138 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



riEPAIH {continued). 



Kai TpiyfJiov a(pir](Ti Koi ciWas cfxovds, H. A. ix. 8, 614 ; cf. Plut. ii. 727 D. 

 /ufrn/SaXXet to xp^l^n, De Color. 6. 798 ; albino variety, De Gen. v. 785 b. 

 o(T<f)pT]aiv doKCL e'x^"' eVt'SfjXoi^, H. A. vi. 2, 560 b, cf. De. Gen. iii. i, 751. 

 Kox^ias icrOUi, H. A. ix. 2)7, 621, Athen. ix. 390 c (pi ev 2Ki(i6a)), and how 

 the snails {oi koK. dpeiovis) to elude them leave their shells behind, 

 Ael. X. 5. o Tjyepibv Tcov dypLU)v, oi x'lp"'! Athen. 1. c, Arist. H. A. ix. 8, 614. 

 Nest and Breeding Habits. — Lays ten to sixteen eggs (Arist. H. A. 

 ix. 8, 613b, cf. Ael. X. 15) which are white (H. A. vi. 2, 559) ; vnrjvepia (lb. 

 560). Nest : H. A. ix. 8, 613b oi TroioiVTai i/coTTiav. dW OTav iroir](T(x)VTai 

 iv Ttp Xfio) KuvKXTpav, (nT]\vyaadp.fvoi, liKavQdv riva koi vXrjv t^s irepl rovs 

 iepuKns eveKn Kal rovs derovs dXeoopa?, ivrnvOa tiktovctl Kai (Trcod^ovaiv : cf. 

 Ael. iii. 16, x, 15 ; Plin. x. (33) 51 ; Ovid, Met. viii. 258. Arist. H. A. vi, 8, 

 564 8vo TTOiovVTai Tav aa>v (yrfKovs, Kin e(/>' w pef rj 6}]\fia ervl 6e darepco 6 

 cipprjv eirad^ei, Kal eKXe\j/as eKTrep-nei (Karepos tKarepa : cf. Athen. 1. C, 



Antig. H. Mirab. loi (no). Hence, perhaps, the allusion in Ar. Av. 

 767 Tre'pSi^ yeveadco, tov irarpos veoTTiov : cf. also Phryn. ap. Athen. 

 ix. 3S9a TOV KXeofilBpoTov re tov | nepbiKos viov. Dion. De Avib. i. II 

 doXfpuv TO yevos eaTiv, cos Kal tovs veoTTOvs yivaaKcip onuis av8pa XP'l 

 TTpocriovTa i^airaTav, (pvXXois fj /ScoXoty KaXv^ap.fi'ovs. Cf. Plut. De Solert. 

 An. p. 971. 



Its salacity. De Gen. ii. 746 b, iii. 749 b, Ael. iv. i, vii. 19, &c., &c. 

 ti6 Kal TO. cod TTJs drjXfias crvvTpifiei Iva dnoXnvj] t(ov dcppoSiaiaiv'. Arist. ap. 

 Athen. 1. c, Ael. iii. 5. (With this and similar fables, cf. Jerem. xvii. 11). 

 fidxovrai 8e oi X'lf"^'- c'^t^I' irpos dXXijXovs Kcd 6 tjTTrjdeis o;\;ei'erni imo tov 

 viKrjaavTOi, Athen. 1. C, Plin. 1. C. oxfvoviri 8e Kal oi Tidacrol tovs dypiovs' 

 ylviTai 8e tovto kutu Tiva copap tov eTovs, Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. 1. C. 

 TOVS veoTTOvs ox^vovai, H. A. vi. 8, 564- ^1/ KOTa upepov (jtuxtiv ai 6!]XeiaL 

 Tci>p appipuiv, eyKvoi yivoPTai' jroXXdKis 8e Kal ttjs (f)a>vrjs {aKOvaaaai), fdv 

 opyacrai tvx(0(TI, koi vnepniTopevuip €k tov KciTaTrvevaai top dppepa' ;^do"Ket 8e 

 Kal f] di'jXeta Kal 6 apprjp^ Kal Tt)p yXcorrap e^co exovcri nepl ttjv ttjs dxfias 

 TTOLrjcTip, H. A. V. 5, 541 ; cf. De Gen. iii. i, 751, Ael. xvii. 15, Antig. 

 H. Mirab. 81 (87), Athen. I.e., Plin. 1. c, &c. 



Bastards, eV nep8iKos Knl dXfKrpvopos, De Gen. ii. 738 b. 



How the young chip the shell, uxrnep dvpoKonovpres, and are inde- 

 pendent from the first : Ael. iv. 12. 



Capture and Domestication. — Decoy partridges, Arist. H. A. ix. 8, 

 614, vi. 2, 560 b, Ael. iv. 16, Xen. Mem. ii. i. 4. Various modes of 

 capture, Dion. De Avib. iii. 7 ; cf. Simm. Rh. iv, Gk. Anthol. i. p. 137 

 dypora irephi^ \ ovKeTi dr]piv(r€is (BaXiovs (Tvpopt]')\iKas. Epitaph on a tame 

 partridge, Agath. Ixxxv, Gk. Anthol. iv. 35 tXtj^wp aKoneXcop peTapdarpia 

 TTipdi^ (also others by Democharis, &c.). 



The sport of partridge-fighting (still practised in the Greek Islands), 

 and how the females are kept at hand to stimulate the courage of the 



