APYOKOAAnXHI — EAflPIOI 53 



"EAANOZ = IktIvot, Hesych. 



'EAAIA'Z. An unknown bird, Ar. Av. 886. 



'EAA<t>l'l. An unknown water-bird. 



Dion. De Avib. ii. II e\a(j)\s 6 opi-eov iari TO. Trrepa Travra em T(hs 

 vaiTois eXa0coj/ exof ioiKora dju^i, Koi Tpecjierai Kara tovs ;(epcratous 'Ivyyai, 

 Ti]U yKuicrcTnv prjKiaTrjv ovcrav uiantp opfiiav els to vduip eVt ttoXv Kadie'iara, 

 K.r.X. The hair-like feathers on the back suggest, if anything, a Heron 

 or Egret. A gem in the British Museum represents a Heron or Stork, 

 with the antlers of a Stag ; v. Torr, Rhodes, pi. I, Imhoof-Bl. and K., 

 pi. xxvi. 59. 



'EAE'A. MSS. have also eXaia, (qy. = eXeia Sundev.), eXeia Callim. 

 s. eXeds Ar. Av. 302, s. cXe'as, Hesych. Cf. eXatos. 

 A small bird, probably the Reed- Warbler, Salicaria anmdinacea, 

 Selby, and allied species. 



Arist. H, A. ix. 16, 616 b opvis el^ioros, Kadi^ei Bepovs pev ev npocrrjvepco koi 

 CTKia, xeipavos 8 ev eirjXia, Koi iniaKeTvel. tnl tS>u Soj/ukcoc nepl tu eXrj' 

 eari 8e to pev piyeQog jBpnxvs, (pcovrjv S' e;(fi ayadijP. In Ar. Av. 302 eXeds 

 may or may not be the same bird. Cailim. ap. Schol. Ar. Av. 302 eXem 

 piKpai', (f)a>vij dyadov. 



The Reed-Warbler is a permanent resident in Greece, and is very 

 common in all marshy places (Kriiper, &c.). 



'EAEIO'I' eiSoi UpaKos, Hesych. 



Sch. conjectures eXeios pahistris in Arist. H. A. ix. 36, I, and for 

 the common reading Xeloi writes eVt S' eXetoi ol Kai (ppvvoXoyoi. Cf. A. 

 and W. ii. p. 264. Vide s. v. cTriXeios. 



'EAEO'I. A kind of Owl. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b; mentioned with, and said to resemble. 

 alydiXios and CTKcoyjr : pei^tov dXeKTpvovos, 6>]pevti tus KiTTas. ix. I, 609 b 

 Kpe^ eXecS nnXepios (alternative readings, KoXea, yoXea). 



The size accords with that of the Tawny Owl, Sy7-)iiui)i A/iico, L.. 

 which is common in Greece and is not definitely ascribed to any 

 other classical name. Scaliger so identifies it, taking eX6()y from the 

 owl's cry, cf. eXeXev, &c., also Lat. iilula. Sundevall reads eXeo's- 

 s. eXeios = palustris, supporting this view by the mention of Crex 

 in the context, and identifies the bird with Strix hrachyotus, L., the 

 Short-eared or Marsh Owl. But both etymological suggestions are 

 more than doubtful, and neither Tawny nor Short-eared Owl drjpevei 

 rai KiTTas. Artemidor. iii. 65, Zonar. c. 684. 



'EA£i'PIOI. A water-bird, similar to Kpe^ {verb. dub.). 



Clearch. ap. Athen. viii. 332 E (Casaubon), where later editors read 

 epoBiOS : numbered among tovs opviOas tovs TrnpevdiaaTas KuXovpevovs. 



