XHNAAfinHE— XYPPABOI 197 



XAiiPlI {continued). 



the roots of a species of SyDiphytian (?), lined with black goats' hair. In 

 Ael. 1. c. the bird is confused with the Golden Oriole, xkuypiinv, which 

 migrates in winter, while the Greenfinch does not. 



XAnPrflN, s. xXwpeToi/, Suid. 



Qi.ljaX. galbula (galbus = gelb = yellow): on'oliis qu. aureolus ; It. 



rigogolo, from auri-galbulus (Diez, p. 152). 

 The Golden Oriole, Oriolus galbida, L. IMod. Gk. a-vKocpdyos 



(Von der M.), KirpwonovKi (Cyclades, Erh.), (ra-xKaloi (Kriiper). 



Arist. H. A. ix. I, 609 b fpe^ noXefxios tco ^(Xwpiaivi, ov tvioi nvdoXoyovcri 

 yei'eadcn eK nvpKa'ias. Ibid. 15,616b xkoapicop Se paBe'iu p.ei> dyados Ka\ /3to/^r;- 

 Xcivos, KaKoneTTjs de, Kal XP"'"' e'x^' po^drjpdv. Ibid. 22, 617 o Se xkwpiwv 

 )(\aip6s oXos' ovTOs Tou ^(etpSit'a ovx opaTiit, Trepl 8e ras rpoTras ras depivas 

 (j)av€pos pcikiara ylveraij aTraXXarrernt Se orau ^ ApKToipos (TTiTeXXrj, to Se 

 peyedits (utiv oaov rpvyuiv. Cf. Ael. iv. 47, SUpra S. V. x\u)pi<5 '. Plin. x. 



(29) 45- 



The Oriole arrives in Greece in April, and appears in great numbers 

 among the figs in August (Von der Miihle, &c.). Of the above accounts 

 in Aristotle, the first is clearly mythical, and contains a suggestion of 

 the Phoenix myth : the second is equally obscure, though Aubert and 

 Wimmer see in ^iop.r]xa^'os an allusion to the Oriole's surpassing skill 

 in nest-building ; while the third, though undoubtedly referring to the 

 Golden Oriole, is far from accurate : cf. Bufifon, M. des Ois. v. 351 ' Je 

 me contenterai de dire ici que, selon toute apparence, Aristote n'a connu 

 le loriot que par oui-dire.' 



XPYZA'ETOI. The ' Golden Eagle,' a mystical name, already dis- 

 cussed S. V. deros. 



A fabulous account in Ael. ii. 39 XP^'^'^^'''^^' uXXol be dcrTepinv top avriv 

 KoKovdiv. Spdrai be ov ttoWukis. Xeyei. be Api(TTOTeXr]s avrop drjpav Kal 

 pe^povs Koi Xaya)S Kni yepdvovs Kal _\;j;j'a9 f| avXr]S. peyiaros be dercop 

 (ipai nenicTTevTai, koi Xeyovcr'i ye kol els rovs Kprjras kol toIs ravpois eniTi- 

 Beadai avrop Kara to Kaprepop, k.t.X. 



XPYIOMH'TPII. V. 11. pvcrofj.?]TpLs, xP'^'^^i^'-'^P^^' Transl. Aun'vi/tis, 

 Gaza. 

 The Goldfinch, Fringilla carduelis, L. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592b, mentioned with aKovQis, dpavnis. ravra 

 yap irdvTa eiii ratp dKavOatp pep.eTai, aKoiXrjKa 8 ovbep ovb epL'<\rvx'^v ovbe'p' 

 ep TavTcS be Kadevbei Ka\ pep-erai ravrn. It is remarkable that we have 

 so little definite record of the Goldfinch, which in Greece is now, 

 according to Lindermayer, next to the Sparrow the commonest of birds. 



XY'PPABOZ- oppis Tis 77oi6s, Hesych. 



