during the winter and breeds about the middle of April : 

 the Common Tern (Sferna anglica) lays about the same time (Kriiper) 

 but in the lagoons and not on the cliffs. 



Od. V. 337, 353. Arist. H. A. v. 9, 542 b »/ 5' dl6vi.a Kai ol \dpoi tiktovcti 

 fifv ev Tois TTfpl ddXaTTav nerpais, to pev TvXrjdos 8110 fj rpla' dXX' 6 p(V 

 Xdpoi Tov depovs, f] fi' aWvLa dp^optvov tov tapos [cf. Afergt/s, Plin. x. 32 

 (48)] fvdi'S fK TpoTTMv. ov8iTfpoi' Se (f)u>XeveL. Also i. I, 487 ; viii. 3, 593 b. 

 Arrian, Peripl., ed. Didot, 1855, i. p. 398, names it with XdpoL and 

 KopSavai. ai 6aXd(T(jioi, and Hesych. renders aWvLai by elvdXiai. KopStvai. 

 Frequent in the Gk. Anthol. ; e.g. Glauc. vi, vol. iii. p. 58 wXero yap 

 avv VT]l, rd 8' daTea nov wot (Keivov, nvderai, aWviais yvaxTTit pduais iviireiv, 

 cf. Marc. Arg. xxxi, ibid. ii. p. 250 ; Callim. xci ; Leon. Tar. xci, Gk. 

 Anthol. i. p. 178 TOV (iWvirjs nXelova vii^dpiyov : Anon. ibid. iv. p. 143 

 arjpayyos aXiKTvnov os Tode pnUis evcm^is aWvUiis Ix^dvlBoXoicn Xenas. 

 Phile, De Anim. Pr. 680, is hostile to TreXapyos and Kpt^. Is said to 

 be deaf and dumb, Aristoph. Hist. Anim. Epit. i. 141. 



The metamorphosis of Hyperippa, daughter of Munychus, Nicander 

 ap. Anton. Lib. Met. 14. 



Arat. Phen. 918, a sign of rain ; nuXXdKn S' dypidbfs vijaaai. tj flvaXi8ivai 



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