KIXAH— KOKKYs 87 



KNinOAOTOX. (jMSS. have also kvI^o'Kos, Kvi8o\6yos, kpltto'Koxos.) 

 The Tree Creeper, Ccrthia familiaris, L. Vide s. v. Ke'p9tos. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3) 593 '"^ fj-tyidos fMiKpos oaov aKnvBvWU, rqif 8e xpoav 

 ano8oei8i]s Koi KnTaariKTos' (pavel 8e piKpov. fcrri 8e Kdl tovto ^vXokojtov. 

 (Mentioned at the end of the Hst of Woodpeckers.) Gloger, Sundevall, 

 Aubert u. Wimmer, and others, agree in the above identification. 

 The word is used by Nicander, ap. Anton. Lib. c. 14, as an epithet 

 or synonym of miroj, c[. v. 



KOKKO'AE- Kopa)vr], Hesych. 



KOKKOBA'PH. An Owl = yXa^i, Hesych. Cf. kikkcxPt], also Mod. Gk. 

 and Calabr. KovKovjSayla, Neap, cucuveggm, Alban. kukuvatike, all 

 meaning the Little Owl, y\av^ : also Mod. Gk. x°^X°^P'-""''']^> the 

 Tawny Owl, Sp. chucha ; vide O. Keller, Lat. Etym. 1893, p. 11 1. 

 Bikdlas cites, from Wagner's Carm. Gr. Med. Aevi, the form 

 KouKouPds. Coray would read for KOKKolSaprj, kokkoPot], and for 

 KiKKalBt] (q. v.), KiKajSoY]. 



KOKKOBO'AZ "OPNII. 6 dXeKTpvaiv, irapa So^oKXei. Eust. I479, 44 

 (Soph. fr. 900). 



KOKKOePAY'lTHI- opvis Troto'y, Hesych. 



KO'KKYE. Cf. Sk. kokilas, Lith. kiikuti, O. H. G. gaiih, Scot, gowk, &c. 



The Cuckoo, CucuJus ca7iorus, L. Mod. Gk. kovkkos. 



Full Description and comparison with Upa^, Arist. H. A. vi. 7, 563, 564. 



Its Cry, freq. ; e.g. Hes. Op. et D. 484 ripos kokkv^ KOKKvCei dpvo^ eV 



TTerdXoiiTi I TOTrpuTov Tepirei re l3poTOvs eV anelpova yalav : Ar. Av. 507, Ran. 



1379' ^3^4- Cf. Lye. 395 xoKKvya Kopna^ovra pa'^j/avpas crro/Sous'. 



A''oU'. — KOKKv^eiv is still more frequently used of the Crowing Cock ; 

 vide s. V. dXcKxpuwi'. On Ar. Ach. 59^ ixfiporovrjcrav pe KOKKvyes ye 

 rpeis, cf. Dind. Thes. iv. c. 1737 B, also L. and S., s. v. kokku^. 



Nesting and Breeding. — Arist. 1. C. veorrovs 8e KOKKvyos \eyovcnv ms 

 ovSfis eapaKCv' 6 Se riKrei pev, dX\' ov Tioirjcrdpevos UfOTTn'iv. dW iv'une 

 pev eV rfi rav fXarrovMV 6pvi6u>v ivTiKTfL Kuracfinywv ra (pa to fKelvcou, 

 pdXiarn S' iv rais Tciiv (fia^atu veoTTials . . . Ti/cret 5' oXiyaKiS ptp 8uo, ra 8e 

 TrXeiffra iv. ivriKTfi 8e Kui ttj rrjs vTToXai8os veoTTia' tj 8 (KnfTTfi Knl 

 fKTpecpei. Id. H. A. ix. 29, 618 a rUrfi pdXicrTa peu iv rais ra>v (])a^S>v 

 Kul iv VTToXni8os Kcti Kopv8ov X'ifJ'-<ih ^'^' 8ev8pov S' iv tij r^y )(Xaipl8os naXov- 

 fi€vr]s veoTTia. TiKTfi €v MOV. oTav av^avTjrai 6 tov KuKxvyos veoTTos, 

 eK^dXXei TO avrrjs [17 Tpe(jiov(Ta] koI dnoXXwrai ovrcos. ol Se X(yovaiv as 

 Koi aTTOKTiivaaa fj Tp€(f)ovaa 8l8o3<ti KaTa(j)aye'iv' 810. yap to kuXov et'i'oi rov 

 TOV KOKKvyos vfOTTov drroSoKipd^dv ra avrrjs. Id. De Mirab. 3. 830 b Toi's 

 KoKKvyas Tovs iv rfj 'EXtKr] (?), iv rals vfoTriais tu>v (pdrroav rj rav Tpvy<Jv(jiv 



