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XAHPII (continued}. 



the roots of a species of Symphytum (?), lined with black goats' hair. In 

 Ael. 1. c. the bird is confused with the Golden Oriole, x\o>piW, which 

 migrates in winter, while the Greenfinch does not. 



XAftPl'flN, s. xXwpeloy, Suid. 



Cf. Lat. galbula (galbus = gelb = yellow): oriolus qu. aureolus; It. 



rigogolo, from auri-galbulus (Diez, p. 152). 

 The Golden Oriole, Oriolus galbula, L. Mod. Gk. vvKofydyos 



(Von der M.), Kirpwo-rrovXi (Cyclades, Erh.), o-o^Xmos (Kriiper). 



Arist. H. A. ix. I, 609 b Kpe TroXe'/uios TW xXcopiWi, bv evioi p,vdo\oyov<Tt 

 yeveo-Qai CK TrvpKa'ids. Ibid. 15, 6l6b ^XcopiW 8e jua0eli> p.ev dya6bs Kai 

 , KdKOTreTTjs 5e, KOL xP av ^X L [*ox6ijpdv. Ibid. 22, 617 6 de 



0X09* OVTOS rov ^et/xco^a ov% 6parot,*7repi 8e ras rpoTras ras dfpivas 

 (fravepbs /uaXtara yiVerat, aTraXXarrerat Se orav 'ApKroCpoy ririTeXX^j TO Se 

 peyedos eVnv ocrov rpvya>v. Cf. Ael. iv. 47, supra S. V. X^ w P l 's : Plin. X. 

 (29) 45- 



The Oriole arrives in Greece in April, and appears in great numbers 

 among the figs in August (Von der Miihle, &c.). Of the above accounts 

 in Aristotle, the first is clearly mythical, and contains a suggestion of 

 the Phoenix myth : the second is equally obscure, though Aubert and 

 Wimmer see in /Sio/M^ai/o? an allusion to the Oriole's surpassing skill 

 in nest-building ; while the third, though undoubtedly referring to the 

 Golden Oriole, is far from accurate : cf. Buffon, M. des Ois. v. 351 ' Je 

 me contenterai de dire ici que, selon toute apparence, Aristote n'a connu 

 le loriot que par ou'i-dire.' 



XPYIA'ETOI. The ' Golden Eagle,' a mystical name, already dis- 

 cussed S. V. dT<$9. 



A fabulous account in Ael. ii. 39 ^pvo-deros* aXXot de dare/Hay TOV avrbv 

 KaXovaiv. oparat e ov 7ro\\aKis* Xeyet de 'AptororeX^? avrbv Qrjpdv Kal 

 veftpovs Kal Xa-ycos Kal yepdvovs Kal xr)vas e^ av\rjs. /Lte-yioros de deraif 

 elvai TreTriVreuTai, Kal \cyowri ye KOI els TOVS Kpfjras Kal TOLS ravpois eViri- 

 BeffOai avrbv Kara TO KaprepoV, K.r.X. 



XPYIOMH"TPII. v. 11. pva-ofjtrjTpis, xP V(T0 ^ T P r l s ' Transl. Aurivittis, 



Gaza. 

 The Goldfinch, Fringilla carduetis, L. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b, mentioned with aicavtiif, dpawls. ravra 

 yap irdvTa en\ T>V a.K.av6S)V ve/uerai, cna\r)Ka d' ovdev ov' ilft^VJfay ovde'v' 

 ev rail 8e Kadevdet KOI ve^erai ravra. It is remarkable that we have 

 so little definite record of the Goldfinch, which in Greece is now, 

 according to Lindermayer, next to the Sparrow the commonest of birds. 



XY'PPABOI* opvis TIS TTOLOS, Hesych. 



