KIXAH KOKKYE 87 



KNIflOAOTOI. (MSS. have also Kvi8o\os, KviooXoyos, 

 The Tree Creeper, Certhiafamiliaris, L. Vide s. v. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 TO p-eyedos piKpbs oo~ov aKavdvXXis, rfjv 8e %poav 

 <nro8oeif)s Kal KaraoriKroy' (pavel 8e piKpov. e<m 8e Kat roCro vXoK07rov. 

 (Mentioned at the end of the list of Woodpeckers.) Gloger, Sundevall, 

 Aubert u. Wimmer, and others, agree in the above identification. 

 The word is used by Nicander, ap. Anton. Lib. c. 14, as an epithet 

 or synonym of mirw, q. v. 



KOKKO'AE* Kop&vr], Hesych. 



KOKKOBA'PH. An Owl = yXavg, Hesych. Cf. Kiicicd/Sir], also Mod. Gk. 

 and Calabr. KovKovpayia, Neap, cucuveggta, Alban. kukuvatzke, all 

 meaning the Little Owl, yXa : also Mod. Gk. x ov X ov P lo " r *i s > tne 

 Tawny Owl, Sp. chucha ; vide O. Keller, Lat. Etym. 1893, p. n i. 

 Bikelas cites, from Wagner's Carm. Gr. Med. Aevi, the form 

 KouKou^as. Coray would read for KOKKopdprj, KOKKojSorj, and for 



KiKKaftrj (q. V.), KtKaj3oY]. 



KOKKOBO'AI "OPNII. 6 aXefcrpuwi/, vapa 2o<poK\fi. Eust. 1479, 44 

 (Soph. fr. 900). 



KOKK00PAY'ZTHr opms TTOIOS, Hesych. 



KO'KKYH. Cf. Sk. kokilas, Lith. kukuti, O. H. G. gauh, Scot, gowk, &c. 

 The Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, L. Mod. Gk. KOVKKOS. 



Full Description and comparison with te'pa, Arist. H. A. vi. 7, 563, 564. 



Its Cry, freq. ; e. g. Hes. Op. et D. 484 ^p.os KOKKV KOKKV&I dpvbs ev 

 TTfToXoKn I TOTrpmrov TepTTfi re fipoTOVs eV anflpova yaiav : Ar. Av. 507, Ran. 

 1379, 1384. Cf. Lyc. 395 KOKKvya Kopna^ovra fjia^avpas (rroftovs. 



Note. KOKKvfciv is still more frequently used of the Crowing Cock ; 

 vide S. V. dXcKTpuwi'. On Ar. Ach. 598 e'^eipoTOi/T/o-ap /ue KOKKvyes ye 

 rpar, cf. Bind. Thes. iv. c. 1737 B, also L. and S., s. v. KOKKU. 



Nesting and Breeding. Arist. 1. C. veorrovs de KOKKvyos \eyov<riv ebs- 

 ovdels ewpaKev' 6 de TLKrei fj.ev, aXX' ov Trou/cra/iei/oj veoTTidv. dXX' eVi'ore 

 p.V V rrj TO>V cXaTTOvow opvidcov fvriKTfi KdTa<pay(0v TO. (pa TO, fKfivw, 

 p,d\i(TTa 8' Iv TOLS rooi> (paj35>v veoTTials . . . TIKTCI 8' oXtyaKi? fiev 8uo, ra 5e 

 7T\(l(TTa ev. cvTiKrei 8e KOI TTJ TIJS VTroXatSos i/eoTrta" f] 8' fKircTrci Kal 

 eKrpeCpei. Id. H. A. ix. 29, 6l8a TIKTCI /uaXtora p.i> fv rals T>V (paftuv 

 Kal ev VTroXaiSoff Kal Kopvdov X a / xat '> ^ SevSpov 8' ev rfj TTJS xXwpi'Sos xaXov- 

 fJievrjs VCOTTLU. TIKTCI ev MOV. orav av^dvrjrai 6 TOV KOKKvyos veorros, 

 K/3aXXei ra avrrjs [rj Tpe(pov(ra] Kal anroXXui/rai OVTWS. ol 8e Xeyov&iv a)S 

 Kal drroKTeivacra 17 rpefpovcra 8i'8a)(ri KaTafpayelv' Sta yap TO KaXov elvai TOV 

 TOV KOKKvyos veoTTOv d7roSoKifJ.d(iv TO. avTrjs. Id. De Mirab. 3. 830 b TOVS 

 KOKKvyas TOUV ev Ty 'EXi/c^ (?), ev rats veoTTiais T>V <paTTQ)v f) TQ>V Tpvyovov 



