7< A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



KATPEYZ (continued). 



meant by the partridge larger than a vulture, Strabo, xv. i, 73, and by 

 the a\(KTpv6i>es /xeyiorai of Ael. xvi. 2 : but the identification of Karpevs 

 with that bird is precluded by the comparison of its voice with the 

 Nightingale's, a statement which suggests comparison with Sk. kdtdra, 

 melodious. The various accounts are all fabulous or mystical, and 

 the bird is always coupled with the equally mystical wpiW. The dypeus 

 of Ael. viii. 24, though described as TO yevos Koa-a-vfyw (ppyrup KOI 

 (rvyyevrjs, is probably akin. 



KAY'AE (=Kd/ r a^) ) s. K<XUT). Apparently a Doric form of KTJU: also 

 KauTjs, Hippon. 5. Root unknown: a comparison with such 

 words as Lith. kovas> Dutch kauuw, Eng. chough, is tempting, 

 but unwarranted : cf. Fick, ii. 63. A diving sea-bird. 

 \dpos, Hesych. 



Antim. fr. 2 (57), ap. Schol. in Apoll. Rhod. i. 1008 T)VT( ns 

 SvTTTrjaiv es aXpvpov v8<op. Cf. Lye. 425 *A\vros OVK aira>0e Kavr)<as TTOT>V : 

 Euphor. 87 ; Leon. Tar. 74 ; Anth. P. vii. 652. Vide s. vv. KT)U, KTJ. 



KAYKAAl'AI, s. KaimaXos, s. KauKidXrjs. opvis TTOIOS, Hesych. 

 KE'APOI- oprvl, Hesych. A very doubtful word. 



KEBAH'flYPII. In Ar. Av. 303 usually translated Redpoll (from K^ 

 = K<pa\r]), which bird, Fringilla linaria, L., only occurs in 

 Greece rarely, during severe winters. The meaning is unknown. 



KErXPHl'l (Arist. H. A. ii. 17, Ael. ii. 43), teyxpis (Arist., Ael. xiii. 25), 

 Kfpxvrjts or Kepxvys (Aristoph., Ael. xii. 3, Eubul. fr. ap. Athen. ii. 

 65 e, Photius), Kfyxprj (Aristoph. H. A. Epit. i. 22, i. 28), ripx**}* 

 Hesych. Cf. also Epical, Ke'pKyos. 



A Kestrel-Hawk. Mod. Gk. itpdiu, KipKivefr dvepoydpos (Heldr.). 

 The Common Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus, L., is a permanent 

 resident in Greece, and not rare ; but the Lesser Kestrel, F. cen- 

 chris, Naum. or F. tinnunculoides, Natt., a summer migrant, is 

 in its season the commonest of Greek hawks ; cf. G. St. Hilaire 

 ap. Bory de St. Vincent, More'e, Oiseaux, p. 29, pi. ii, Hi : Aub. 

 u. Wimm., Arist. De Gen., Introd. p. 28 ; Kruper, op. cit., p. 161 ; 

 and Lindermayer, p. 14, who says ' Ich habe im Jahre 1848 von 

 5-7 Uhr Morgens an dem Thore der Akropolis 1 4 Stiicke erlegt, 

 ohne mich von der Stelle zu bewegen.' 



Derivation unknown. L. and S. compare neyxpos, Keyxpyis with 

 Lat. mtHum, mil-uus ; but derive the name from Kepxvo?, ' hoarse ' : 

 cf. Fr. cresserelle, O. F. quercerelle. Scalig. in Arist. p. 251 



