40 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



BI'TTAKOZ. A Parrot. Vide s. v. \J/irraKOs. 



BOIKA'Z, v. 11. |3ao-Kdis, 4>aaK({s. A small Wild Duck; probably including 

 the Teal (Anas creccd] and Garganey (A. querquedula], both 

 common in Greece ; and in Athenaeus also a larger species. 

 , Ar. Av. 885. 



as, Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b mentioned among the heavier 

 water-birds, OJJLOIOS /nev V^TTTJ, TO Se peyeQos eXdrTw. Alex. Mynd. ap. 

 Athen. ix. 52, 395 d 6 /uei/ apprjv Kardypcxpos, e^ouo-i Se 01 appfves (Tip-d re 

 /ml eXarrofa rfj (ru/ifierpia ra pvyx a - *V TI * Ka ^ "XXo yevos 

 p.fv VTJTTTJS, eXarroj/ 8e x^aXooTreKOff. 



4>a<7Kas, Alex. Mynd. ibid, ai Se Xeyopevat (pa<TKd$es 

 oucrai rS)v p,iKpS)v KoXu/u./3i'5a)V, Ta XoiTra vfjTTats etai TrapaTrX^orioi. 



BOYAY'THI. An unknown small bird, mentioned Dion. De Avib. 

 iii. 2, with epithet dvGfvrjs. 



BOYKOAI'NH- Ki'y*Xor, TO opveov, Hesych. 



BOY'TAAII. [Said to be from ov- intens., and raXaw (?)]. 

 The ISTightingale, in Aesop 235. 



BPE'NOOI. An unknown bird, or birds, opveov (3pev6os, oncp ci/tot 

 Kocrvvfpov Xf'yovo-t, Hesych. 



Arist. H. A. ix. u, 615 a ftpevdos [MS. Vat. PpwQos] lv rots opeo-i KOI 

 TTJ v\y Karoi/cet. eujSioTo'y ecrri Kal eofiiKo? [mentioned with eiro^r]. Ibid, 

 ix. I, 609 a, a sea-bird, TroXe'/uoi Sc ot OTTO r^s ^aXarr/;? ^"wiref aXX^Xoty, oiov 

 Ppevdos Ka\ \dpos Kal apnr). In this latter passage, fipevOos is perhaps 

 a later interpolation ; cf. branta, the Brent Goose. 



BPHTO'I* dAe/crpuon/ evtavaios, Hesych. 



BY'AI (v. 1. ppvas), for Pvf as : Mod. Gk. /iTrovcpos, Lat. bubo, It. ^/"^, 

 Sp. buho, O. H.G. uwo, Germ. w/^w. [Cf. Lith. bub-auti, to 

 shriek, Fick i. 685, ii. 620.] 



An Owl, especially the Eagle Owl, Strix bubo, L., Bubo maxi- 



mus, Bonap. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b eon ' 6 (Bvas rr\v fieV ifieav ofioios yXavni, 

 TO 5e peytdos acroO ovSeV eX(irTeoy. A favourite word of Dion Cassius, 

 usually as a bird of evil omen, e.g. Ivi. 29 @vas e/3ve, also xl. 17, 47, 

 xlii. 26, 1. 8, liv. 29, Ivi. 45, c. Cf. Bubo, Virg. Aen. iv. 462, and Serv. 

 in loc., Plin. x. (12) 16, Ovid, Met. v. 550, vi. 431, x. 453, xv. 791, Seneca, 

 Here. F. 686, &c. 



The Owl, bubo, in medicine and magic, Plin. xxix. 26 and 38 ; its egg 

 also is valuable, but difficult to obtain: quis enim, quaeso, ovum 



