86 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



KIXAH (continued}. 



TT\ rols v^qXoTs T>V dfvdpav, (p^ijs Se TTOLOVO-LV a\\rj\ais Kai 

 WOT* dvai 8ia TTJV <rvvexf<-av axnrep 6pfj,adov veoTTiatv. A similar account, 

 restricted to the variety t'XXay, Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. ii. 65 a ^v /cat 

 <rvvay\a<rTiKr)v elvai Kai veorrevfiv cos *at ray ^eXiSovas. Note. The Field- 

 fare, T. pilaws^ L., which breeds only in Northern Europe, is the 

 only Thrush which nests in colonies. Sundevall takes the above 

 passage (Arist. H. A. vi. i) to indicate that the Fieldfare formerly nested 

 in Greece or at least in Macedonia. In Anth. Pal. ix. 373, Mackail 

 (P- 35 8) takes /a^Xr; to be either the Thrush or the Fieldfare, which 

 latter however is a winter-migrant in Greece. (For other references 

 to the Anthology, vide s. v. Koao-u<J>os.) The Missel-Thrush is, now at 

 least, the only species, except the Blackbird, which remains to breed in 

 Greece or Asia Minor. 



Migration. Arist. H. A. viii. 1 6, 600 $coXe?, f. e. hibernates. Cf. Plin. 

 x. 24 (35) Abeunt et merulae turdique. Sed plumam non amittunt 

 nee occultantur ; visi saepe ibi quo hibernum pabulum petunt : itaque 

 in Germania hyeme maxime turdi cernuntur. 



Varieties. Arist. H. A. ix. 2O, 617 KIX^W $ etSq rptcT f] p.ev tgofiopos 

 [lo<pdyos Athen.]' avrr) S' OVK ea-diei aXX' 77 toi/ Kai prjrivTjv, TO de ^ytOos 

 oaov KITTO. ecrTLV. Tepa Tpi)(u.s' avTr) S' ov (pOeyyeTdi, TO Se p.eye6os oanv 

 . 3X\rj S' TJV Kahovvi Tives IXiada [iXXaSa, s. rvXada, Athen.], 

 TC TOVTVV /cat TJTTOV TroiKiXr). Cf. Athen. ii. 65 a. 



The Thrush as Food: frequent in Com. Poets, OTTTOI Ki'^Xai, Pher. 

 2, 300 (i, 23), Telecl. 2, 362 (i, 12) ; ava/3paaroi Ki X \ai, Pher. 2, 316 

 (i, 10) ; Kpea T opvLdcia KixnXav, Ar. Nub. 339, and elsewhere frequent; 

 Ki'xXai /xeXtTt fJL6fj.iyp.evat, Plat. Com. 2, 674 (2, 8) ; e\aio(pi\o(pdyovs Kixf)Xas, 

 Epicharm. 281 L. ap. Athen. 1. c., &c. &c. Cf. Athen. ii. pp. 64, 65, 

 Geopon. xiv. 24, Colum. De R. R.viii. 10, Varro, De R. R. iii. 5, Pallad. 

 i. 26, Martial, Ep. xiii. 51, 92, Hor. Epist. i. 15, 41, Plin. x. 23 (30), &c. 

 &c. Prescribed as a remedy for Pompey, and obtained from the 

 aviaries of Lucullus ; hence the saying Et M AOVKOV\\OS crpixpa, no/Lwnji'os 

 OVK av e^o-e, Plut. i. 518 F, 620 B, ii. 204 B, 786 A. Capture by traps 

 and nets, nayibas Kai ve(p\as, Athen. ii. 64: cf. Dion. De Avib. iii. 13, 

 Pallad. xiii. 6, &c. 



A talking thrush, Plin. x. (42) 59. 



Proverb and Fable. KaxpoTepos Ktx^s, Eubul. iii. 22O (5). 

 p.vp<nv(i)vi, Aes. Fab. 194. 



KAATroi. An alternative reading for irXdyyos, q. v. Cf. 

 Lat. clangunt aquilae, Carm. De Philom., &c. 



KAAAAPO'PYrXOI, i. e. clapper-bill. A name for rpfyiXos, Ael. xii. 15. 

 KAOIfTN. flSos opvcov, Hesych. Perhaps for Ko\oi5>v. 



