INDEX. 



232 ; its habit and mode of life, 

 247 ; in p. 139 this bird is called 

 atrwXiog. 



Ai'r6f, a cartilaginous fish, one of 

 the class selache, .Raia aquila, 104. 



AiOioiria, ^Ethiopia, winged ser- 

 pents in ^Ethiopia, probably Dra- 

 co volans, 9 ; ^Ethiopian sheep, 

 165. 



Al9io^, ^Ethiopian, teeth, 60 ; se- 

 men, 72, 188. 



AW via, a large waterbird, Larus 

 parasiticus, or L. Marinus, Strack, 

 or L. argentatus, 2 ; its reproduc- 

 tion, 108 ; food, 203. 



AiAot-pog, cat, Felis cattus, copula- 

 tion, 103 ; its young, food, and 

 mode of life, 177 ; kills birds, 239. 



At/zoppotc, or aTTOp'p'aif, a kind of 

 shell fish, perhaps Murex, 85, 86. 



Ai, goat, male and female, Ibex or 

 wild goat, Spratt's Lycia, Caper 

 hircus, Struck, 13, 27, 28, 31, 

 66 ; the she goats of (Eta, 70 ; 

 the he goat in Lemnos, ib. ; it is 

 mentioned with the chimera or 

 domestic goat in 71 ; dreams, 97 ; 

 infested with ticks, 134; dis- 

 charges of the female, 1 ! 63, 164; 

 festation, 165 ; food, drink, &c., 

 07 ; the wild goat, 225 ; Syrian 

 Caper hircus Mambricus and Ly- 

 cian goat, C. Angorensis, ib. ; 

 Egyptian, 226 ; its mode of life, 

 235 ; wild goats in Crete, 238 ; ru- 

 mination, 278. 



Al', a water bird, probably Tantalus 

 arquatus, Strack, Scolopax Galli- 

 nago, 208. 



Air*ct\u)v, a small hawk, perhaps 

 sparrow-hawk or merlin, Falco 

 JEsalon, 253. 



, see AiywXio. 



Medusa, and probably 

 also some species of Actinia, 2, 3 ; 

 fixed and locomotive kinds, 87, 

 88 : small and edible species, 

 others large and hard, 88 ; a fleshy 

 kind, 195 ; a large kind, its food, 

 mouth, and anus, l'J8. 



, a kind of shark, Squalus 

 Acanthias, Strack, 256. 



'AifavBiQ, thistle finch or gold finch, 

 Fringilla carduelis, or Fringilla 

 cannabina, Strack, or F. spinus, 

 brown linnet, 202 ; hates the ass, 

 lives on worms, 233 ; a foe to the 

 anthus and asgitbus, 234 ; its food, 

 colour, song, 247. 



'Aicav6u\\ie, Parus pendulinus, or 

 caudatus, Strack, 202 ; its nest, 

 245. 



"Atcapi, mite, Dermestes fatidicus, or 

 perhaps Bostrichus, Strack, 135. 



'A/rpff, locust, Tetigonia, Strack, 

 Acridium, 89, 95; its birth, 123; 

 reproduction, 132 ; changes its 

 skin, 216; it is said to contend 

 with serpents, 238 : the Spex la- 

 certicida corresponds with this 

 description, Schneider. 



'Aici>\o, the acorn of the evergreen 

 oak, used for fattening pigs, 206. 



'AXeicroptf, the domestic hen, Pha- 

 sianus gallus, different kinds, 111, 

 138 ; sometimes produces soft 

 eggs, 139 ; chickens, 140, 141 ; 

 barren eggs, and times of laying, 

 ib.; growth of the chick in the 

 egg, 142 ; twin eggs, 144 ; the hen 

 sometimes takes the form of the 

 cock, 215; rolls in the dust, 277. 



'AXtKTpvwv, domestic fowl, male, 

 also used of the class, 5 ; his comb, 

 36 ; crop, 45 ; appendages to in- 

 testines, ib. ; crowing, 96 ; man- 

 ner of coition, 102 ; appearances 

 like ova when cut open, 139; tes- 

 ticles, 148 ; habits in temples, 

 241 ; sometimes they assume the 

 form and habits of hens, 275 ; 

 method of castration, 277. 



'AXtcrurof, sea-eagle, different from 

 the osprey, perhaps Aquila albi- 

 cilla or Falco haliretus, 203, 251, 

 253. 



'A\Kvwv, Alcedo, kingfisher, or per- 

 haps Turdus arundinaceus, repro- 

 duction, 107, 108 ; two species 

 described, 203 ; materials and form 



