KEAEOZ KH= 79 



KE'PGIOI. Perhaps the Tree Creeper, Certhia famih'aris, L. Vide 

 S. v. KwiroXoyos. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 17, 616 b opvidiov p.iKpov' TO p,ei> rjOos Opavvsj KOI otm nepl 

 devdpn, Kal eon tipiirotydyos, TTJV 8e dtdvoiav ev/Sioroy, Kal ri}v (pavfjv e^ti 

 \ap.7rpdv. 



The passage contains several birds difficult to identify. The descrip- 

 tion of KepQios suggests the Tree Creeper, with which it is usually 

 identified (Belon, Sundevall, &c.), but wnroXoyos is certainly the Creeper, 

 and the above description is not enough to reveal an indubitable 

 synonym. 



KE'PKAE- tVpa|, Hesych. 

 KEPKA'r *cpe r6 Zpveov, Hesych. 

 KEPKIGAAI'Z, s. KpKi0a\Xis f epw&icfc, Hesych. 

 KEPKI'Z- cidos opvfov, Hesych. 



KEPKl'flN. (For a discussion of possible Sk. roots, see Temple, 

 infra cit). An Indian talking bird. 



Ael. xvi. 3 ; is the size of a starling, particoloured, docile, and learns 

 to speak ; it is impatient of captivity, and gets its name eVeiSj) 

 Kal avros Siacret'ercu rbv oppov, a>s TTOIOVVTCLI ol K/ycXoi. .In spite of these 

 two discrepant statements, it is possible that Aelian refers to the 

 Common Mynah, Acridotheres tristis, the Talking Mynah, Gracula 

 religiosa, or allied species, Hind, sarak or shdrak ; Temple, Ind. Antiq. 

 1882, p. 291 ; Val. Ball, ib. 1885, p. 305; cf. Lassen, Ind. Alterth. iii. 

 p. 321 (1858). 



KE'PKNOI- tipag, f, a\fKrpvo>v, Hesych. 



KEPKOPQ'NOI. An Indian bird, probably identical with 



Ael. xv. 14. 



KE'PKOI' aXeKrpua)!/, Hesych. 

 KEPXNH'I. Vide s.v. 



KH'AAI. Cf. Hind. Hargela. An Indian bird; the Adjutant, Lep- 

 toptilus argala, L. See Val. Ball, Ind. Antiq. xiv. p. 305, 1885. 

 Ael. xvi. 4 To p-fjfdos TpiTrXdaiov cort'Sos 1 , KOI TO o~Top.a yevvctiov dtivwS) 

 Kal p.aKpa rci crKeXr;. (frcpet de TOV Trprjyopeava Kal fKelvov p.cyto~Tov, Trpocrc/u- 

 0ep)) KcopvKGj), <p6eyp.a 8e e^t Kal p.d\a any^es, Kal TTJV p.V a\\rjv TTTtXoxrtV 

 eort Tempos, Tas de TTTepvyas aKpas co^po? eVri. 



KH'=. An unknown sea-bird. Probably the same word as icaiiag, 

 KT|U|. In Hesych. KdiKa, probably for KCIKO, K^KU. 

 Od. XV. 479 avT\a> d' cv8ovTrr)0- TTCO-OVO-' as dvahir) KTJ^. Cf. Schol. opvfov 



