XAPAAPIOI— XEAIAiiN 1 87 



XEAIAflN {contintted). 

 Tavva-iTTTepos, ttoikiXos, Ar. Av. 1411 (cf. Alcaeus, fr. 84, ap. Schol.). 

 (^iXoTrair, (piXoreKPos, Anth. ^otlioXrjnTos, Lye. 1460. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. vi. 5, 563, viii. 3, 592 b ouvls a-apKocpdyo^. 

 lb. iii. 12, 519 fxovoxpoos. lb. i. I, 487 b, ix. 30,68 o/xoios tw <"nro8i' evTrrepos 

 Kai KaKonovs. lb. ix. 30, 618 ttjv Kfijprjv ovk e;^fi ^acrelnv. lb. ii. IJ, 509 ovre 

 Tov cTTOjxnxov ovre rov npoXof^ov i'xei evpvv, nXAa Tr]V KoiXinv paKpnv. lb. ii. I 5j 

 506 b TTpbi Toh ffrepois e^f t>]v xoXt]v. The Swallow is said, like the 

 Nightingale, to have no tongue, Aes. Fab. 416, Sec. 



Nest and Keproduction. — Arist. H. A. ix. 7, '612 b arvyKaranXeKei yap 

 To7s Kapfpecri irrfKov' Kav airoprjTat. nr^Xov, ^pexovan avTijv KoXiri^eirai To'is 

 TTTepols TTposTi-jV Koviv. €71. oe (rTi/SaSoTroifirai KaOinrfp o'l I'lvQpainoi^Ta crKXrjpa 

 TrpaiTa vTroridelaa Koi rat peyedet, crvppeTpov TToioiaa Trpos avTrjV. nepi re 

 Ti)v Tpocf)>)v Ta>v T€Kva>v fKnovelrai dpcftorepa' Stficocri S (Karepco Starr/poCcra 

 Tivi (Tvv7]d€ia TO TTpoeiXT)(j)6s, OTTcos prj Slf Xd^T], Kai rqv Konpov to pev 

 TvpaiTov avToi fK^aXXovaiv, OTav S' av^r]6a)ai, peTacrr petpovras e^co StSdcr/coutrt 

 Tovs vfOTTovs irpo'uvni. (This accurate account evidently refers in par- 

 ticular to the House Martin.) Cf. Ael. iii. 24, 25, Antig. Mirab. 37 (43), 

 Plut. De Soil. An. ii. 966 d. Arist. H. A. vi. 5, 563 povov to>v aapKorpdyav 

 Sly veoTrevei. The nests of the Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin 

 are adequately described by Plin. x. (33) 44. 



Phile, De An. Pr. (20) 454 ivavTiav be (paai Trj tq)u opviav, \ ttjv pi^iv 

 avTbiv fvpedrji/ai Kai ^efrjv. 



For poetic references see (zV//. a/.) Ar. Av. 1151 (which quotation is, 

 however, by a recent emendation, no longer apt : cf. Rutherford, Class. 

 Rev. 1 891, p. 90) ; Antip. Sid. Ixiii, Gk. Anth. ii. 23 ;teAi8()i', prjrepa 

 TfKvcov I apTi ere 6dX7Tov(rav Kaldas vno nTfpvyi : Agath. Ivii, Gk. Anth. 

 iv. 23 (TTiTpv^eL 8e ;^eXiSa)i', | Kap'fxcn koXXt^tov nrj^apepr] ddXapov : Theaet. 

 Schol. ii, Gk. Anth. iii. 214 Ka\ (pLXonais vno yelcra bopovs Tfv^aaa 

 XfXi8d>v I iKyova nrfXoxvTois ^eivoboKel $aXapo2s : Marc. Argent, xxiv, Gk. 

 Anth. ii. 248 rjbr] Ka\ (pcXoreKvos vno TpavXalai x^Xibclov, \ x^^Xeai Kap(f)iTr]v 

 jrrjXodopel ddXapou : Anth. Pal. X. 2 rjbrj 8e irXdaafi pif vudypoc^a yvpa 

 XeXiSwv, I o'lKia. Nonn. Dion. ii. 132 Ka\ pobov dyyiXXova-a Ka\ dvde- 

 poftraav ieparjv \ i'aaopnt elapivo'io (f>lXr] ZeCpvpoio p^^eXtScot', | (pBeyyopeprj, 

 \dXos opvis, vTru>po(}jir]s piXos rjxovs, | dpxr]6p'^ TVTfpoevTi nepiaKaipovcra 

 KaXir'iv: cf. ibid, xlvii. 30. 0pp. Hal. i. 729 rje Ka\ elapivfjai ;^fXi8do-ii' 

 eyyv? i'Kvpcre \ pvpapevais (d T€Kva, riire (T(pi(ri XrjKraavTo | e^ fi/viji jj 

 0aJres dnrjvees f]e SpdKoines : cf. ibid. v. 579. See also the Fable of the 

 Nightingale and the Swallow, Babr. xii (ed. Rutherford). 



Migration. — Arist. H. A. viii. 16, 600 (fxoXoicn be ttoXXoi Ka\ tu>v opvi- 

 6<i>v, Kn\ ovx cos- Ttpes oXovTai, els dXeetvovs tottovs dnepxovTai Trdvres' aXX ol 

 pev •nXrja'iov oPTes toiovtoip Toncop, eV 01? d(\ biapepovcrt, kol iktIpoi kui 

 XeXibopes dnoxcopovaip epTavOa, 01 be iroppunepa oire? tuiv Toiovnop ovk 

 fKToUL^ovcTip dXXd KpinrTovaiP eavTovs. I'jbri yap oippepai noXXal x^Xibopes 



