KOPiiNH— KOIIY<l>OI JOl 



KOIKIKOI {continued). 



These obscure words do not occur elsewhere, kotto? is said to be 

 connected with kottU, for a crest or top-knot, cf. Hesych. s. v. irpoKOTra : 

 KOL OL ak(KTpv6v(^ KOTToi Stct Tov eTtl Tjj Kecj)a}^f] X6(pov (cf. supra, S. V. 

 KaXXwi'). For koo-kikos, k6ttv\os, cf. Koacrixos, k6(t(tvcJ)os, K(')ttv(})os : kotIkos, 

 on the other hand, suggests a corruption of KaroiKcis. Cf. Lob. Proll. 

 327 ; Schmidt ad Hesych. 3758, 3790. 



KO'ZIY<t>OI, a. Also Kov|/iKos, Ar. Av, 306, 806, 1081 ; Nicostr. ap. 

 Athen. ii. 65 D, &c.; ko«(/ukos, Suid. 

 The Blackbird, Turdus nierula, L. Mod. Gk. Koaa-vfpos, Koravcpoi, 



KOTaV(pl, KOT^lCfiOS. 



Description. — Its size compared with the Woodpecker, Arist. H. A. 

 ix. 9, 614 b ; with Xa'ios, ib. 19, 617 ; with rpixds, ib. 20, 617 ; with Kvavos, 

 ib. 21,617; with \f/cipos, ib. 26, 617 b. (poiviKoiv ex^i' to puyx"?} ib. 29, 

 617. Dion. De Avib. i. 27 8vo 8' eVrt yevrj Koaaixfioyv' Koi 01 fifv iravrr] 

 fjifXavei, 01 8e Krjpai ra XfiXr; npocrtoiKoTes, Koi toov irepoav fi'iXXov npbs ras 

 mdas eniTijBeioi : this is plainly the sexual difference. 



Migration, Arist. H.A. viii. 16, 600, (pmXei. Change of plumage, ib. 

 ix. 49 B, 632 b Tav S opviatv rroXXa fiernQaXk overt. Kara ras uipiii Kn\ ro xpSyfin 



Koi TrjV (f)U)Vl]V, olov 6 KOTTVCpOS CIVtI fJLeXaVOS ^avdoS' Koi TrjU (f)(j)VI]V 8 KTX^l 



dWolav' iv }iiv yap tm depei abei, tou 8e ;^fi/ua)i'oy Trarayel koi (pdeyyfrai 

 6opv^oo8€S. Cf. Arist. fr. 273, 1527b; Ael. xii. 28. Eustath. Hexaem. 

 p. 30 e^ w8iKou KpaKTiKik : cf. also Clem. Alex. Paedag. x, Plin. x. 28 

 Merula ex nigra rufescit, canit aestate, hyeme balbutit, circa solstitium 

 mutat. Song referred to also, Ael. vi. 19 ; Theocr. Ep. iv. 10 elapivoi 

 fie Xiyv(})d6yyoiacv aoi8ais \ K6crav(f)0i uxevaiv noiKiXorpavXa fieXr}. 



Westing. — Arist. H. A. v. 13, 554 8\s riKTei 6 Koaavcfjos' ra fiev ovt> Trpoira 

 TOV Koaavcjiov vno xeinaivos dnoXXvTai, npcoiaiTara yap rtVret tcop opvi.-v 

 dnavrav, top 6' v<jT(pov tokov els TeXos fKTpe(fi€i : cf. Dion. De Avib. 1. 27. 

 Arist. H. A. ix. 13, 616, builds a nest Hned with hair and wool like ;^X(op/?. 



"White Blackbirds on Cyllene.— Arist. H. A. i.x. 19, 617, De Mirab. 

 15, 831b, Pausan. viii. 17, 3, Sostrat. ap. Ael. v. 27, Plin. x. 30, Steph. 

 Byz. s. V. KvXXi'jvr], &c. ; according to Lindermayer (p. 30) white or 

 albino blackbirds are still remarkably common on Cyllene, but in 

 Aristotle the fact is mixed with fable. 



Mode of capture. — Dion. De Avib. iii. 13. Frequently mentioned, 

 together with kixXt], in the Anthology; Rhian. vi (Gk. Anth. Jac. i. 231) 

 t^eo A(^i6viKos VTTo X^^Pfi TrXaTavLffTCO \ K6aav(pov dypevaas, eiXe KaTCi 

 TTTepvycov' I x^ H-^" dvaiTT(v(ix<^i' entKoiKvev lepos oppis : Archias xxiii (ib. ii. 

 85) St'o-o-m? avp KixXaiaip vnep ^payp.0'10 8icox0eis \ K6(r(jv(pos rjepirjs koXttop 

 e8v vecfieXTjS : Antip. Sid. Ixii (ib. ii. 23) Sicro-ui/ eV ^poxi^ap a fitp fxin 

 Tviova KLxXap \ a fiia S' iniveia Koaavcfiov eiXe nciya : Paul. Sil. Ixxii (lb. iv. 

 63) opdpios (vn'XeKTOLo Xipov ve(f)oei8ei koXtto) | eixntae aip kixXj] Koaavcf)Oi 



