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INDEX. 



, hawk, 9, 39, 40 ; incubation, 

 146; like the cuckoo, 146, 147; 

 the young good to eat, 147 ; a 

 kind -which builds in rocks, ib. ; 

 three species, 201 ; enumeration 

 of species, 253 ; the Egyptian 

 hawk, 226 ; its nest, 243 ; does 

 not eat the heart of birds, ib. 



'Ihag or it(00,a kind of serpent, 228. 



'licrlvoQ, kite, Falco milvius, 39, 

 40 ; incubation, 146 ; food, 201 ; 

 drink, 203; migration, 215; a 

 foe to the raven, 232. 



"Ifcne, weasel or ferret, Mustela furo, 

 29 ; habits, 239. 



'IXAay, a kind of thrush, gregarious, 

 Turdus iliaceus, Strack, 248 ; this 

 identification is very doubtful, 

 Schneider. 



'Io/3o|0og, a kind of thrush, Turdus 

 viscivorus, Strack, 248. 



'Iog, miseltoe, 248. 



"Ivvog, hinnus, the offspring of a 

 horse and she ass, 163. 



'IovXc, a red fish, Labrus lulis, 

 Strack, 234. 



*Iov\og, lulus, scolopendra, centi- 

 pede, 73. 



iTTTrapdiov, giraffe, Giraffa cameleo- 

 pardalis, 26. 



iTTTTcXa^og, perhaps the Nilghau, 

 Antilope picta, 26. 



c lTnrti), a crustacean, Ocyopode 

 cursor, 77. 



iTTTTo/iup/i?}?, a large kind of ant, 

 Formica Herculanea, % 225. 



"ITCTTOQ, horse, Equus Caballus, 13, 

 26, 27, 29, 39, 62, 66, 69, 70 ; 

 dreams, 97; neighing, 112; re- 

 production, age, life, 113, 161, 

 169 ; food and drink, 205, 207 ; 

 small horses in the country of the 

 Pygmies, 209 ; diseases, 219, 222, 

 223 ; story of a Scythian horse, 

 274. 



"iTTTrog o TroTdfiioQ, river horse, 

 Hippopotamus amphibius, 32, 

 196 ; in Egypt, 32. 



"ImrovpOQ, fish. Coryphsena hippu- 

 rus, 109; hides in holes, 213. 



ta, willow, 155. 



, wryneck, Jynx torquilla, 35. 

 xvfi'fiwv, Ichneumon, Viverra 

 Ichneumon, 177 ; attacks the asp 

 in Egypt, 238. 



xvtvpwv, Ichneumon ^insect) 

 Sphex, hunts spiders, 124, 232. 



, reed, Acorus calamus, and 

 perb aps also some of the larger 

 grasses, 122, 155 ; its flower, 127 ; 

 used to support vine, 133, 155, 

 216 ; flourishes in rainy weather, 

 217. 



KaXaptg or /eoAapie, a bird preyed 

 on by the little owL Motacilla 

 alba L., Schneider, 232. Fringilla 

 petronia. 



KaXicipif, Tringa, Sandpiper, Sco- 

 lopax calidris, 203. 



KaXAiwi'v/ioc;, fish, Uranoscopus, 

 Strack, U. Scaber, 40 ; lives near 

 the shore. 



KaXXvvTpov, a shrub from the 

 flowers of which the bees are said 

 to procure their young, 127; per- 

 haps Cerinthe, L., Strack, honey- 

 suckle. 



KdfirjXoQ, Camel, Camelus Bactria- 

 nus and C. Dromedarius, 25, 27, 

 29, 30, 70; reproduction, 103, 

 114, 161, 173; endurance of 

 thirst, 207 ; life, ib.; diseases, 222 ; 

 purity, 274 ; castration of females, 

 278. 



Ka/t7T77, caterpillar, 124. 



'Kav9apig, several kinds of beetles, 

 88; a kind of fly, 106; origin, 

 126. 



, beetle, Scarabseus pilula- 

 rius, Schneider, Cantharis lytta, 9 ; 

 origin, 125 ; changes its skin, 216. 

 dvQapoq, a sea-fish, lives near the 

 shore, Sparus Cantharus, 211. 

 aTrpoy, boar, '29; coition, age, 112, 

 114 ; castration, 277. 

 nVjooe, a fish said to make a 

 grunting noise. Cottus caiu- 



