112 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AA'POI, j3. A kind of tame singing bird, Anth. Pal. vii. 199, 



AETOI, vide s. v. eXeios. 



AEYKEPflAIO'Z (also XfvKopwStos). The Spoonbill, Plataka leucorodius, 

 L. Mod. Gk. KovXidpi ( = Fr. cueiller). 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b to yiey(6i>s ipabiov iXarTav, Ka\ f\ei. to pvyxos 

 TrXfirii K(H fiaKpov. 



The description of the bill easily identifies the bird in this passage 

 (Belon, Sundevall, &c.), but the name would probably be likewise 

 applied to the other White Herons or Egrets. 



AIBYO'I. (MSS. have Ae/3toj, k'l^ios, Krjfiws, cf. Schn. in Arist. iv. p. 7). 

 An unknown bird : possibly to be compared with \ij3vk6s cpvis, 

 Ar. Av. 65. 

 Arist. H. A. ix. i, 609 KeXfos kcu XcjSvos noXtpioi : cf. s. v. XaeSos. 



AO'KAAOI. An unknown bird. 



Arist. H. A. ii. 17, 509, mentioned with aa-KciXncpos as a bird having 

 colic coeca. Omitted in Cod. Venetus and others. Gesner supposes 

 the word to be Italian {l=aluco, an Owl), and to have come in as 

 a marginal rendering of do-KaXa^os. Scaliger reads KcoKaXos. 



AY'KOI. A sort of Jackdaw (Arist. H. A. ix. 24, 610 b); probably 

 a nickname of the common Jackdaw, cf. PwixoXoxos. (Schn. and 

 Pice, read Xukios, which form occurs in Hesych. : Xvkios, koXowv 

 eiSoj). See also s. v. KipKos. 



MAKEII'KPANOI. A name for the Hoopoe. 



Hesych. puKeaiKpavos. e7ro\|/'' dia to 'ex,fiv eVt TrjS K€(j)a\i]S Ka6anep 

 X6(f)oi', Koi KOpvdaioXov avTOV Xeyovai. noXvoovvpov 8e Xeyerai. to ^<^ov' 

 (TiVTrjv T€ yap avTov Koi aXeKTpvovn \liypiov, inser. Heinsius] km yiXaaov 

 Xeyovcri. 



MAAAKOKPANEY'I. An unknown bird. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 22, 617 b ael eVi to avTo KaBi^avei, koI aXiV/cerai evTavda. 

 TO 8e etfioy K€<paXrj piv peydXr] ;!(oi'Sporii7rof, to Be peyedos iXaTTCov kIxXtjs 

 piKpu. (jTopa 5 fvpcocTTOv, piKpov, aTpoyyvXov' to be XP^I^^ aTTo8oei8i]S 

 oXos. evTTovs 8e Koi KaKonrepos. dXlcrKeTin de pdXiaTa yXavKi [? aucupium 

 per noctuam]. 



Identified by Sundevall with the Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor, 

 L., in Mod. Gk. KecfidXds and deropaxos (Heldr.). Lindermayer (op. c. 

 p. 114) states that this bird is extremely common in Greece, and sings 

 all day long ' auf der aussersten Spitze eines Baumes oder Strauches 

 sitzend.' This identification is more plausible than the many others that 

 have been suggested, such as the Jay, the Bullfinch, and even the Snipe 



