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INDEX. 



of its nest, 246. It is doubtful 

 whether either of the species is 

 our kingfisher. Schneider. 



AXoadxnt probably a species of 

 Zoophyte Alcyonia, 246. 



AXw7rjj, fox, Canis vulpes, 6, 29 ; 

 it breeds with the Laconian dogs, 

 227 ; attacks the heron, 233 ; is 

 friendly with the crow, ib. ; a 

 troglodyte, ib. 



AXwTrqg, Vampire, Vespertilio cani- 

 nus, Strack, V. dinops or Sciurus 

 volans, 9 ; reproduction, 177 ; it 

 hunts mice, 178. 



AXwTrifl;, a cartilaginous fish, re- 

 production, 149 ; represents a 

 class, 151 ; Egyptian species, 226 ; 

 stratagems, 255. 



Aftt'a, a kind of tunny, mackerel, 

 Scomber, Strack, 4, 40, 91 ; its 

 rapid growth, 160, 199, 200; lives 

 in bays, 211; and enters rivers, 

 218 ; its teeth and mode of de- 

 fence, 255. 



'AjJivydaXri, Amygdala communis, 

 almond tree, 268 ; almonds, 242. 



'Av0iac, a migratory sea fish, also 

 called avXwTriag, Scomber ala 

 longa, 159 ; gregarious, 234 ; also 

 called sacred, 255. 



"AvQag, yellow bunting, Emberiza 

 citrinella, Strack, Motacilla ba- 

 rula, 202; feeds in meadows, 

 imitates the neighing of the 

 horse, 233 ; hostile to the acanthis 

 and sBgithus, ib. ; it lives by the 

 side of rivers, 244. 



'Ai'flpm'Jj, wild bee, Apis terrestris, 

 or Vespa crabro, 88 ; the larvse, 

 124 ; reproduction, 130 ; a diligent 

 insect, 258 ; makes honey, 260 ; 

 its manners and habits, 270. 



"ATTIOC, the pear tree, 126. 



'ATrXuffietf, a dark-coloured sponge, 

 119. 



'Arrogate, various reading for 

 aijuop'p'ou;, Murex, or Natica. 



"ATI-GUI;, swift, Hirundo apus, 4; 

 also called KV^I\\O, 271. 



spider, 5, 85, 135 ; its 



web, reproduction, 123, 131, 132 

 is driven away by its young, 131 

 it sucks its prey, 213 ; is eaten bj 

 the lizard, 232 ; four kinds, 258 

 259. Vu\\a, Salticus scenicus 

 The smaller kind Dolomedes mi' 

 rabilis the larger Lycosa ruri- 

 cola, another Dolomedes fimbria- 

 tus. 



*Apcroc, bear, Ursus Arctus, 25 

 27, 29, 42 ; coition, 102 ; at thii 

 time it becomes fierce, 161 ; perio( 

 of gestation, imperfect young 

 175 ; mode of drinking, 205 ; by 

 bernation, 215 ; eats the arum 

 ib ; the females courageous, 230 

 its habits, 237. 



"Apjcroe, a crustacean, perhaps Can 

 cer spinosissimus, Strack, Scyllari 

 arctus, reproduction, 121 ; itstooi 

 and manner of seizing it, 205. 

 "ApTTt), a bird of prey, falcon, live 

 near the sea, and attacks the gul 

 and brenthus, 232 ; the piphui 

 and ictinus are friendly to it, 234 

 its mode of life, attacks the eye 

 of its prey, 247. 



'Apxa^oe, a fish, see 'K^dpva^. 



'A<neaXaj3wrj7, lizard, Lacert 

 Gecko, Stellio veterum, 160; i 

 lives in holes, 213 ; changes it 

 skin, 216; its bite poisonous i 

 some parts of Italy, 227 ; it ea 

 spiders, 232 ; it can walk in a 

 inverted position, 242. 



'AtricaAa^og, probably some kind ( 

 owl, Stryx ulula, 45. 



'AfKaXwTrac, Scolopax gallinag< 

 snipe, Strack, (Schneider disaj 

 proves of this identification), t 

 phseopus, 249. See <ricoXo7ra. 



'AaKcipiCf f, ascaris, intestinal worr 

 124. 



'A.ffKaplg, the larva of the emp 

 ^gnat), 125. 



'AffTraXal, mole, Talpa ^vulgar: 

 lives in holes, 5 ; its eyes, 1 

 90; there are many in Bceoti 

 none in Lebadin, 225. 



Coluber aspis, asp, frc 



