XAPAAPIOI XEAIASN 187 



XEAIAflN (continued). 



, irondXos, Ar. Av. 1411 (cf. Alcaeus, fr. 84, ap. Schol.). 



os, Anth. ^oi/SdX^Trror, Lye. 1460. 

 Description. Arist. H. A. vi. 5, 563, viii. 3, 592 b opvis <rapKo(payo9. 

 Ib. iii. 12, 519 povoxpoos. Ib. i. I, 487 b, ix. 30, 68 o/zotoy TW wro&r cvnrepos 



Kal KdKOJTOVS. Ib. IX. 3O, 6l8 TT]V KvfjfJLtJV OVK 6^61 ScKTeldV. Ib. ii. IJ , S9 ^ Tf 



TOV 0-Top.axov ovre TOV irpuXofiov X eL cvpvv, aAXa TTJV Koi\iav paKpav. Ib. ii. 1 5, 

 506 b npos Tols fVTepois e^ei r n v X^*l v - The Swallow is said, like the 

 Nightingale, to have no tongue, Acs. Fab. 416, &c. 



West and Reproduction. Arist. H. A. ix. 7, 6l2 b (TvyKaTcnrXeKei yap 

 Tols Kap(j)o~i TrrjXoi/* Kav drropiJTai TrqXoC, /3pe^ov(Ta avTrjv KoXivfte'iTat ro'is 

 TTTfpols Trpos Tr]i> Koviv. TL 5e <rn/3ao7roieiTai Kaddirfp of avdpunoi, ra cr/cX^pa 

 Trpcora viroTiQtlcra KCU TW /zeye^et (Tvp.p,Tpov noiov<ra -rrpos avrrjv. Trepl re 

 TTJV rpofprjv To>v TfKvoav (Kiroveirai afj.(poTpa' SI^<B(TI S' exarepa) dta.TTjpovo'a. 

 TIVI <rvvr)6fia TO 7rpoetXr/(pop, OTTCO? ^17 51? \dj3rj. Kai rfjv KOTTpov TO p.^v 

 7rp5)Tov avTal eK^d\\ov(nv t OTO.V S' av^rjOSxri, p.eraa'rpe^oi'ras' e^o> 8i8acr/<oi;(rt 

 rouff vfoTTovs irpoievm. (This accurate account evidently refers in par- 

 ticular to the House Martin.) Cf. Ael. iii. 24, 25, Antig. Mirab. 37 (43), 

 Plut. De Soil. An. ii. 966 d. Arist. H. A. vi. 5, 563 p.6vov ro>z/ o-apK.o<pdyav 

 dls veoTTvi. The nests of the Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin 

 are adequately described by Plin. x. (33) 44. 



Phile, De An. Pr. (20) 454 evavTiav Se $curi TJJ TWV opveav, TTJV p,iiv 

 avT&v evpedrjvai KCU ^evrjv. 



For poetic references see (int. at.) Ar. Av. 1151 (which quotation is, 

 however, by a recent emendation, no longer apt : cf. Rutherford, Class. 

 Rev. 1891, p. 90) ; Antip. Sid. Ixiii, Gk. Anth. ii. 23 ^eXtSoi/, /nT/repa 

 TCKV&V | apTi (re 6d\irov(rav TraiSa? vrro Trrepvyi : Agath. Ivii, Gk. Anth. 

 iv. 23 eVtrpu^ei 8e ^eXiSeoi', | KapfacrL KO\\TJTOV Trrj^ap.ei'r] fldXapov I Theaet. 

 Schol. ii, Gk. Anth. iii. 214 KOI (pi\6jrais VTTO yeicra dopovs Tevt-ao-a 

 ^eXi^coi/ | e<yova ir/yXo^roi? geivodoKel ^aXajLtoI? : Marc. Argent, xxiv, Gk. 

 Anth. ii. 248 fjdrj KOI (piKoreKvos VTTO rpauXottri ^eXiScor, | ^eiXecri Kap<piTi]v 

 7rrj\odofjifl ddXapov l Anth. Pal. X. 2 rjdrj de TrXacrcrci p,ev V7r<i)po<pa yvpa 

 o'lKia. Nonn. Dion. ii. 132 Kal poftov dyyeXXovtra KOI dvde- 

 tparqv | eVo-o/uat elapivolo (pi\rj Ze(f>vpoio ^eXi8a>j', | (pQeyyopevrj, 

 XaXoy opvLS, VTTWpocpirjs p,e\os r)Xv f i I PX 7 ?fy l< P VTepoevTi nepLaKaipovcra 

 KaXirjv: cf. ibid, xlvii. 30. Opp. Hal. i. 729 ^e KCU ciapivfjcri ^eXiSdo-ty 

 cyyvs eKVpfre p,vpop.evais ea Tewa, rare (r(pio~t \rjto~o~avTo | e^ evvrjs rj 



(pS>Tfs dnr)Vs rje dpaKovres : cf. ibid. v. 579. See also the Fable of the 

 Nightingale and the Swallow, Babr. xii (ed. Rutherford). 



Migration. Arist. H. A. viii. 16, 600 (pwXovo-i de TroXXol KCU T>V opvi- 

 Qwv, Kal ov% &s Ttves otorrotj els dXfeivovs TOTTOVS direpxovra.1 TrdvTfS' aXX* 01 

 p,v iT\T)a'iov ovTfs ToiovTow TOTTWV, fv ols del 8ia/zej>ovcn, KOI IKT^VOI Kal 

 ^cXiSdj/e? a7ro^copoO(rti/ evTavda, ol fie Troppcorepw ovres TO>V TOIOVTGDV OVK 

 KTOTriov(Tiv dX\a Kpv7TTOV<riv cavTOvs. fjdr] yap wp-fievai TroXXat ^ 



