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INDEX. 



of its nest, 246. It is doubtful 

 whether either of the species is 

 our kingfisher. Schneider. 



A.\nadxr), probably a species of 

 Zoophyte Alcyonia, 246. 



A\w7r&amp;gt;;, fox, Canis vulpes, 6, 29 ; 

 it breeds with the Laconian dogs, 

 227 ; attacks the heron, 233 ; is 

 friendly with the crow, ib. ; a 

 troglodyte, ib. 



AAo )7r//, Vampire, Vespertilio cani- 

 nus, Strack, V. dinops or Sciurus 

 volans, 9 ; reproduction, 177 ; it 

 hunts mice, 178. 



AXai7r}, a cartilaginous fish, re 

 production, 149 ; represents a 

 class, 151 ; Egyptian species, 226 ; 

 stratagems, 255. 



Apia, a kind of tunny, mackerel, 

 Scomber, Strack, 4, 40, 91; its 

 rapid growth, 160, 199, 200; lives 

 in bays, 211; and enters rivers, 

 218 ; its teeth and mode of de 

 fence, 255. 



Apvya\i), Amygdala communis, 

 almond tree, 268 , almonds, 242. 



Ai Oiag, a migratory sea fish, also 

 called dv\&amp;lt;uiria, Scomber ala 

 longa, 159; gregarious, 234; also 

 called sacred, 255. 



*Ai(Joc, yellow bunting, Emberiza 

 cilrinella, Strack, Motacilla ba- 

 ruln, 202 ; feeds in meadows, 

 imitates the neighing of the 

 horse, 233 ; hostile to the acantliis 

 and aegithus, ib. ; it lives by the 

 side of rivers, 244. 

 Ai-Opni i), wild bee, Apis terrestris, 

 or Vespa crahro, 88 ; the larvae, 

 124; reproduction, 130 ; a diligent 

 insect, 258 ; makes honey, 260 ; 

 its manners and habits, 270. 



&quot;ATTIOC, the pear tree, 126. 



ATrXvffiaf, a dark-coloured sponge, 

 119. 



various reading for 

 p potf, Murex, or Natica. 

 novf, swift, Hirundo apus, 4; 

 also called icv\)/t\\og, 271. 



spider, 5, 86, 135; its 



web, reproduction, 123, 131, 132; 

 is driven away by its young 131; 

 it sucks its prey, 213 ; is eaten by 

 the lizard, 232 ; four kinds, 258, 

 259. &amp;lt;A\a, Salticus scenicus 

 The smaller kind Dolomedes mi- 

 rabilis the larger Lycosa ruri- 

 cola, another Dolomedes fimbria- 

 tus. 



&quot;Apxroc, bear, Ursus Arctus, 25, 

 27, 29, 42 ; coition, 102; at this 

 time it becomes fierce, 161 ; period 

 of gestation, imperfect young, 

 175 ; mode of drinking, 205 ; hy- 

 bernation, 215; eats the arum, 

 ib ; the females courageous, 230 ; 

 its habits, 237. 



&quot;Apicrof, a crustacean, perhaps Can 

 cer spinosissimus, Strack, Scyllaris 

 arctus, reproduction, 121 ; its food 

 and manner of seizing it, 205. 



Apjrjj, a bird of prey, falcon, lives 

 near the sea, and attacks the gull 

 and brenthus, 232 ; the piphinx 

 and ictinus are friendly to it, 234 ; 

 its mode of life, attacks the eyes 

 of its prey, 247. 



Ap\dvoc, a fish, see PL-^dpvaf. 



A(T.-a\a/3iTijg, lizard, Lacertu 

 Gecko, Stellio veterum, 160; it 

 lives in holes, 213; changes its 

 skin, 216; its bite poisonous in 

 some parts of Italy, 227 ; it eats 

 spiders, 232 ; it can walk in an 

 inverted position, 242. 



AcrtaA a&amp;lt;pog , probably some kind of 

 owl, St.ryx ulula, 45. 



AfficaXoiTrac, Scolopax gallinago, 

 snipe, Strack, (Schneid* r disap 

 proves of this identification), S. 

 phaeopus, 249. See oKobonaK. 



AffKapifof, ascaris, intestinal worm, 

 124. 



Afficapie the larva of the empis 

 (^gnat), 125. 



AffTraXal, mole, Tnlpa vulgaris, 

 lives in holes, 5 ; its eyes, 13, 

 90; there are many in liceotia 

 none in Lebadiu, 225. 



A&amp;lt;T7ric, Coluber aspis, asp, from 



