154 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



ZEMTpaMII" rrepKTTfpa opeioi, 'eXXijuio-ti, Hesych. Cf. Diodor. ii. 6. 

 Vide s. V. irepio-Tepdi. 



ZE'PKOI" u\eKTpv<j)v, Koi dXeKTopl^es aeXKcs, Hes)'ch. Baethgen, De vi 

 et signif. Galli, Diss. Inaug., Golting. 1887, p. 10, collates fcXKog, 

 a word inscribed together with the image of a Cock on a Cretan 

 vase (Roulez, Choix de vases de Leide, p. 40, nr. 13), and this in 

 turn with TiXxavos, s. ftX^ai^oy, 6 Zevs napa Kpr](Tiv, Hesych., inscribed 

 also on a coin of Phaestus (Bull. Inst. Arch., i84i,p. 174); further 

 he suggests a kindred reference to the opvi^ Zlfpo-tKo'?, in the corrupt 

 Hesychian gloss, 2(\xpoi' Uepaai. A coin of Phaestus figured in 

 the Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins (Crete, p. 63, pi. xv, 10), bears the same 

 inscription and shows the god seated holding a Cock on his knee. 



IE PTHI' yipavos, U.oX'Kvpprjvioi, Ilesych. 



ZlAAENAPl'l" noios opvis napa Ka.\Xtpd)((i>, Hesych. 



Schn. in Arist. H. A. viii. 3 (vol. ii. p. 596) suspects this bird to be 

 identical with the corrupt KaXiSpi?, s. aKa^Spis, s. o-KaXi8pi9, of 

 Arist., and suggests o-KaXuSpis as an emendation for both. Cf. 

 also CTiaXis. 



ZlAAl'Z. A bird so-called from its cry. Didymus ap. Athen. ix. 

 392 f. Also Hesych. 



ZI'NTHZ. Vide s. v. p.aK€aiKpacos. 



ZIZI'AAPOZ- nepdi^, Ufpyaloi, Hesych. 



ZITAPl'Z. An unknown bird. aiTTt]' 17 vvv olpai \(yopevr] aiTapls, Suid.: 

 cf. Zonar. 1645, Lob. Proll. p. 30. 



ZITTA'KH, Philostorg. H. E. iii. 11. CTi-rraitos, Ael. xvi. 15, Arrian. 

 Ind. i. 8, &c. Vide s.v. ({(tTTaKos. 



Zl TTAZ ^ aiTTttKOS. crtrToy, bpvis nnioi' evioi be tou yj/iTTaKoi) Xeyovaiv, 

 Hesych. 



ZI'TTH. (Some ]\ISS. have o-iWr? in Arist. H. A. ix. i.) With crtTTTn? 

 cf. tWr;, q. v. Also iTTTa" 6 dpvoKoKnyj/ idpiKccs, Hesych. We might 

 conjecture a form -^iTTr], akin to O. H. G. spe/i, speht, specht, 

 Lith. spakas, Sk. pika, &c. 

 A bird with fabulous attributes, allied to the Woodpecker; opvis 

 TToiof, ot 6e dpvoKoXdnTTjs, Hcsych. Usually identified with the 

 Nuthatch, S///a etiropaea or S. sjri'aca, which latter very similar 

 species is commoner in Greece (Von der Muhle, Lindermayer); 



