TPH PflN TPOXIAOZ 1 7 1 



TPIXA'I. The Song-Thrush, Turdus musicus, L. Mod. Gk. T^'yXa. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 2O, 617 KIX^W fidos' ov (frOeyyeraC TO Se peyeOos ovov 

 KOTTV(POS. Vide s. v. K/xXq. 



This word (anag \ty6p.evov) was translated by Gaza pilaris (quasi a 

 0pi'), whence our modern name Turdus pilaris, L., the Fieldfare. 

 The word survives in Mod. Gk. as ro-i'^Xa, rryXa, T^^Xa, and is pos- 

 sibly the same as TPIKKOS, q. v. ; it is a parallel form to KixXt], and is 

 the same as our thrush. [Cf. Lith. s-trasd-as (Nessl. p. 506), Russ. 

 drosd?) I eel. trast, L. turdus, &c.] 



TPOXl'AOI, s. rpoxiXos, a. (Most MSS. have rpoxfXoy ; for other forms, 

 v. Lob. Par. 115.) Derived, in my opinion, from the root of 

 opxiXos (q.v.), and not connected with rpe;(a>. 



The Wren, Troglodytes europaeus, L. Mod. Gk. KoXu/^/Spi, Tpwo- 



Kapvda (Erhard, Bikelas). 



Arist. H. A. ix. II, 615 \6xpas Kal Tpa>y\a$ OIKC'I' dvvaXaros de Kai 

 8pa7TTT]S Kai. TO rjBos aadevf)?, cvfitoTos 5c KOI TCX VIKOS ' KaXerrcu fie Kai 

 irpeo-ftvs Kai j3a<Ti\vs (cf. Plin. viii. 37)) Sto KOL TOV afTov avrw <acrt 

 TroXe/xeti/: cf. ibid. ix. I, 609 b. Mentioned as an oracular bird, Plut. 

 ii. 405 c "XX' rjp.f'is epcoSiots ol6fj.eda <al rpo^iXoi? KOI Kopa^i ^prjcrdai (pdey- 

 ynfj.evois 0-77 fjuiivovra TOV 6f6v. On superstitions connected with the Wren, 

 * The king of all birds,' &c., Dyer, Brit. Pop. Customs, 1876, p. 497 ; 

 id. Engl. Folk-lore, 1880, p. 67 ; Croker, Researches in S. Ireland, 

 1824, p. 233 ; N. and Q. (6), xi. p. 297, 1885, &c., c. 



TPOXI'AOI, p. 



The Egyptian Plover or Ziczac, Pluvianus aegyptius = Hyas 

 aegyptiacus = Charadrius melanocephalus . Also called K\aSap6- 

 pvyxos. This identification, due in the first instance to Geoffroy 

 St. Hilaire, is generally accepted : a recent writer, however, 

 states that the true ' Crocodile-bird ' is a somewhat larger species, 

 the spur- winged Plover, Hoplopterus spinosus (Ibis, 1893, p. 277). 



Herod, ii. 68 6 rpo^iXos fodtjpw es TO orofia [TOV KpoxoSeiXou] KaraTnWi 

 ras jSSe'XXa?* 6 de axfieXevfjLcvos rjdfTat, Kai ovdev criVerai TOV rpo^t'Xoi/. 

 Arist. H. A. ix. 6, 6l2 T&V KpoKodeiXow x ao ~ KOVTCOV 0<L fpo^fXoi Kadaipovcrtv 



flffTTCTO/JLeVOl TOVS OOOVTttS Kill ttVTol /JiV Tp6(j)r)V \afJL^O.VOVO~lV ) K. T. X. Cf. 



Arist. Mirab. 7, 831 a; Ammian, xxii. 15, 19; Antig. Car. c. 33; Ael. 

 iii. II, viii. 25, xii. 15 ; Plut. De Sol. Anim. ii. 980 d; Phile, De An. 

 Pr. 97 (82). Mentioned among TOVS opvidas TOVS Trapevdcao-Tas ccaXou- 

 fj.evovs, Athen. x. 332 e. In Dion. De Avib. ii. 3, the name is apparently 

 applied to various sandpipers. Mentioned also Ar. Av. 79 (eon de <al 

 opveov rpo^i'Xos 1 , Kai Xe'yercu elvai Spt/xu, Schol., Suid.), Ach. 876, Pax, 

 1004, &c. 



