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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Found in parts of Greece. 



12. Sitta Europaea Tpu7ro|i;Xo. 



13. Alcedo Ispida Bao-jXoVouX*. 



Ill T/tessahj, 



14. Corviis Corone Kofcca-evo?. 



15. Picus Viridis TfVTro^uXo. 



16. P. Major Id. 



17. P. Medius Id. 



ACCIPITRES. 



Names in parts of Greece. 



Notes by the Editor. 



12. Sitta E. The following words of BufFon illustrate the meaning of the Romaic 

 term ; " Cet oiseau frappe de son bee I'ecorce des arbres." 

 15. Picus V. The xcXeoV of Arist. H. A. lib. viii. c. 15. Schn. 



2. Falco T. The Kestril was called "eyxp's by the ancient Greeks. 



4. Falco lerax, Updxt. The diversion of hawking is still followed by the Turks in dif- 

 ferent pai'ts of Asia Minor and Syria. The word is'fiaf is retained by the Greeks, with a 

 slight corruption, in the names of some birds of the genus falco : and in Crete the falconer 

 is called ispaxapi. The JepaJ was the bird employed in ancient times in Thrace, in fowling 

 and hunting, as we learn from Aristotle, H. A. Lib. ix. c. 6. and a writer not much junior 

 to him (de Mir.) informs us, that the hawks appeared when called by their names, and 

 brought to the fowlers the prey which they had caught. — Beckman. i. 330. 



In Syria seven different kinds of hawks are employed ; they are taught to fly at herons, 

 storks, wild geese, francolines, partridges, and quails. One sort is used in hunting the 

 antelope; the bird strikes at the game, and thus impedes its course until the dogs come up. 

 Russell, ii. 153.. 



