172 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



TPOXIAOI (continued}. 



Pliny confuses it with the foregoing : Parva avis quae trochilos ibi 

 vocatur, rex avium in Italia, H. N. viii. (25) 37. 



Cf. G. St. Hilaire, Descr. de l'gypte, (2) xxiv. p. 440, Mem. du Mus. 

 xv. p. 466 ; Curzon, Monast. of the Levant, c. xii ; Brehm, Thierleben, 

 Vogel, iii. p. 216 (2nd edit.) ; Newton, Diet, of Birds, pp. 442, 733, c. 



TPYTfAI. In some MSS. and editions (Aid. Schn. &c.) for nvyapyos, 

 Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b. 



TPYra'N. Cf. Heb. lin, L. tur-tur. On the derivation from rpv&iv, 

 cf. Eust. Horn. II. (xi. 311), p. 751, Od. pp. 229, 1951 ; Schol. ad 

 Theocr. Id. vii. 140, &c. ; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 17 turtur de voce 

 vocatur. I am inclined to think that rpvyav cannot be directly 

 derived from rpv&iv, but that the verb was applied to the dove's 

 note from mere coincidence of sound : and further that the root 

 of rpuywi/ is probably foreign, like that of ol^dis. See also s. v. 



A Turtle-dove, Columba turtur, L. Mod. Gk. rpiywvi (Heldr.), rptyovt 



(Von der M.), rpvyvviov (Erh.), SeKOKrovpa, Bikelas (from the cry). 



Mentioned Ar. Av. 302, 979, &c. 



Description. Arist. H. A. v. 13, 544 b TO>V 7Tprrfpoa8ooi> eXa^i'trr?} : 

 cf. Athen. ix. 394 A. Compared in size with xeXed?, H. A. viii. 3, 593, 

 and with xXcopeus, ib. ix. 22, 617. Arist. fr. 271, 1527, ap. Athen. I.e., 

 TO xp&j/ia Tf<ppdv, cf. Eust. Horn. Od. p. 1712. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 

 KapTTo^a-yet KOI rroijcpayfl' </>ntVerai TOV Bepovs, xew&vos dfaivifaai' (pcoXet 

 yap. Cf. ibid. 12, 597 k dyeXd^ovrai S* tu re (pdrrai Kal at rpuyovef, orav 

 Tf TrapayivcovTcii Kal ndXiv orav &pa 77 rrpbs rrjv dvaKOfjLiftrjv. See also 

 ibid. l6, 599 <p<o\fl yap . . . Kal Tpvya>v' Kal fj y rpvya>v 6p,oXoyov- 

 fjifvos /uaXttrra irdvT&v. ovdels yap as eiTreiv Xeyerat rpvyova I8e~iv ovScifj.ov 

 XfifjL&vos. apteral Se TTJS (poikeias a~(p68pa rrieipa ovaa, Kal TTTfpoppvel p,ev 

 ev rfj (^coXet'a, vra^eia (JLCVTOI SiarcXet ov<ra. 



Cf. Plin. x. (24) 35 verius turtur occultatur, pennasque amittit. On 

 its migration, see also Varro, De R. R. iii. 5, 7, c. Arist. H. A. ix. 7, 

 613 OVK dvaKviTTOvo-t irivovvai, eav pr) IKUVOV iriaxriv (cf. Alex. Mynd. ap. 

 Athen. ix. 394 E, Plin. x. (34) 52) ; o>o-t Kal OKT<*> err] (Plin. 1. c.), at 

 TfTV(p\(i)iJLvai virb To>v TTaXevrpias rpefpovTW avrds : on their capture by 

 decoys, see also Dion. De Avib. iii. 4, 16. 



The voice of the Turtle. Theocr. Id. xv. 88 & dvcrravoi, dvdvvTa /tam'X- 

 Xovo-ai | Tpvyovfs : cf. Virg. Eel. i. 59. On the verb rpvfav, vide supra ; 

 cf. also Pollux, V. 14 eiTTOis S' av rpvyovas Tpvfiv, Trepio-Tepas yoyyvfciv : 

 Suid. dcrfjp-dis (pdeyyerai Kal yoyyvcrTiKws : rpvyofciv, A. B. 1452. Hence, 

 of a talker, rpvyovos \a\icrrcpos, Menand. TlXoK. 13, ap. Ael. xii. 10, in 

 which passage a ' double entendre ' is expatiated on by Aelian, Suidas, 



