AKYAEHI— AAEKTPYQN 2 I 



AAEKTPYftN {continued). 



Compared in size with qjdo-aa, Arist. fr. 271, 1527; with eXeos, H. A. 

 viii. 3. 592 b ; with the largest of the Woodpeckers, H. A. ix. 9, 614 b ; 

 with a<r/<a\d>7rar, H. A. ix. 26, 617 b. 



[Reproduction. — Arist. H. A. v. 2, 509 b avyKa6eio-qs tt)s OrfKeias eiv\ 

 rr)v yr\v eiufiaivei to appevl cf. ib. X. 6, 637 b. lb. vi. 9, 564 b op^cis. lb. 

 vi. I, 558 b o^everai kol tiktci oXov tov e'viavrbv e£oa duo fxrjvtov twv ev tu 

 xcip-iovi rponiKav (cf. H. A. v. 13, 544, De Gen. iii. 1, 749 b, Plin. x. 74). 

 tIktovo-i de Kai oiKoyevels eviai d)s Trjs r)p.epas' rjdr) de rives Xiav noXvTOKr)o-ao~at 

 airedavov dia raxeasv. H. A. vi. 2, 560 b at veorrides irpa>Tov tiktovo~iv evOvs 

 dpx°P-evov tov eapos, Kai 7rXeiu> tiktovctiv rj ai Trpeafivrepai' eXdrrco de ra> 

 fxeyedei ra en to>v vea>Tep(ov. Ib. (rvvicrTaTai de to ttjs dXeKTopidos (obv fiera 

 ttjv oxeiav ko\ TeXeiovrai ev dex rjfxepais. Ib. 560 a ev oKTWKaideKa rj/iepais 

 iv T(o Bepei eKkeTrovo'lV, ev de too x fL H-^ )VL cviot ev ne'vTe Ka\ eiKocriv. 



Plut. Q. Conv. vii. 2 (Mor. 853. 15) dXeKTOp'idozv, orav reKcoai, irepiKap- 

 (f)i<T(x6s, cf. Plin. x. 41 (57). 



The structure and development of the egg, H. A. vi. 3. o>a /xaXaxa, 

 vnrjvefxia, Kvvocrovpa, ovpia, rj £ecf)vpia, H. A. vi. 2, 559, De Gen. iii. I, 75 l 5 

 Plin. x. 60 (80) ; Columella, vi. 27 ; cf. Erasmus ad Prov. vnrjvefxui tiktci. 

 q>a didvfxa, H. A. vi. 3, 562. On crosses between fowl and partridge, 

 De Gen. ii. 7, 749 b. How Pea-hen's eggs are put under a sitting hen, 

 H. A. vi. 9, 564 b. How the hen takes the chicks under her wing, 

 H. A. ix. 8, 613 b ; cf. Alpheus Mityl. xii, in Gk. Anthol. ii. p. 118 x«- 



fxepiois vL()iddeaai naXvvofxeva TtOas opvis, tckvois evvaias dp.<fiex €e nTe'pvyas : 

 Eurip. H. Fur. 71 ovs imo irrepols <70>£a> veocraovs opvis cos ixf)eip.evrj : see 

 also Plutarch, De Philost. (Mor. 599. 4) ; Opp. Cyneg. iii. 119. How 

 a cock sometimes, after the hen's death, rears the brood, and ceases to 

 crow, H. A. ix. 49, 631 b, Plin. x. (55) 76. H. A. ix. 8, 614 ev toIs lepols, 

 oirov civev OrjXetcov dvaKeivrai [as to this day on Mount Athos], tov dvanOe- 

 \ievov irdvTes evXoyas ox^vovaiv. Cf. Plut. Brut. Anim. Nat. vii (Mor. 

 1212. 30) dXeKTpvibv 8' aKeKTpvovos em^aivcov, BrjXeias fir) uapovo-qs, Kara- 

 7n'/i7rpnrai (coos. 



On eggs in medicine, Diosc. ii. 44, Galen. De Fac. Simp. Med., Plin. 

 xxix. (3) 11, &c. The longer eggs produce male birds, and are the 

 better to eat, Hor. Sat. ii. 4. 12, Plin. x. 74 (52). 



On artificial incubation in Egypt, Arist. H. A. vi. 2, 559b, Diod. Sic. 

 i. 74. Geopon. xiv. 8. 1. On capons, Arist. H. A. ix. 49, 631 b ; cf. Plin. 

 x. (21) 24, &c. Varro, R. R. iii. 9, &c. On the whole management of 

 fowls, Geopon. xiv. 7-17. 



HoTepov r) opvis nporepov rj to oobv eyeveTO, Plut. Q. Conv. iii (Mor. 

 770. 13). 



The Crowing Cock. — Among innumerable poetic and other references, 

 cf. Theogn., Simonid., Batrachom., supra. Cratin. ap. Athen. 374 D 

 Sxnrep 6 Uepo-iKbs [cf. Ar. Av. 277, 485, 708, &c. : v. also Suidas] tipoov 



