rY»^— APYOKOAAHTHI 51 



APEnANl'Z, from bpinavov, i.e. ' sickle-wing.' Also dpairavU, Hes}'ch. 

 Arist. H. A. i. I, 487 b. A bird similar to airovs and ;^eXi8&)j/, evnrfpos, 

 KaKOTTOvs. Sparai Kal uXia-KeTac orau vai] tov Bepovs' oXtoj 8e kui CTTnivinv 



icFTl, 



Probably the larger Alpine Swift, Cypsclus melha, L., and also 

 perhaps the Common Swift, C. apus, both conspicuously ' sickle- 

 winged.' On the other hand, Aub. and Wimm. p. m, also 

 Bochart ii. 62, as well as Gaza and Scaliger, say the Sand- 

 Martin : v. K^^^/^fXo?. Cf. Plin. x. (33) 49, xi. 47 (107), xxx. {4) 12. 

 The brief account indicates that the bird is comparatively scarce, 

 and that its period of residence in the country is short ; both 

 circumstances telling in favour of a Swift as against the 

 Sand-lNIartin. 



Speirai/is is translated Keyxpis by Hesychius. 



APH'[r]EI- arpnvdoi, MaKe'dovfs, Hesvch. Also diyr^pis and h'lpriya. 

 Cf. 8eipi]5, SpiKi^ai, q. v. 



APIKH'AI' opvea ttou'i, Hcsych. Also 8pi^. a-Tpov66s, ap. Cyrill., Lob. 

 Parall. p. 102. Cf. SpTiycs, &c. 



APYOKOAA'riTHI. Also 8pvr]Kn\a7TTr]s, dpvKoXciTTTrjs (Ar. Av. 480, 979), 

 dpvKoXaylr (Hesych.), SpvnKoTTos (Arist. De Part. iii. i, 662 b). 

 Cf. Sk. darvdghdla (Keller). 



A Woodpecker. IMod. Gk. ^i^ihapa (v. d. IMuhle). See also 



Spuoij/, iTTfT), KcXeos, ireXeKai/, Tnirco. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593, vide s. v. irnrw. lb. ix. 9, 614, a full and 

 accurate description : KOTrrei 8e ras 8pvs 6 SpvoKoXdnrris tmv o-kcoXtjkcov kui 

 (TKvnTav iviKiv, IV e^iaxjiv. auaXiyeTai yap i^eXdovras avToi's rfj yXatTTrj' 

 nXaTelav h exfi Knl peyaXrjv. Kcii TTopfverai inl To7i dei'8p€(n raxicos ncivTa 

 rpoTTOv, Koi VTTTios KadaTTfp 01 aaKaXa0S)rai. e;^et de Kai tovs ovvxas /SeXri'ovf 

 Tav KoXoioov TTf^uKora? Trpos rrjv diKpdXeirtv Trjs iiri rois devSpeaii/ etpeSpeias' 

 TOVTOvs yap ipirrjyvvs TTopeverai. etrrt Se Ta>v bpvoKoXaiTTUiV ev pev yeuos 

 TXaTTOv TOV KOTTvcfiov, €;^et S' vnepvBpn piupa, erepov 8e yevos pelCov ij 

 KOTTVcpos' TO Ss TpiTov yivos avTcov ov TToXXcp eXaTTov ecTTiv dXeKTopiSos 

 6t]Xflas. veoTTevei 8 eVl rSiv devSpcov, iv liXXois re twv oevBpau Kai eu 

 eXaiais . . . Kal Tidarraevopevos 8e ris rj8r] dpvy^aXov els paypfjv ^vXov ivBeU, 

 onciS ivappoadev viropelveiev avTOV TrjV nXriyrjv, iv tj} TpiTj] TrXrjyii 8ieK0\j/( 

 Ka\ KaTTjo-dif TO paXaKov. Cf. Arist. De Mirab. 13, 831b: the hard bill 

 of the woodpecker, Arist. De Part. iii. i, 662 b. 



Four well-defined species occur in Greece, (a) the Great Black 

 Woodpecker, Fi'cus JLir/i'us, which evidently answers to the last and 

 largest variety mentioned above ; (o) the Green ^^'oodpecker, F. viridis^ 



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