KOPHNH KOIIY4>OI IO1 



KOZKIKOI (continued}. 



These obscure words do not occur elsewhere. KOTTOS is said to be 

 connected with KOTTIS, for a crest or top-knot, cf. Hesych. s. v. -irpoKorra : 

 /cat 01 d\KTpvoves KOTTOI 8ia TOV CTTI rfj Ke(pa\f) \6(pov (cf. supra, S. V. 



K<XX(i)l>). For KOOVClKOy, KOTTUAOS 1 , cf. K.OO~(T(.\OS) KOO~O~V(pOS, KOTTVffOS I KOTiKdS, 



on the other hand, suggests a corruption of KUTOIKUS. Cf. Lob. Proll. 

 327 ; Schmidt ad Hesych. 3758, 3790. 



KO'IIY^OI, a. Also KO\|/IKOS, Ar. Av. 306, 806, 1081 ; Nicostr. ap. 



Athen. ii. 650, &c. ; KO\|/UKOS, Suid. 

 The Blackbird, Turdus merula, L. Mod. Gk. KoVo-v<pos, KoYcrtxpo?, 



KOTO-V(pl, KOT^KpOf. 



Description. Its size compared with the Woodpecker, Arist. H. A. 

 ix. 9, 614 b ; with \aios, ib. 19, 617 ; with rpi^a?, ib. 20, 617 ; with KVO.VOS, 

 ib. 21,617 ; with \J/-a'poff, ib. 26, 617 b. (poivucovv e^ei ro pvyxs, ib. 29, 

 617. Dion. De Avib. i. 27 8uo 8' eVri yevij KOQ-Q-V^V' KOI ol pev ndvrr] 

 /neXaver, ol 8e Kr)p(j> TO. X ^- r } 7rpo" f tKores', KOL TCOV tTepav fj,a\\ov rrpbs ras 

 <aSas fTTiTtjdeioi : this is plainly the sexual difference. 



Migration, Arist. H.A. viii. 16, 600, (pcoXet. Change of plumage, ib. 

 ix. 49 B, 632 b T>V S' opvewv TToXXa /^era/3aXXoua'i Kara ray &pa$ KOI TO 

 Kal rfjv (frwvfiv, olov 6 KOTTV(pos avT\ fj,e\avos avdos' Kal rr]V (puvr]V 5 

 aXAotai/' V p.ev yap TOO $epei aSft, TOV de ^fi^covoff Trarayei KOL 

 Qopvpvdes. Cf. Arist. fr. 273, I527b; Ael. xii. 28. Eustath. Hexaem. 

 p. 30 e wStKoO KpaKTiKos : cf. also Clem. Alex. Paedag. x, Plin. x. 28 

 Merula ex nigra rufescit, canit aestate, hyeme balbutit, circa solstitium 

 mutat. Song referred to also, Ael. vi. 19 ; Theocr. Ep. iv. 10 clapivol 

 de \iyv(p86yyoi(riv aoio~als \ Koao~v<poi d^eC(riv TroifctXorpavXa jueXf/. 



Nesting. Arist. H. A. v. 13, 554 81$- r/Krei 6 Koa-avfpos' TO. fiev ovv Trpair.i 

 TOU KO(r<Tv(f)ov VTTO ^fi^tan/off aTToXXvrai, Trpcoi'airara yap T'IKTZI TO>V opve^v 

 dndvTWV, TOV 8' vaTfpov TOKOV fls re'Xoy eKrpe0 : cf. Dion. De Avib. i. 27. 

 Arist. H. A. ix. 13, 616, builds a nest lined with hair and wool like xXwpi's-. 



White Blackbirds on Cyllene. Arist. H. A. ix. 19, 617, De Mirab. 

 15, 831 b, Pausan. viii. 17, 3, Sostrat. ap. Ael. v. 27, Plin. x. 30, Steph. 

 Byz. s. v. KuXAr^, c. ; according to Lindermayer (p. 30) white or 

 albino blackbirds are still remarkably common on Cyllene, but in 

 Aristotle the fact is mixed with fable. 



Mode of capture. Dion. De Avib. iii. 13. Frequently mentioned, 

 together with Ki'^X?/, in the Anthology; Rhian. vi (Gk. Anth. Jac. i. 231) 

 IG> Aei(WKO? VTTO xXcopfl TrXarai/iVrw | Koo~o-v<pov erypfvcrar, elXe Kara 

 TTTfpvyoav' \ ^a> p.ev dvao~TevdxG)v eneKoxvev iepos opvis '. Archias xxiii (ib. ii. 

 85) fiiVo-ats <rvv Kt^Xaiiriy vnep (ppaypolo 8ia)^^eiV | Koo-o-vcf)os rjepirjs KoXnov 

 eov ve(p\r]s : Antip. Sid. Ixii (ib. ii. 23) dia-adv eK /Spo^ifiwv a p.ev pia 

 iriova Ki^Xaj; | a /nia 8' Imrfia Koao-vcfrov ctXe Traya : Paul. Sil. Ixxii (ib. iv. 



63) OpOplOS fVTT^CKTOlO \LVOV ve<pOei8l K.6\7T(t> | e/LlTTCCTe (T\!V Kl^Xjy KOO~O~V<pos 



