

rW— APYOKOAAnTHI 5 1 



APEnANl'X, from bpenavov, i.e. ' sickle-wing.' Also bpairavis, Hesych. 

 Arist. H. A. i. i, 487 b. A bird similar to anovs and xeXi&oi/, evirrepos, 

 kclkottovs. oparai Kol dXujKerat orai/ vary tov Bepovs' oXcop be /cat crndviov 



fCTTl. 



Probably the larger Alpine Swift, Cypselus melba, L., and also 

 perhaps the Common Swift, C. apus, both conspicuously ' sickle- 

 winged/ On the other hand, Aub. and Wimm. p. in, also 

 Bochart ii. 62, as well as Gaza and Scaliger, say the Sand- 

 Martin : v. kv^cXos. Cf. Plin. x. (33) 49, xi. 47 (107), xxx. (4) 12. 

 The brief account indicates that the bird is comparatively scarce, 

 and that its period of residence in the country is short; both 

 circumstances telling in favour of a Swift as against the 

 Sand-Martin. 



SpcTrtm's is translated neyxpls by Hesychius. 



APrT[r]EI- arpovdoi, Maneboves, Hesych. Also blyrjpes and biprjyes. 

 Cf. Seiptjs, Spuc^ai, q. v. 



APIKH'AI' oppea void, Hesych. Also 8pt|, arpovdos, ap. Cyrill., Lob. 

 Parall. p. 102. Cf. SpTJyes, &c. 



APYOKOAA'nTHI. Also bpvrjKoXdirTrjs, bpvKoXdnTtjs (Ar. Av. 480, 979), 

 dpvKoXayjr (Hesych.), SpvoKorros (Arist. De Part. iii. 1, 662 b). 

 Cf. Sk. darvaghata (Keller). 



A Woodpecker. Mod. Gk. bxXibdpa (v. d. Miihle). See also 



8puo\J/, itti/t), KeXeos, ireXeKai', ttittcj. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593, vide s.v. miroj. lb. ix. 9, 614, a full and 

 accurate description : koittcl be ras bpvs 6 bpvoKoXdnTrjs tcov o-kcoXtjkcov kcu 

 anvnrcov ev€Kev } 1v e^icoaiv. dvaXeyeTai yap e^eXQovTas avTovs t§ yXcoTTfl' 

 TrXareiav 8' e^ei koi peydXrjv. Ka\ iropeverai eVt rots bevbpeai raxecos ndvra 

 rponov, koa vtttios KaOdnep oi aoTcaXajScorat. e^ei be Ka\ tovs ovvxas fieXriovs 

 tcov ko\oiS>v necpvKoTas 7rpos tx\v dacpaXeiav Trjs eVt rots bevbpeaiv ecpebpelas' 

 tovtovs yap epnrjyvvs Tropeverai. eo~ri be tcov bpvoKoXairrcov ev pev yevos 

 eXarrop tov KOTTiXpov, %x^ & vnepvdpa piicpd, erepov be yevos pel£ov j) 

 KOTTVfbos' to de rpirov yevos avra>v bv noXXcS eXarrov eo~Tiv aXeKToplbos 

 BrjXeias. veorrevei 8' eVi tcov bevbpcov, ev aXXois T€ tcov bevbpcov Ka\ ev 

 eXaiais . . . <a\ Ti6ao-o~evopevos be tis fjbr) dpvybaXov els pcoypfjv j-vXov evBels, 

 onoos evappoaOev viropeiveiev alrov ttjv nXrjyrjV, ev Trj TpiTy TrXrjyf] bieKO\jse 

 koi KaTTja-die to paXaKov. Cf. Arist. De Mirab. 13, 831b: the hard bill 

 of the woodpecker, Arist. De Part. iii. 1, 662 b. 



Four well-defined species occur in Greece, (a) the Great Black 

 Woodpecker, Picus Martins, which evidently answers to the last and 

 largest variety mentioned above ; {b) the Green Woodpecker, P. virzdzs, 



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