AKYAEHZ— AAEKTPYQN 2 I 



AAEKTPYiiN {continued). 



Compared in size with (pda-cra, Arist. fr. 271, 1527; with eXeos, H. A. 

 viii. 3. 592 b ; with the largest of the Woodpeckers, H. A. ix. 9, 614 b; 

 with dcTKnXamis, H. A. ix. 26, 617 b. 



Keproduction. — Arist. H. A. v. 2, 509 b (TvyKndelar]s rrjs driXeins (nl 

 Tijv yrjv fni^aivfi to appev : cf. ib. X. 6, 637b. lb. vi. 9, 564 b opxeis. lb. 

 VI. I, 55^ b 0)^€veTai, Koi riKTfi oXov tov eviavTov e^co Si'o fjLr)vuiv tcov e'v tu> 



Xftf^tovi TpoTTiKmv (cf. H. A. V. 13, 544, De Gen. iii. i, 749 b, Plin. x. 74). 



TiKTOvai 8e Kai oiKoyfVfls fviai B)s ttjs T]p.epas' fj8r] 8f rives XUiv noXwoKijaaaai 

 airedavov bia ra^ecov. H. A. vi. 2, 560 b al veoTriSes TrpaiTov tiktovviv ev6vs 

 apxofievov tov eapos, Kai ttXhu) tlktovctip rj ai npea^vTfpai' fXaTTco 6e toj 

 fieyedei to. €k tcov utaTepcov, lb. avi'iaraTai 8e to Trjs aXeKTopiBos <i>hv fiiTii 

 rfjv oxfinv Kai TeXtiovrai iv Sf'x' ^P^pcu-S- lb. 560 a eV OKTWKaiSfKa 7]p.fpais 

 fv TW dipei eKXenovaiv, fv Se tw x^iprnvi iv'ioT iv TreVre Ka\ ('iko(tiv. 



Plut. Q. Conv. vii. 2 (Mor. 853. 15) dXfKTOpl8a>v, otuv TtKoac, vrfpiKap- 

 (fnafMos, cf. Plin. x. 41 (57). 



The structure and development of the egg, H. A. vi. 3. wa paXaKii, 



VTrr]Vffj.ia, Kvvoaovpa, ovpia, *] ^e(pvpia, H. A. vi. 2, 559> De Gen. iii. I, 75I ; 



Plin. X. 60 (80) ; Columella, vi. 27 ; cf. Erasmus ad Prov. vTnjve'fiia rUTfi. 

 <pa dl^vp-a, H. A. vi. 3, 562. On crosses between fowl and partridge, 

 De Gen. ii. 7, 749 b. How Pea-hen's eggs are put under a sitting hen, 

 H. A. vi. 9, 564 b. How the hen takes the chicks under her wing, 

 H. A. ix. 8, 613 b ; cf. Alpheus Mityl. xii, in Gk. Anthol. ii. p. 118 x"- 

 p.epiois vKpuSeaai noXwoneva tlOcis opvis, reKvots evvalas ap.(pe)(fe nTf'pvyai : 

 Eurip. H. Fur. 71 oti imo nrepols trco^w veoo-irovs opvis cos v(^eip.(vq : see 

 also Plutarch De Philost. (Mor. 599.4) ; 0pp. Cyneg. iii. 119. How 

 a cock sometimes, after the hen's death, rears the brood, and ceases to 

 crow, H. A. ix. 49, 631 b, Plin. x. (55) 76. H. A. ix. 8, 614 eV rots Ifpoh, 

 oTTov avfv 6r]XfiS}v dvaKdVTai [as to this day on Mount Athos], tuv dpuTide- 

 p.evov T:dvTfs (vX6ya>s ox^vovaLv. Cf. Plut. Brut. Anim. Nat. vii (Mor. 

 1 2 12. 30) dXeKTpviiv 6' dXfKTpvovos em^alvcov, drjXetas /xf] irapovaqs, koto- 

 TTip-nparai ^coos. 



On eggs in medicine, Diosc. ii. 44, Galen. De Fac. Simp. Med., Plin. 

 xxix. (3) 11, &.C. The longer eggs produce male birds, and are the 

 better to eat, Hor. Sat. ii. 4. 12, Plin. x. 74 (52). 



On artificial incubation in Egypt, Arist. H. A. vi. 2, 559b, Diod. Sic. 

 i. 74. Geopon. xiv. 8. I. On capons, Arist. H. A. ix. 49, 631 b ; cf Plin. 

 X. (21) 24, &c. Varro, R. R. iii. 9, &€. On the whole management of 

 fowls, Geopon. xiv. 7-17. 



UoTfpov T] opvis npoTfpov 1] TO coov eyevfro, Plut. Q. Conv. iii (Mor. 

 770. 13). 



The Crowing Cock. — Among innumerable poetic and other references, 

 cf. Theogn., Simonid., Batrachom., supra. Cratin. ap. Athen. 374 D 

 SxTTTtp 6 Ilfpa-iKos [cf. Ar. Av. 277, 485, 70S, iSic : v. also Suidas] wpuv 



