200 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AT 1 1 {continued). 



last description is perhaps taken from the Little Bustard, O. ietrax, 

 Mod. Gk. ;(;a/xoT/Sa.) Paus. x. 34, I ai Se oiTibes KoXovjjifvai napa top 

 Krj(f)ii7ov {top iv ^coklSi) lefxovT i [xaKnTa opvWuiv. 



Capture by Coursing, with horse and dog. Xen. Anab. i. 5, 3 ray 5e 

 utrlbas (iv ris Ta)(y uvicrTrj eari \apu^uviiv' TrerovTai re yap ^paxv coanep oi 

 7rep8iKes Koi raxv anayopevovai' to. 8e Kpea avrav rj8ea icrriv (but cf. Plin. 

 1. c). Athen. ix. 393 d, quoting Xenophon, adds from Plutarch, oK-qOr] 

 \iyiiv Tov S€i'o(f>r2vTa' cftepeadai yap irdfinoWa to. ^aa ravra €ls rrjv 

 ^A\(^av8peiav anb rrjs napaKei^evrjs Aifivr]^, r^? 6i]pas nvTwv Toiavrrjs yivo- 

 p.evr]s. Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. 1. C. Trpoaayopeveadai avTov \ayodblav. 

 Synes. Ep. iv. p. 165 '/§'/ 8e ns /cat iiTiba ebcoKev, opveov eKTunas r]8u. 



Friendship for the horse. Ael. ii. 28 ttjv coWSa to ^woi/ opvldmv ilvai. 

 <^)iKimT<WaTov anova . . . "imrov 8e otuv 6ea(Tr]Tai, ^8LcrTa irpoaneTeTai. Alex. 

 Mynd. 1. C. <paa\ 5' avTOv Ka\ ti)v Tpo<pj)u dpaixnpvKaadac ^Sfcrdai re 'nrna, el 

 yovv Tis 8opau Ittttcov irepidoiTO, drjpfvad. ocrovs av de^jj' npoaiacri yap. 

 Cf. Plut. Sol. Anim. xxxi. 7 (ii. 981 B) ; 0pp. Cyn. ii. 406; Dion. De 

 Avib. iii. 8. 



Hostile to the dog, Ael. v. 24, and grossly deceived by the fox, 

 ib. vi. 24. 



Buffon and others have supposed from the name corij that the 

 Houbara (which is very rare in Greece) is chiefly meant : but the 

 etymology is doubtful ; the ' ears ' are not mentioned save by Oppian, 

 Cyneg. ii. 407 <uT/Ses, aiai TidrjXev del XaaiMTaTov ovas '. and besides the 

 cheek-tufts of the Common Bustard might suggest ears as well as the 

 crest of the Houbara. It is however the Houbara, as the common 

 African species, which is alluded to in Plutarch ap. Athen. I.e. 



"QJOl, s. WTOS. 



A Horned Owl, especially the Short-eared Owl, S/n'x hrachyotus 

 or Asio accipitrinus. 



Arist. H. A. viii, 12, 587 b, mentioned along with opTvyojurjTpa and 

 Kvxpafios as a migratory bird, in connexion with the migration of the 

 quails. Further (loc. dub., A. and W.) 6 S' o^tos op.oios Tais yXav^l Ka\ nepl 

 Til uiTa TTTepvyia 'ixcov' eVtoi 8' avTov vvKTiKopaKa Kokova-iv (cf. Hesych.). 

 eari 8e Ko^aXos Ka\ jjLifirjTrjs, Ka). dvTopxovp-evos dXtcrKfrni, 7Tepi(X66vTos 

 OaTepov tS)u drjpevTwv, Kadunep tj y\av^. Cf. Arist. ap. Athen. ix. 390f 



u>t6s taTi fxev Trnpofioios ttj yXavKi, ovk eaTL 8e vvKzepivos . . . jj-eyedos 

 TvepKTTepas, k.t.X. 



In Athen. ix. 390 d, a ridiculous story of its capture by mimicry : 



01 8e crrdvTfs avTcov KarnvTiKpii vTraXeicjioi'Tai (papp-aKo) tovs d(p6aXfj,oi!S, 

 iTapa(TKevd(TavT(s aXXa (papfxaKa KoXXrjTiKa 6c{)daXpS)V Kal fSXfCJidpcov, arrep 

 ov TToppo) iavTcdV iv XeKavla nais ^pax^MiS Tidenaiv' 01 ovv mtol QeaypovjXivoL 

 TOVS VTTaX€i(f)op.(Vovs to uiTO Kal atTol noiovaiv, eK tmu Xe/cat'iSu)V Xap.0d- 



