INDEX. 



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female better than the male, 229 ; 

 the male watches the young, 

 breaks the hook with its teeth, 

 256. 



, Hyaena striata, 204. 

 , a fish of a grey colour, 

 Gobius Gozo. Stracfc, 44 ; marine, 

 211 ; it lives in holes during the 

 summer, 214; when good for food, 

 228. 

 r\avK(t>SeiQ, birds of the owl kind, 



36: 



rXafsg, owl, 39, 45; has crooked 

 claws, 201 ; how it may be taken, 

 210; lives in holes, 215; hostile 

 to the crow and orchilus, 232 ; is 

 pecked by smaller birds, used in 

 hawking, ib. ; the time for taking 

 the owl, 252. 



rXwrrtf, a bird, Rallus crex, Strack, 

 Scolopax glottis, see Kvy^pa/ioc 

 and oprvyo/jTjrpa, its tongue and 

 migrations, 210. 



IVa^oXoe, probably some Indian 

 bird, its form and food, Ampelis 

 garrulus, 246. 



Tvfiffioi a'frot, true eagles, Aquila 

 Chrysaetos, 251. 



foyypof, conger, Muraen a conger, 8, 

 37, 38, 40, 41, 61, its ova and 

 fat, 160? it is destroyed by the 

 spiny lobster, but destroys the po- 

 lypus, 198; its food, 199; black 

 and white kinds, 211; lives in 

 holes, 213 ; it is attacked by the 

 mursena, 235 ; compared with the 

 sea serpent, 255. 



Tjoavg, a crustacean, Dromia lanosa, 

 217. 



FfcTrai'eroc, or i/Trrwroc, Vulturbar- 

 batus, see 6pi7rtXapyo, 251. 



Ti'pivog, tadpole, J54. 



Tv$, vulture, Vultur cinereus, or V. 

 fulvus, eggs and nest, 145, 243 ; 

 its food, two kinds of vulture, 201. 



Aa<rr/XXoc, a fish,sciaena umbra, 199. 

 &O.OVITOUQ, hare, Lepus timidus, 



and L. cuniculus, 5, 29, 49, 58, 

 64, 71 ; coition, 102 ; snperfeta- 

 tion, 108 ; reproduction, 176, 186 ; 

 in Ithaca, 225 ; smaller in Egypt, 

 226; another species near Lake 

 Bolba, 41. 



i, dolphin, Delphinus delphis. 

 7. 13, 29, 37, 40, 46, 47, 59, 69, 

 91, 92, 93, 95 ; its sleep, 98 ; the 

 fish called QOtipa follows the dol- 



?hiu, 135; reproduction, 104, 

 52 ; it breathes air, 196 : food, 

 200 ; throws itself on its back to 

 take its prey, ib. ; dolphin in the 

 Pontus, 212 ; gentle habits, 274 ; 

 its speed, it sometimes throws it- 

 self on the shore, 275. 

 fcrojui/ov, plant, dittany, 238; ori- 

 ganum Dictamraum, Lin. 

 ag, Antelope dorcas, 26. 

 wv, a sea fish, Trachinus draco, 

 lives near the shore, 211. 



Apa/cwi/, a species of serpent in fresh 

 water, attacks the glanis, 219 ; is 

 hostile to the eagle, 231 ; sucks 

 the juice of the herb picris, 238. 



ApsTraiHe, perhaps the sand martin, 

 Hirundo riparia, 4. 



Apo/iddef, migratory fish, perhaps 

 some species of tunny, 4, 155. 



Api;oKoXa7rrj7e> woodpecker, 202; 

 three kinds, Picus varius, P. viri- 

 dis, P. martius, 242 ; habits, ib. 



, the parent of the 

 Apua, Clupea encrasicolus, Strack. 

 157. 



yxXu, eel, Muraena anguilla, 8, 

 37, 40, 41, 61, 66, 93 ; is neither 

 male nor female, 99 ; the so-called 

 male and female are different spe- 

 cies, 97; migrates to the sea to 

 spawn, 156; its origin, 158; de- 

 scription and habits, 200, 201 ; 

 those called female are better for 

 food, 229. 



Xat'af ai'6o, the flower of the 

 olive, 127, 133, 216, 242. 



