APYOKOAAHTHI 51 



APEnANl'Z, from Spenavov, i.e. * sickle-wing.' Also dpairavis, Hesych. 

 Arist. H. A. i. i, 487 b. A bird similar to arrovs and xeXi8o>i/, evVrepos, 

 oparai KOI dXurKerm oral/ vo-y TOV Bepovs' oXa>? de KOI cnrdviov 



Probably the larger Alpine Swift, Cypselus melba, L., and also 

 perhaps the Common Swift, C. apus, both conspicuously ' sickle- 

 winged/ On the other hand, Aub. and Wimm. p. in, also 

 Bochart ii. 62, as well as Gaza and Scaliger, say the Sand- 

 Martin : v. Kv^eXos. Cf. Plin. x. (33) 49, xi. 47 (107), xxx. (4) 12. 

 The brief account indicates that the bird is comparatively scarce, 

 and that its period .of residence in the country is short ; both 

 circumstances telling in favour of a Swift as against the 

 Sand-Martin. 



Spe-iraki's is translated Keyxpis by Hesychius. 



APH*[r]EZ' o-Tpovdoi, Mane'doves, Hesych. Also Myrjpfs and diprjyes. 

 Cf. Seiprjs, Spuc^ai, q. v. 



APIKH'AI* opvea void, Hesych. Also 8pi, arpovQos, ap. Cyrill., Lob. 

 Parall. p. 102. Cf. SpfJYes, &c. 



APYOKOAA'IITHI. Also fyuj/KoXaTm??, fyvKohdnTr)* (Ar. Av. 480, 979), 

 fywKoXm//- (Hesych.), SpvoKonos (Arist. De Part. iii. i, 662 b). 

 Cf. Sk. darvaghata (Keller). 



A Woodpecker. Mod. Gk. &* Xt8 P a (v. d. Mtthle). See also 



8puo\|/, nrnr], Ke\e<5s, ireXeKaK, TTITTW. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593, vide s. v. mirw. Ib. ix. 9, 614, a full and 

 accurate description : KOTTTCI 8e ras 8pvs 6 dpvoKoXdnTrjs r&v ovoX7}Kcoy KOI 

 <TKvnra)v evfKfv, tj* e^t'oxTij/. aj/aXeyerat yap et-eXdovras avrovs rfj yXwrrrj' 

 TrXarelav 8* e^fi KOI fjLeydXrjv. KOI Tropevtrai enl rols Sv8pf(Ti ra^ecos Trdvia 

 Tpo-jTov, Kai VTTTIOS KdQdirep ol ao"KaXa3wrai. e^et de KOI TOVS owlets fteXriovs 

 TU)V KoXoiwf TTffpvKoras Trpbs rrjv dcr<pd\eiav rrjs eVi rots devdpecriv f<pe8peia$' 

 TOVTOVS yap f^.rrrjyvv<; Tropeverat. ecrn de TCOV Spvo/coXaTrrcoi/ ev p.ev yevos 

 eXaTTOj/ TOV Korrixpov, e^6i S' vTTcpvdpa piKpd, eTepov Se yevos [j.elov i] 

 KOTTV<})OS' TO 8e rp'irov yevos avrcav 6v TroXXw eXarrov O~Tiv dXfKTopiSos 

 dyXfias. vforrevei 8' eVt T>V devdpav, fv ciXXois T TUV oev&pcw Kal ev 

 eXaigis . . . Kal Ti6acro~v6p,vos 8e TIS fjdrj dfj.vyo'aXov els pwyprjV vXov evBeis, 

 orras fvappoo-dev viropeivftcv avrov rf)V irXrjyrjV, ev rrj TptTfl nXrjyf) dieKo^f 

 Kal Karrjo-die TO paXaKov. Cf. Arist. De Mirab. 13, 831 b: the hard bill 

 of the woodpecker, Arist. De Part. iii. i, 662 b. 



Four well-defined species occur in Greece, (a) the Great Black 

 Woodpecker, Picus Marttus, which evidently answers to the last and 

 largest variety mentioned above ; (b) the Green Woodpecker, P. viridis y 



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