86 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



KIXAH {continued). 



en\ Tols vyj^rjXoii rcoc devSpcoi', ecfye^rjs 8e rroiovaiv aWfjXnLS Koi e)(o^ei'as, 

 acTT fivai Blci ttju crvvf)(ei(iv axrnep opjxaOov vfOTTiav. A similar account, 

 restricted to the variety IWas, Alex. Mynd. ap, Athen. ii. 65 a riv kui 

 avvayi\acrTiKr)v flviii kcu veoTTfvcLP cos koi tus x^^'^^ovas. Note. — The Field- 

 fare, T. pilaris, L., which breeds only in Northern Europe, is the 

 only Thrush which nests in colonies. Sundevall takes the above 

 passage (Arist. H. A. vi. i) to indicate that the Fieldfare formerly nested 

 in Greece or at least in Macedonia. In Anth. Pal. ix. 373, Mackail 

 (p. 358) takes KixKr] to be either the Thrush or the Fieldfare, which 

 latter however is a winter-migrant in Greece. (For other references 

 to the Anthology, vide s. v. K6aCTu<}>os.) The Missel-Thrush is, now at 

 least, the only species, except the Blackbird, which remains to breed in 

 Greece or Asia Minor. 



Migration. — Arist. H. A, viii. 1 6, 600 (fycoXe'i, i. e. hibernates. Cf. Plin. 

 X. 24 (35) Abeunt et merulae turdique. Sed plumam non amittunt 

 nee occultantur ; visi saepe ibi quo hibernum pabulum petunt : itaque 

 in Germania hyeme maxime turdi cernuntur. 



Varieties. — Arist. H. A. ix. 20, 617 kix^wv S' e'ltt] rpin' fj fiev l^of^opoi 

 [i^o0dyo? Athen.]' cwtt] S' ovk eadtei aXX* rj l^bv Kn\ priTivriv, to 5e peytdos 

 oaov KiTTa inTiv. irtpa Tpi)(iis' avTij 8' o^ii (pdeyyerai, to 5e peyeBos ocroi/ 

 KoVruc^os-. nXXr; 8" i)v Kohova-i Tipes iXiuda [iXXaSn, s. Tv\d8a, Athen.], 

 e\a)(i(TT>] T€ ToiWcov Ka\ tjttov noiKiXr]. Cf. Athen. ii. 65 a. 



The Thrush as Food: frequent in Com. Poets, oTrrat KixXai, Pher. 

 2, 300 (i, 23), Telecl. 2, 362 (i, 12) ; dviij^paaToi kIxXqi, Pher. 2, 316 

 (l, 10) ; Kpea T opvidetn Kixi^au, Ar. Nub. 339, and elsewhere frequent; 

 KLxXai peXiTi pepiypevai, Plat. Com. 2, 674 (2, 8); f\nio(f)LXo(f)dyovs KixiiXas, 

 Epicharm. 281 L. ap. Athen. I.e., &c. &c. Cf. Athen. ii. pp. 64, 65, 

 Geopon. xiv. 24, Colum. De R. R. viii. 10, Varro, De R. R. iii. 5, Pallad. 

 i. 26, Martial, Ep. xiii. 51, 92, Hor. Epist. i. 15, 41, Plin. x. 23 (30), &c. 

 &c. Prescribed as a remedy for Pompey, and obtained from the 

 aviaries of Lucullus ; hence the saying Ei pfj AovkovXXos iTpii(Pa, Ylopirrj'ios 

 OVK av fCw^> Plut. i. 518 F, 620 B, ii. 204 B, 786 A. Capture by traps 

 and nets, Trayidas Kai vecpiXas, Athen. ii. 64: cf. Dion. De Avib. iii. 13, 

 Pallad. xiii. 6, &c. 



A talking thrush, Plin. x. (42) 59. 



Proverb and Fable. — Kcotjborfpoy KixXrjs, Eubul. iii. 220 (5). ki^Xi? eV 

 pvpaivcovi, Aes. Fab. 194. 



KAA'rroi. An alternative reading for TrXayyos, q. v. Cf. KXayydCeiv, 

 Lat. clangunt aquilae, Carm. De Philom., &c. 



KAAAAPO'PYrXOZ, i.e. clapper-bill. A name for jpoxiXos, Ael. xii. 15. 



KAOIii'N. ei'Sos opveov, Hesych. Perhaps for koXoiwv. 



