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INDEX. 



ItpaK, hawk, 9, 39, 40; incubation. 

 146; like the cuckoo, 146. 147: 

 the young good to cut, 147 ; a 

 kind which builds in rocks, ib. ; 

 three species, 201 ; enumeration 

 of species, 253 ; the Egyptian 

 hawk, 226 ; its nest, 243 ; does 

 not eat the heart of birds, ib. 



lifxtC or Upo^.a kind of serpent, 228. 



iKrli og, kite, Falco milvius, 39, 

 40; incubation, 146; food, 201; 

 drink, 203; migration, 215; a 

 foe to the raven, 232. 



&quot;Iicne. weasel or ferret, Mustela furo, 

 29 ; habits, 239. 



IXXdf, a kind of thrush, gregarious, 

 Turdus iliaceus, Struck, 248; this 

 identification is very doubtful, 

 Schneider. 



Ioj3opof, a kind of thrush, Turdus 

 viscivorus, Strack, 248. 



Utif, miseltoe, 248. 



&quot;IvvoQ, hinnus, the offspring of a 

 horse and she ass, 163. 



TouXif, a red fish, Labrus lull s, 

 Strack, 234. 



loiAof, lulus, scolopendra, centi 

 pede, 73. 



Imriipdiov, giraffe, Giraffa cameleo- 

 pardalis, 26. 



iTTTrs Xa^of, perhaps the Nilgh.iu, 

 Antilope picta, 26. 



iTrjrtite, a crustacean, Ocyopode 



cursor, 77. 



\TrirofivpfiriZ, a large kind of ant, 

 Formica Herculanea, 225. 



iTrTrof, horse, Equus Caballus, 13, 

 26, 27, 29, 39, 62, 66, 69, 70 ; 

 dreams, 97; neighing, 112; re 

 production, age, life, 113, 161, 

 109; food and drink, 205, 207; 

 .-mall horses in the country of the 

 Pygmies, 209 ; diseases, 219,222, 

 223 ; story of a Scythian horse, 

 274. 



ITTTTOC, 6 trorufiioQ, river horse, 

 Hippopotamus amphibius, 32, 

 196; in Egypt, 32. 

 iTTTroypof, fish, Coryphaena hippu- 

 rus, 109; hides in holes, 213. 



Iria, willow, 155. 

 &quot;Ii/y, wryneck, Jynx torquilla, 3D. 

 lyvfu/iwv, Ichneumon, Viverra 



Ichneumon, 177; attacks the asp 



in Egypt, 238. 

 \xvtiifjntiv, Ichneumon (insect) 



Spliex, hunts spiders, 124, 232. 



K 



KdXnftof, reed, Acorus calamus, and 

 perhaps also some of the larger 

 grasses, 122, 155 ; its flower, 127 ; 

 used to support vine, 133, 155, 

 216 ; flourishes in rainy weather, 

 217. 



KaXapig or icoXapif, & bird preyed 

 on by the little owl Motacilla 

 alba L., Schneider, 232. Fringilla 

 petronia. 



KaXidptf, Tringa, Sandpiper, Sco- 

 lopax calidris, 203. 



Ka\Xt(ovi;/ios, fish, Uranoscopus, 

 Strack, U. Scaber, 40 ; lives near 

 the shore, 



KaXXiii/rpov, a shrub from the 

 flowers of which the bees are said 

 to procure their young, 127; per 

 haps Cerinthe, L., Strack, honey 

 suckle. 



KdjujjXof. Camel, Camelus Bactria- 

 nus and C. Dromedarius, 25, 27, 

 29, 30, 70; reproduction, 103, 

 114, 161, 173; endurance of 

 thirst, 207 ; life, ib.; diseases, 222 ; 

 purity, 274 ; castration of females, 

 278. 



Ko/i7r;, caterpillar, 124. 



Kat Oaplf , several kinds of beetles, 

 88; a kind of fly, 106; origin, 

 126. 



~K.dvQapoq, beetle, Scarabaeus pilula- 

 rius, Schneider, Cantharis lytta, 9 ; 

 origin, 125 ; changes its skin, 216. 



KavSapoc, a sea-fish, lives near the 

 shore, Sparus Cantharus, 211. 



KaTrpof, boar, 29; coition, age, 112, 

 114 ; castration, 277. 



KaVpoc, a fish said to make a 

 grunting noise. Coitus c*t- 



