76 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



KATPEYI {continued). 



meant by the partridge larger than a vulture, Strabo, xv. i, 73, and by 

 the dXeKTpvofes- fxeyia-rai of Ael. xvi. 2 : but the identification of Karpevs 

 with that bird is precluded by the comparison of its voice with the 

 Nightingale's, a statement which suggests comparison with Sk. kdtara, 

 melodious. The various accounts are all fabulous or mystical, and 

 the bird is always coupled with the equally mystical wpiwi'. The dypeus 

 of Ael. viii. 24, though described as to yevos Kocravcfxiiv 0p/;ra)p nal 

 avyyevTjs, is probably akin. 



KAY'AH { = Kdfai), s. KauT]^. Apparently a Doric form of ktJu^: also 

 KauT]s, Hippon. 5. Root unknown : a comparison with such 

 words as Lith. kovas, Dutch kaiitav, Eng. chough, is tempting, 

 but unwarranted : of. Fick, ii. 63. A diving sea-bird. Kava^- 

 'kdpos, Hesych. 



Antim. fr. 2 (57), ap. Schol. in Apoll. Rhod. i. 1008 Tjire ns Kavrj^ 

 bvTTTrjaiv e's dX/nvpoj' vdcop. Cf. Lyc. 42^"A\evTos ova anaide navrjKas ttotcov : 

 Euphor. 87 ; Leon. Tar. 74 ; Anth. P. vii. 652. Vide s. vv. ktju^, Kr\i. 



KAYKAAI'AZ, J. KauKiaXos, s. KauKidXr]?. opvis noios, Hcsych. 



KE'APOZ- (iprv^, Hesych. A very doubtful word. 



KEBAH'riYPII. In Ar. Av. 303 usually translated Redpoll (from Kf/3Xij 

 = Ke0aXi7), which bird, Fringilla linaria, L., only occurs in 

 Greece rarely, during severe winters. The meaning is unknown. 



KErXPHl'Z (Arist. H. A. ii. 17, Ael. ii. 43), KeyxP's' (Arist., Ael. xiii. 25), 

 KepxvrjLs or Kfpxv/is (Aristoph., Ael. xii. 3, Eubul. fr. ap. Athen. ii. 

 65 e, Photius), Keyxpr] (Aristoph. H. A. Epit. i. 22, i. 28), Kepx^r], 

 Hesych. Cf. also Kcpxa^, Kc'pKcos. 

 A Kestrel-Hawk. I\Iod. Gk. UpaKi, KipKivi(i avep.nyap.os (Heldr.). 

 The Common Kestrel, Falco tinnimcidus, L., is a permanent 

 resident in Greece, and not rare ; but the Lesser Kestrel, F. cen- 

 chris, Naum. or F. thiniinculoides, Natt., a summer migrant, is 

 in its season the commonest of Greek hawks ; cf. G, St. Hilaire 

 ap. Bory de St. Vincent, More'e, Oiseaux, p. 29, pi. ii, iii : Aub. 

 u. Wimm., Arist. De Gen., Introd. p. 28 ; Kriiper, op. cit., p. 161 ; 

 and Lindermayer, p. 14, who says ' Ich habe im Jahre 1848 von 

 5-7 Uhr Morgens an dem Thore der Akropolis 14 Stiicke erlegt, 

 ohne mich von der Stelle zu bewegen.' 



Derivation unknown. L. and S. compare Ke'yxpoi, Keyxprjis with 

 Lat. viil'ium, miltius ; but derive the name from Kepx^ui, ' hoarse ' : 

 cf. Fr. cresserelle, O. F. quercerelle. Scalig. in Arist. p. 251 



