ISDEX. 



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, plant, Origanum, 238. 



'OoKUf, a large kind of tunny, 

 Scomber ala Tonga, 109. 



"Opj'i, domestic fowl, see aXt/croptf 

 and aXtKTpvwv. 



*0po/3o, tares, Orobus, Ervum er- 

 vilia, 71, 191. 



'Opo<T7rioe, mountain finch, Frin- 

 gilla montifringilla, Strack, 202. 



'Qpaoddicvr], an insect that eats the 

 buds of plants, Curysomela olera- 

 cea, 126. 



'Opri/yo/*r/rpa, perhaps Land rail, 

 Rallus Crex, 210. 



*0pri;, quail, CoturnixVulgaris, 40, 

 45 ; nest, 146, 240 ; migration, 

 210 ; does not perch on trees, 242. 



*Opv, Nilghau, Antilope picta, or 

 Antilope Oryx, 27. 



, a sea fish, perhaps Scorpsena 

 orcus, Spratt's Lijcia, 109, 199, 

 211, 214. 



'OpYiXof, a bird, Charadrius minor, 

 2,32. 



'Otrrpaico^fpjLia, testaceous mollusca, 

 8, 10, 13, 73, 81 ; reproduction, 

 110, 115, 117; compared with 

 plants, 195 ; hybernate, 213 ; best 

 for food when they have ova, 228, 



"0<rrptoi/, oyster, 3, 10, 117; diffe- 

 rent kinds, 73 ; origin, 117 ; have 

 an anus, 198; rd 6crrptw<fy, tes- 

 tacea, 228. 



"Oorpfjov, the shell used by paint- 

 ers, 118. 



, Otis houbara, 139. 

 QaicdTTiov, sea ear, perhaps 

 Haliotis, 84. 



'0<j>idiov, a small serpent, found in 

 the plant silphium, 227 ; a small 

 serpent, Coluber ammodytes, or C. 

 JEsculapii, Struck, ib. ; an Indian 

 serpent, whose bite is fatal, ib. 



"0</>c, serpent, 5 ; winged serpent in 

 ^Ethiopia, perhaps Draco volans, 

 9 ; a horned serpent in Egypt, 

 Coluber cerastes, 28; water-ser- 

 pents, Coluber natrix, 10, 35, 38, 

 43, 44, 46, 49, 60 ; marine ser- 

 pents, Muraena ophis, or Ammo- 



dytes tobianus, Struck, 38, 255 ; 

 there are many kinds. Their hiss- 

 ing, 96 ; the female larger, 100 ; 

 reproduction, 103, 137 ; change 

 their skin, 121,216; omnivorous, 

 204; hybernate, 213; a large 

 kind in Lybia, Boa constrictor, 

 226 ; the blind serpent, Anguis 

 fragilis, 223. 



;, Labrus Anthia, 109. 



n 



, probably the common 

 hermit-crab, Pagurus Bernhardi, 

 77. 



IIai'0}p, panther, Felis Panthera, 

 177. 



, 34 ; perhaps the spots on 

 the Leopard's skin : an unknown 

 animal, L. and S. Lex. 

 p^aXtay%t g, a plant poisonous to 

 the Leopard, perhaps aconite, 

 Doronicum pardalianches, or aco- 

 nitum Napellus, 238. 

 pdaXis, Leopard, Felis Leopar- 

 dus, 5, 27, 29, 30 ; Asiatic, 226 ; 

 the female more bold than the 

 male, 230 ; hunts by scent, 238. 

 pSaXog, a bird, perhaps Sturnus 

 Vulgaris, Starling. TringaSqua- 

 ratola, Strack, 248. 



, see tTTTrapdiov, Giraffe, 

 oc, stork, Ardea Ciconia, 

 203, 215 ; when wounded applies 

 origanum to its wounds, 238 ; 

 said to be fed by its young, 245. 

 , a kind of dove, distinct 

 from Trepiorepcr, 111; migratory, 

 210. 



XtKai/, Pelecan, Pelecanus ono- 

 crotalus, migrates from the Stry- 

 mon, 209 ; gregarious, 210 ; eats 

 shell-fish, 243. 



, black heron, Ardea cinerea, 

 233, 247. 



, partridge, Perdix cinerea, 

 and rufa, Tetrao Perdix and 

 Graecus, 5, 45, 47, 96 ; repro- 

 duction, 106, 139, 140, 141,148; 



