g6 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



KOPYAAAOI {continued). 



A Lark (from /C(i/jus'). Mod. Gk. K0(iv^dK6^, o-KopfiaXoy, ya\LOKiKahi 



(Belon), and in Santorini crKovpiavKos (Bikdlas) qy. cr-Koupt[S]auXos-. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. ix. 13, 615 b ^ xt^tapU foriv tjXlkov Kopv^os : 

 ix. 49 B, 633 b fiTiydos, KouicTTiKos (i. e. bathes in the sand, like a hen) : 

 viii. 16, 600a (paXfl: vi. I, 559 rUTfi tv rrj yfj, like the quail and the 

 partridge : ix. 8, 614 a iirl hiv^pov ol Kadl^ti a\X' fTri Trjs yrjs : ix. 29, 618 a 

 the cuckoo lays in its nest, which is placed on the ground, cf. Ael. 

 iii. 30. Is caught with bird-lime, Dion. De Avib. iii. 2, or by help of 

 the owl, ib. iii. 17. The crest referred to proverbially, Simon, fr. 68 

 (Plut. ii. 91 E, 809 A, V. Timol. xxxvii, 253 E) naa-aKTiv KopvdaWia-iv xph 

 Xo0oi/ iyytvio-Bai. Arist. mentions neither the singing nor the soaring 

 of the lark ; but Theocr. vii. 141 has aei^ov /co/jvSoi kiu uKavdiSfs, and 

 X. 50 eyfijiofiiva Kopv8aX\a, surgeiite corydalo. The lark's song was 

 apparently not appreciated : cf. Alciphr. Epist. 48 ov eycb r^r dxapi'arov 

 (jywvrjs eveKa opdas Kopvbov [s. opdoKopvSov] KaXflcrdui npos f]na>v eKpiva : 

 Epigr. ft KvKvcp dvvarai /copuSo? napmrKrjdiov a8(iv : and proverbs cited by 

 Schneider in Arist. vol. iv. p. 128. 



Varieties. — Arist. H. A. ix. 25, 617 b Suo yev], 1) /xeV irepa eTriyfios Koi 

 Xo(^o«' fx^^^'^y h ^' fTfpa. dyfXaia Koi ov anopas coawep sKelvjj, to pevroi 

 Xpa>pa opoiov tJ] (repa exovcra, to te peyedos eXnrTOv' Kni "Kocfiov ovk e'x^') 

 (adUriH S«. The first species is the Crested Lark, Alatida cristata, L., 

 a permanent resident in Greece ; the other is the Common Lark, 

 Alaiida a7vensis, L., a winter migrant (v.d. Miihle, p. 36, Lindermayer, 

 p. 49). Both species receive the name KopvbaKu^ in Mod. Gk. (Erhard). 



Mytli and Legend. — Arist. H. A. ix. I, 610 (/)tXoi axoivlcov koX 

 KopvSoy Koi \if3vos kcu KeXeos. ix. I, 609 b 6 TreXXos vroXe/xei Kopvdco, ra 

 yap cdci avTov KKfTTTfi. Ib. 609 noXepia TTOiKiXibes Kal K0pv8a)ves Kal 

 irinpa Ka\ p^Xcopeu?. Hostile also to anavBvXXk, Phile, 683, Ael. iv. 5. 

 Uses the grass aypmcms as an amulet or protection, Ael. i. 35, as 

 does the Hoopoe, Phile, 724; whence the proverb iv KopvBov 

 Koirrj aKoXir] KeKpvnrai I'iypaxTTis, Geopon. XV. I, 19. Uses, in like 

 manner, oak-leaves, Phile, 725. Is killed by mustard-seed, vdnvos 

 (TTreppnTi, Phile, 662, Ael. vi. 46; cf Galen, Theriac. i. 9, 943, &c., 

 Diosc. ii. 59, 796. How the lark led an Attic colony to Corone in 

 Messenia, and how Apollo, under the name KopvSos-, had a temple 

 and cured diseases there. Pans. iv. 34, 8. How the Lemnians honoured 

 the larks, rd tSjv aTTeXdlSaiv evplcTKovTds (on kul KunrovTas, Plut. ii. 3^0 F. 

 The story of the Lark and his Father, Aesop ap. Ar. Av. 471 KopvSuv 

 TrdvTOJV TrpaTTjv opvida yeveadai, npoTepav ttjs yrjs, KoTreira voaa top Trurep 

 avTTJs dnodi/fjaKtiu' yrju 8' oiiK eivai, top de TtpoKe'iadai TvtpnTdlov' rrjv b aTto- 

 povcrav vn dprjxnvias tov narep' avTtjs iv ti] K€(fiaXfi Karopv^at. The same 

 Story told in great detail of the Hoopoe, eVov^ 'Iv8ikvs (Ael. N. A. xvi. 5) 



