204 ADDITIONAL NOTES 



The BnpKcuoi (vide supra, p. 49) are probably the RapKavioi (? Parsees) 

 of Ctes. xi, Tzetz. Chil. i. I, 82 ; cf. J. Macquart, Philologus, Supple- 

 ment-bd. vi. p. 609, 1893. 



APYOKOAA'riTHI. 



The eastern legend of the Woodpecker's imprisoned young is so 

 suggestive of the walled-up nest of the Hornbill, that one is almost 

 tempted to suspect a dim tradition, far-travelled from Africa or India, 

 concerning the extraordinary nesting-habits of the latter bird. 



