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riEPIITEPA {continued). 

 Nat., i. 5, 6 colla Cytheriacae splendent agitata columbae ; Plin. x. 

 (36) 52 nosse credas suos colores varietatemque dispositam ; id. xxxvii. 

 5 (18) ; Auson. Epist. iii. 15. The young birds are plainer and darker 

 in colour, Arist. De Gen. v. 6, 7S5 b. 



Nesting and Breeding Habits. — Arist. H. A. vi. 2, 560 b Kvvolaiv 

 aKKr]Ka^., orav ^eWrj dva^aiveiv 6 (ipprjv, rj ovk civ o_Yeuo"et€v o ye irpecr^vTepos 

 TO npcoTov' varepov neuroi dva^aivei Koi p-rj Kvcras' oi be vearepoi del tovto 

 TToirjanvTes ox^vovaiv, koi en al GrjXeiai oKKtjXats dva^aivovaiv, orav apprjv 

 p.f} TTapiJ, Kvcraani axnrep oi appeves' Ka\ ov6tv npoUpevai els dXXrjXns 

 TLKTOvcTLV WO TrXfi'o) T) Til yovcp jivopeva' e^ u>v ov yiverni veoTTOS ovdeis, 

 dXX' VTTTjvepia navra ra Toiavrd elaiv. Cf. De Gen. iii. 6, 75^ b, Athen. 

 ix. 394 d, Ael. V. H. i. 15, Dion. De Avib. i. 25, Plin. x. 58 (79); Ovid, 

 Am. ii. 6, 56 oscula dat cupido blanda columba mari. 



Their prolific increase : r/xrei djropeoTTevovaa naXiv ev TpuiKovB' rjpepais, 

 H. A. vi. 4, 563. TiKTOvai 8' at irepiarepaX Trdaav copav /cat eKTpi<pov(Tiv, 

 edv TOTTOV e'xooaiv dXeeivov Koi to. eVtr/^Seta" ft 8e p'fj, tov Bepovs pnvov. ra 

 S' eKyova rov eapos ^eXriara (cni tov (p6ivoTT('opov. to. de tov depovs ku\ 

 ev Ta'is Bepprjpepiais ;^eipta-Ta, H. A. v. 13, 544 b. ttoXXci piv ov TiKTei, 

 TToXXuKis 8e, De Gen. iii. I, 749 b. StTOKel* riKrei deKuKLS tov eviavTOv, 

 H. A. vi. I, 558 b. ijSrj 8e TLves Kal evdeKOKis, al S' eV AiyvnTCO koL SadeKUKis, 

 ibid. vi. 4, 562 b ; Athen. ix. 394 c. wa XevKu' vnrjvepia, H. A. vi. 2, 559, 

 561, Sec. ws eVt TO noXv lippev koi drjXv, Ka\ tovtuv q)? eVi to ttoXxj TvpoTepov 

 TO appev TiKTei (Athen. ix. 394, &c. : cf. Flourens, C. R., Ixxiii. p. 740, 

 1864)' Kai. TeKovcra piau rjpepav diaXeinei, etVa ndXiv TiKrei duTepop' 

 encod^eL Se Kai 6 (ipprjv ev t&) pepei ttj! rjpepas, Trjv Se vvktu 1) drjXeia (cf. Ael. 

 iii. 45, Athen. ix. 394 b). eK-neTTeTal re Kai etcXeneTai eiTos e'iKO(nv rjpepcov 

 TO yevopevov irpoTepov twv a>(ov (cf. ibid. vi. 2)' TiTpaxrKei 8e to aiov ttj 

 npOTepaiq rj eKXenei, &C. ox^vei 8e Kal ox^verai e'vTOi eviavrov' Ka\ yap 



eKpr]voi, H. A. vi. 4, 562 b : cf. Arist. fr. 271, 1527. 



Care and Nurture of the Young. — Arist. H. A. ix. 7, 613 yevopevav 

 be Tuiv veoTTWV TtjS a}.pvpL^ovarjs paXiaTU yrjs biapacn]adpevos elcniTvei rot? 

 veoTTols bioiyvvi to OTopa, tt poTvnpaa Kevu^OjV irpis ti]v Tpo(prjv. See also 

 Ael. iii. 45, Athen. ix. 394 f, Plin. x (34) 52 ; hence the variant in Athen. 

 394 c, Ael. V. H. i. 15 6 apprjv epnTvei avTols, iva pi] (iaaKavdaxri. 



For other particulars regarding nesting, incubation, care of the 

 young, &c., see Arist. H. A. vi. i, 558, 2, 560, 8, 564, ix. 7, 612 : De 

 Gen. iii. 6, 756 b, iv. 6, 774 ; Athen. ix. 394 ; Geoponic. xiv, i, 2, xvi. i, 3 ; 

 Plin. X (53) 75, (58) 79, (60) 80 ; Varro, De R. R. iii. 7, 9, &c. ; Colum. 

 R. R. viii. 8, 5 ; Eustath. p. 1712, &c., &c. 



Conjugal Affection and Chastity. — Arist. H. A. ix. 7, 612 b otVe yap 

 avvbud^eaQai [Antig. H. M. 38 avvevvd^eaQai] 6eXov<n TiXeiotjiv, ovTe 

 npoanoXelTTovai ti)v Koivaviav, TTXrjv e'di> XIP'^^ V X^lP^ yevrjrai. en be 

 nepl Ti]V d>blva beivi) r; tov dppevoi depaTreia Kal awayavdKTrjan' edv t 



