AKYAEHI AAEKTPYnN 2 I 



AAEKTPYflN (continued}. 



Compared in size with (pao-ovz, Arist. fr. 271, 1527 I with eXfo?, H. A. 

 viii. 3. 592 b ; with the largest of the Woodpeckers, H. A. ix. 9, 614 b ; 

 with daKaXairas, H. A. ix. 26, 617 b. 



Reproduction. Arist. H. A. V. 2, 59 b o-vyKadeio-rjs rrjs AfXcutf eVi 

 rfjv yrjv CTrtfiaivei TO appevl cf. ib. X. 6, 637 b. Ib. vi. 9, 564 b op^ety. Ib. 

 vi. I, 558 b o^euerai KOI rixrei o\ov TOV evtavTov eeo 8vo fj-rjvfav TO>V ev TGJ 



X/UGw TpoTriK&v (cf. H. A. v. 13, 544, De Gen. iii. i, 749 b, P^ n - x - 74)- 



TIKTOVO-I de Kal oiKoyevels eviai dls TTJS rj/jLfpas' fj8rj 8e rives Xiaf TroXvTOKTjo-acrai 

 dircQavov 8ia ra^ecor. H. A. vi. 2, 560 b at i/forrt'Ses npStTov TIKTOVQ-IV evdvs 

 dpxop,vov TOV fapof) Kal TrXeuo TIKTOVO~IV r) al Trpo~(3i>Tepai' tXarro) 8e TW 

 fjifyedei TO. K T>I> vea>Tpa>v. Ib. awio-Tarni de TO Tr/s dXfKTOpidns wbv /JLfTa 

 rfjv oxeiav KOL reXeioCTai fv deft r)p.pais. Ib. 560 a eV oKTuKaideKO. fjfiepais 

 ev TO) Oepei K\TTovo~iv ) (v 8e T&7 xeifjitovi VIOT' ev TreWe KOI f'lKncriv. 



Plut. Q. Conv. vii. 2 (Mor. 853. 15) d\KTopida)v t OTUV reKoxri, 

 <pi<Tfji6s, cf. Plin. x. 41 (57). 



The structure and development of the egg, H. A. vi. 3. am 

 U7n7i>e/iia, Kvv6o~ovpa, ovpia, rj fcffrvpia, H. A. vi. 2, 559? ^ e Gen. iii. I, 75 1 j 

 Plin. x. 60 (80) ; Columella, vi. 27 ; cf. Erasmus ad Prov. vmpffua TIKTCI. 

 wa 8i8vp.a, H. A. vi. 3, 562. On crosses between fowl and partridge, 

 De Gen. ii. 7, 749 b. How Pea-hen's eggs are put under a sitting hen, 

 H. A. vi. 9, 564 b. How the hen takes the chicks under her wing, 

 H. A. ix. 8, 613 b ; cf. Alpheus Mityl. xii, in Gk. Anthol. ii. p. 118 ^ei- 



fj-epiois vKpadevo-i iriiKvvofJitva Tidas opvis, TCKVOIS evvalas dpcpexfc TTTepvyas I 

 Eurip. H. Fur. 71 ov? vnb Trrepoif <ra>a> vfoo-ffovs opvis a>s v(f)(ip.evr} : see 

 also Plutarch, De Philost. (Mor. 599. 4) ; Opp. Cyneg. iii. 119. How 

 a cock sometimes, after the hen's death, rears the brood, and ceases to 

 crow, H. A. ix. 49, 631 b, Plin. x. (55) 76. H. A. ix. 8, 614 ev Tols iepols, 

 OTTOV avev drjXei&v dvaKfivTai [as to this day on Mount Athos], TOV dvaTide- 

 \ievov jrdvTfs fv\6ya>s oxevovviv. Cf. Plut. Brut. Anim. Nat. vii (Mor. 

 1 2 12. 30) dXfKTpvvv 6' d\fKTpvovos eTTiftaivav, GqXeias fifj napovo-qs, KUTU- 



On eggs in medicine, Diosc. ii. 44, Galen. De Fac. Simp. Med., Plin. 

 xxix. (3) n, &c. The longer eggs produce male birds, and are the 

 better to eat, Hor. Sat. ii. 4. 12, Plin. x. 74 (52). 



On artificial incubation in Egypt, Arist. H. A. vi. 2, 559b, Diod. Sic. 

 i. 74. Geopon. xiv. 8. i. On capons, Arist. H. A. ix. 49, 631 b ; cf. Plin. 

 x. (21) 24, &c. Varro, R. R. iii. 9, &c. On the whole management of 

 fowls, Geopon. xiv. 7-17. 



TLoTfpov f] opvis npoTfpov jy TO cobv fyevfTo, Plut. Q. Conv. iii (Mor. 

 770. 13). 



The Crowing Cock. Among innumerable poetic and other references, 

 cf. Theogn., Simonid., Batrachom., supra. Cratin. ap. Athen. 3740 

 &o-jrp 6 Ilfpo-iKbs [cf. Ar. Av. 277, 485, 708, c.: v. also Suidas] &puv 



