310 



Opi ycrvoc, plant, Origanum, 238. 



Opej/C, a large kind of tunny, 

 Scomber ala Tonga, 109. 



*0( ic domestic fowl, see d\&amp;lt;ropc 

 and a\tfr(tv&amp;lt;jji&amp;gt;. 



Opopoc tares, Orobus, Ervum er- 

 vilia, 71, 191. 



OjK)T7rjoc, mountain finch, Frin- 

 gilla montifringilla, Struck, 202. 



Ojiio&fici i;, an insect that eats the 

 huds of plants, Chrysomela olera- 

 cea, 126. 



Oprt/yo/ii/rpnr, perhaps Land rail, 

 Rallus Crex, 210. 



&quot;Opri , quail, CoturnixVulgaris, 40, 

 45 ; nest, 146, 240 ; migration, 

 210 ; does not perch on trees, 242. 



*O(&amp;gt;v, Nilghau, Antilope picta, or 

 Antilope Oryx, 27. 



*0()06t, a sea fish, perhaps Scorpaena 

 porous, Sprat t s Lycia, 109, 199, 

 211, 214. 



Op^iXoc, a bird, Charadrius minor, 

 2i2. 



Oarpaxofi ppa, testaceous mollusca, 

 8, 10, 13, 73, 81 ; reproduction, 

 110, 115, 117; compared with 

 plants. 195 ; hybernate, 213 ; best 

 tor food when they have ova, 228. 



&quot;OoTpiov, oyster, 3, 10, 117; diffe 

 rent kinds, 73 ; origin, 117 ; have 

 an anus, 198; ra oorptui^i;, tes- 

 tacea, 228. 



&quot;Oorpfiov, the shell used by paint 

 ers, 118. 



&quot;OvpaS, Otis houbara, 139. 



Ot c Qcnedmoi , sea ear, perhaps 

 Haliotis, 84. 



0&amp;lt;j&amp;gt;i$tov, a small serpent, found in 

 the plant silphium, 227 ; a small 

 serpent, Coluber ammodytes, or C. 

 JEseulapii, Struck, ib. ; an Indian 

 serpent, whose bite is fatal, ib. 



&quot;O^r, serpent, 5 ; winged serpent in 

 ^Ethiopia, perhaps Draco volans, 

 9; a horned serpent in Egypt, 

 Coluber cerastes, 28 ; water-ser 

 pents, Coluber natrix, 10, 35, 38, 

 43, 44, 46, 49, 60 ; marine ser- 

 pcnU, Murajnu ophis, or Ammo 



dytes tobianus, Strack, 38, 255 ; 

 there are many kinds. Their hiM- 

 ing, 96; the female larger, 100; 

 reproduction, 103, 137 ; change 

 their skin, 121,216; omnivorous, 

 204; hybernate, 213; a large 

 kind in Lybia, Boa constrictor, 

 226 ; the blind serpent, Anguis 

 fragilis, 223. 

 0poc, Labrus Anthia, 109. 



n 



probably the common 

 hermit-crab, Pagurus Bernhardi, 

 77. 



Ilai 0}p, panther, Felis Panthera, 

 177. 



TlapSdXia, 34; perhaps the spots on 

 the Leopard s skin : an unknown 

 animal, L. and 5. Lex. 



riap^aXtayx Ci a plant poisonous to 

 the Leopard, perhaps aconite, 

 Doronicum pardaliancb.es, or aco- 

 nitum Napellus, 238. 



TldpSaXif, Leopard, Felis Leopnr- 

 dus, 5, 27, 29, 30 ; Asiatic, 226 ; 

 the female more bold than the 

 male, 230 ; hunts by scent, 238. 



Ilap^aXof, a bird, perhaps Sturnus 

 Vulgaris, Starling. TringaSu.ua- 

 ratola, Strack, 248. 



riaptoj&amp;gt;, see nrndpSiov, Giraffe. 



ITtXapyoe, stork, Ardea Ciconia, 

 203, 215; when wounded applies 

 origanum to its wounds, 238 ; 

 said to be fed by its young, 245. 



ritXtuit , a kind of dove, distinct 

 from iripiaripa, 111; migratory, 

 210. 



FhXticai , Pelecan, Pelecanus ono- 

 crotalus, migrates from the Stry- 

 mon, 209 ; gregarious, 210 ; eats 

 shell-fish, 243. 



ntXXof, black heron, Ardea cinerea, 

 2:^3, 247. 



TlepdiZ, partridge, Perdix cinerea, 

 and rut a, Tetrao Perdix and 

 Graecu* 5, 45, 47, 96 ; repro 

 duction, 106, 139, 140, 141, U8; 



