NATURAL HISTOKY. 



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BIRDS, QUADRUPEDS, AND FISHES. 



[FROM DR. SIBTUORP'S MSS.] 



VICM. 



Found in Ci/prus. 



1. Corvus Corax 



2. C. Cornix 



3. C. Monedul£t 



4. C. Pica 



5. C. Glandarius 



6. Coracias Garrula 



7. Oriolus Galbula 



8. Cuculus Canorus 



9. Merops Apiaster f^'sf^o-^. 

 10. Upupa Epops Boul3ovi^i 



xoXotog. ^ 



KXT^OXOfUVX. 

 / 



aio'irot. 



(pXu^iog. 



KOKKV^. 



tOV. 



Found in parts of Greece. 



11. Corvus Graculus xokkivoi^iti. 



Names in parts of' Grrecc, 



KOiXXiKouSy;. 



Id. 



Xfi^'J'O'xcepxicacPix, 



Id. ; 



f4,sXia'cro(l)ixyog. 



CCy^lOTTBTilVOV. 



Notes by the Editoi: 



3. Corvus Mon. This bird retains its ancient name, xoaoio,-. See Schneider in H. A. 

 Arist. 



9. Merops A. Perhaps the ^epovt/ of Aristotle, H. A. lib. ix. c. 14. See Schneider. 

 It is found in Syria also, in the woods and plains between Acre and Nazareth. — 

 Hasselquist. 



10. Upupa E. Migratory in every part of Europe; it does not remain during the 

 winter even in Greece and Italy. — Buffon. Its name in Greece is ayfioitkHvov. rieTJjvov 

 is sometimes found in ancient MSS., but probably it should be Trersivo'v. — Thorn. Ma. 

 Ed. Oudcn. ■]C>5. 



11. Corvus G. The Romaic name of the Cornish chough, signifies literally " Red 

 bill." It was seen on the mountains of Crete by Belon ; it is the xopax/aj fornxop^y^o^ 

 of Aristotle. Schn. in lib. ix. c. 19. ; ,, 



