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Nat., i. 5, 6 colla Cytheriacae splendent agitata columbae ; Plin. x. 

 (36) 52 nosse credas suos colores varietatemque dispositam ; id. xxxvii. 

 5 (18) ; Auson. Epist. iii. 15. The young birds are plainer and darker 

 in colour, Arist. De Gen. v. 6, 785 b. 



Nesting and Breeding Habits. Arist. H. A. vi. 2, 560 b KVVOIKTIV 

 aXXTyXas*, orav /ueXXfl dvaftaive.iv o appyv, rj OVK av o^euo-eiej/ o -ye 7rpeo-/3irrepos 

 TO 7rpa>Toz>* vo~Tepov fJievTOi dvafiaivei Kal uf] Kvcras' ol de veaiTepoi del TOVTO 

 TToifjo-avTes oxfvovcrLV, Kal ert at 6r]\eiat aXXqXat? avaftaivovaiv, OTUV appyv 

 pf) Trapfj, Kvo-ao-ai vo-rrep ol appeves' KOI ovQev irpo'iffjievai els aXX^Xas 

 TiKTOvmv (pa TrXfico 77 ra yovco yivdjj.eva' e lav ov -ytWrai VCOTTOS ovdeis, 

 aXX* vn^ycfua iravra TO. roiavrd flcriv. Cf. De Gen. iii. 6, 75^ b, Athen. 

 ix. 394 d, Ael. V. H. i. 15, Dion. De Avib. i. 25, Plin. x. 58 (79); Ovid, 

 Am. ii. 6, 56 oscula dat cupido blanda columba mari. 



Their prolific increase : TLKTCI dnoveoTTevovo-a ndXiv ev rpiaKovQ' fjf 

 H. A. vi. 4, S^o* TIKTOWI d' ai 7repio"T6pai nacrav &>pav KOI 

 cav TOTTOV fx a)(riv oXeeivov Kol TO. eTTiTrjdeia' fl Se pf], TOV Bepovs povov. ra 

 5' fKyova TOV eapos jSe'Xrtcrra KCI\ TOV (pQivoTrmpov. TO. de TOV Bepovs Kal 

 tv Tals Gepurj/jiepiais ^eipta-ra, H. A. V. 13, 544 b. TroXXa pev ov 

 7ro\\aKis Se, De Gen. iii. I, 749 b. Srro/ce? rt'/cret Se/cd/cts roi) 

 H. A. vi. I, 558 b. fjftr] de Tives KOL ^ydncauff, at 6' ev Afywrro) KCU 

 ibid. vi. 4, 562 b ; Athen. ix. 394 c. wa Xevxa* vTr^i/e/xta, H. A. vi. 2, 559, 



561, &C. o>s eVi TO TroXv appev Kal OrjXv, Kal TOVTMV Q)S eVt TO TroXu npOTepov 



TO appev TtKTei (Athen. ix. 394, &c. : cf. Flourens, C. R., Ixxiii. p. 740, 



1864)' Kal TfKovcra piav r^pepav SiaXeiVei, ?ra nd\iv TIKTCI OaTepov' 

 eTraxi^ei 8e Kal 6 cipprjv ev T5 fjiepei TIJS fjfjiepas, Trjv de VVKTU f) 6r)\fia (cf. Ael. 

 iii. 45, Athen. ix. 394 b). e/KTrerreTai TC Kal 6/<Xe7reTai CVTOS f'tKoaiv r)p.fpS)v 



TO yev6fJ.VOV TrpOTepOV T&V to)V (cf. ibid. Vi. 2)' TlTpd)OVCl 6 TO 6)6j/ Trj 



TrpOTepata rj e/cXeVet, &C. o^tuei de Kal o^eueTai e'fToy cviavTOv' Kal yap 



cKnyvos, H. A. vi. 4, 562 b : cf. Arist. fr. 271, 1527. 



Care and Nurture of the Young. Arist. H. A. ix. 7, 613 yevo/ieVtov 

 8e TCOV vfOTT&iv TTJS a\uvpiovo~T]S fj.d\LO~Ta yrjs 8iap.ao"7yO'ap-ej/os eio~nTVi Tols 

 veoTTols dioiyvvs TO aro/za, irpoTrapaaKevdfav 7Tp(>s Trjv Tpocpyv. See also 

 Ael. iii. 45, Athen. ix. 394 f, Plin. x (34) 52 ; hence the variant in Athen. 



394 C, Ael. V. H. i. 15 o apprjv e/zTrruet avTotr, "va p.r) (BaarKavd(ii)o~i. 



For other particulars regarding nesting, incubation, care of the 

 young, c., see Arist. H. A. vi. i, 558, 2, 560, 8, 564, ix. 7, 612 : De 

 Gen. iii. 6, 756 b, iv. 6, 774 ; Athen. ix. 394 ; Geoponic. xiv. i, 2, xvi. i, 3 ; 

 Plin. x (53) 75, (58) 79, (60) 80 ; Varro, De R. R. iii. 7, 9, &c.; Colum. 

 R. R. viii. 8, 5 j Eustath. p. 1712, c., &c. 



Conjugal Affection and Chastity. Arist. H. A. ix. 7, 6l2b OVTC yap 

 0vydvdc<r&u [Antig. H. M. 38 avv.vvdfa6ai\ 6e\ovo~i irXeioaiv, OVTC 

 TrpooTroXeiTTouai Tr]V Koivaviav, TrXrjv fdv X*IP OS *7 XnP a y^rjTai. eVi fie 

 Trepl Trjv wSIva deivf) f) TOV appevos Qepaneia Kal (rvvayavaKTyo'is' edv T 



