96 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



KOPYAAAOI (continued). 



A Lark (from Kopus). Mod. Gk. KopvSaXoy, <rKOp8aXor, 



(Belon), and in Santorini o-Kovptav\6s (Bikelas) qy. o--Kovpt[S]auXo?. 



Description. Arist. H. A. ix. 13, 615 b fj ^Xcopi's- cariv f)\iKov Kopvftos : 

 ix. 49 B, 633 b cniyfios, KOVHTTIKOS (i. e. bathes in the sand, like a hen) : 

 viii. 16, 600 a <po>Xei: vi. i, 559 run-ci eV 777 777, like the quail and the 

 partridge : ix, 8, 614 a eVi SeVSpou ov KaOi&i d\X' eVt r^s- y^s : ix. 29, 6i8a 

 the cuckoo lays in its nest, which is placed on the ground, cf. Ael. 

 iii. 30. Is caught with bird-lime, Dion. De Avib. iii. 2, or by help of 

 the owl, ib. iii. 17. The crest referred to proverbially, Simon, fr. 68. 

 (Plut. ii. 91 E, 809 A, V. Timol. xxxvii, 253 E) irdo-aiaiv Kopv8a\\io-iv XP*1 

 \6(pov eyy'ivecrdai. Arist. mentions neither the singing nor the soaring 

 of the lark ; but Theocr. vii. 141 has aeiSoi/ KopuSoi KOI oKavOidtt, and 

 x. 50 eyeipopevq) Kopv8a\\a>, surgente corydalo. The lark's song was 

 apparently not appreciated : cf. Alciphr. Epist. 48 ov eyo> r/?? d 

 <pa)vr]S eveKa opdSiS Kopv86v [s. opdoKopvo'ov] Ka\flo-dui irpos f)fjiS)V 

 Epigr. ct KVKVCO dvvarai KopvSus irapaTrXrja-iov adeiv : and proverbs cited by 

 Schneider in Arist. vol. iv. p. 128. 



Varieties. Arist. H. A. ix. 25, 617 b 8vo yevrj, f) pev erepa errlyeios Kal 

 \6<poi> ex ovfra ) ^ ^* fTepa dy\aia Kal ov (nropas aHnrep eKeivr], TO p.evTOi 

 jjLOiov TJ7 repa e^outra, ro 5e p.fyedos ZXarrov' Kal \6<pov OVK if^ei, 

 Se. The first species is the Crested Lark, Alaitda cristata, L., 

 a permanent resident in Greece; the other is the Common Lark, 

 Alauda arvensis, L., a winter migrant (v.d. Miihle, p. 36, Lindermayer, 

 p. 49). Both species receive the name KopuSaXds in Mod. Gk. (Erhard). 



Myth and Legend. Arist. H. A. ix. I, 610 $1X01 <rxoivia>v KOI 



KOpV&OS KOI Xl/SuOff KOL K\OS. ix. I, 609 b 6 TTe'XXo? TToXf/iei KOpvdti), TO, 



yap o>a avrov /cXfTrret. Ib. 609 TroXe/uia TrotfiXi'Sey Kat KopvSwves Kal 

 TTiVpa Kal x^>P f vs. Hostile also to a/cai/#vXXi's, Phile, 683, Ael. iv. 5. 

 Uses the "grass aypvarris as an amulet or protection, Ael. i. 35, as 

 does the Hoopoe, Phile, 724; whence the proverb eV Kopv8ov 

 Koirr] o-KoXif) KeKpvnraL ayp&o-Tis, Geopon. xv. i, 19. Uses, in like 

 manner, oak-leaves, Phile, 725. Is killed by mustard-seed, vdnvos 

 (77rep/u,<m, Phile, 662, Ael. vi. 46 ; cf. Galen, Theriac. i. 9, 943, &c., 

 Diosc. ii. 59, 796. How the lark led an Attic colony to Corone in 

 Messenia, and how Apollo, under the name Ko'puSo?, had a temple 

 and cured diseases there, Paus. iv. 34, 8. How the Lemnians honoured 

 the larks, ra rtoi/ arTeXa/3a>i> fvpio~KovTa$ &>a Kal Korrrovras, Plut. ii. 380 F. 

 The story of the Lark and his Father, Aesop ap. Ar. Av. 471 

 irdvTwv TTpWTrjv opviOa yevecrdai, TTporepav rrjs yr/s, Acaxreira voo~q) TOV 

 avrtjs d7rodi>f)<TKfiv' yrjv d' OVK (ivai, TOV 8e TrpoKfladai 7rfp.7TT<uov' Trjv S* dno- 

 povcrav UTT' dprjxavias TOV Trnrep* avTijs ev Tfj Ke<pa\fj KaTopv^ai. The same 

 story told in great detail of the Hoopoe, eVov^ 'iv SIKOS (Ael. N. A. xvi. 5) 



