4° A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



Bl'TTAKOI. A Parrot. Vide s. v. \J/iTTaicos. 



BOIKA'X, v. 11. j3ao-K<ls, <f>ao-K<xs. A small Wild Duck; probably including 

 the Teal (Anas creccd) and Garganey (A. querquedula), both 

 common in Greece ; and in Athenaeus also a larger species. 

 pWicds, Ar. Av. 885. 



Poo-icds, Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b mentioned among the heavier 

 water-birds, opoios pev vi]ttt], to 8e peyedos eXdrrcov. Alex. Mynd. ap. 

 Athen. ix. 52, 395 d 6 pev cipprjv KaTaypacpos, e^oucri be ol appeves (ripd re 

 Koi iXc'iTTOua rfj avppeTpiq to. pvyx^. eern be Kai aXXo yevos ^oaKabcov pel£ov 

 pev vrjTTrjs, eXaTTOv be ^jjvaXco7reKoy. 



4>aaK(£s, Alex. Mynd. ibid, at be Xeyopevai <paaKabes ptKpcp pei£oves 

 ovaai t5)v piKpcov KoXvpftib&v, ra Xotna vrjTrais fieri 7rapcnr\r}crioi. 



BOYAY'THI. An unknown small bird, mentioned Dion. De Avib. 

 hi. 2, with epithet da-Bev^s. 



BOYKOAl'NH' KiyxXos, to opveov, Hesych. 



BOY'TAAIX. [Said to be from fiov- intens., and TaXdco (?)]. 

 The Nightingale, in Aesop 235. 



BPE'NGOI. An unknown bird, or birds, opveov fipevQos, Strep evioi 

 Koo-o~v(pov Xeyovai, Hesvch. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 11, 615 a (SpevOos [MS. Vat. ppivdos] ev to7s opeo-i coi 

 rrj vXrj KaToiKe?. cvfiioTos eWi Kai abiKos [mentioned with euoyj/]. Ibid. 

 ix. I, 609 a, a sea-bird, noXepioi be ol drro rf)s OaXaTTrjs ^covres dXXr'iXois, olov 

 fipevdos Kai Xdpos ko.\ apnrj. In this latter passage, fipev6os is perhaps 

 a later interpolation ; cf. bran/a, the Brent Goose. 



BPHTO'X* dXeKTpvcov eviavaios, Hesych. 



BY'AX (v. 1. ppvas), for pv fas : Mod. Gk. pnovepos, Lat. bubo, It. bufo, 

 Sp. bu/10, O. H. G. uwo, Germ. uhu. [Cf. Lith. bub-auti, to 

 shriek, Fick i. 685, ii. 620.] 



An Owl, especially the Eagle Owl, Strix bubo, L., Bubo maxi- 

 mus, Bonap. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 59 2 b eari §' 6 fivas Tqv pev Ibeav opocos yXavKL, 

 to de peyedos deroO ovbev eXuTTav. A favourite word of Dion Cassius, 

 usually as a bird of evil omen, e.g. lvi. 29 ftvas f&vfc, also xl. 17, 47, 

 xlii. 26, 1. 8, liv. 29, lvi. 45, &c. Cf. Bubo, Virg. Aen. iv. 462, and Serv. 

 in loc, Plin. x. (12) 16, Ovid, Met. v. 550, vi. 431, x. 453, xv. 791, Seneca, 

 Here. F. 686, &c. 



The Owl, bubo, in medicine and magic, Plin. xxix. 26 and ^8 ; its egg 

 also is valuable, but difficult to obtain : quis enim, quaeso, ovum 



