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"EAANOI = IktIvos, Hesych. 



'EAAIA'X. An unknown bird, Ar. Av. 886. 



'EAA<l>l'X. An unknown water-bird. 



Dion. De Avib. ii. II eXacpis 6' opveov itm to. nrepa navra eVi rots 

 vd>Tois eXd(p<ov %x ov ^oiKora 6pi£l } Kai rpecp^rai Kara tovs x € P°~ a ' l0V ^ Ivyyas, 

 rr)V yXwacrav p^Kio-rqv ovcrap axnrfp oppiav els to vdcop eVi 7roXv Kadielaa, 

 k. t. X. The hair-like feathers on the back suggest, if anything, a Heron 

 or Egret. A gem in the British Museum represents a Heron or Stork, 

 with the antlers of a Stag ; v. Torr, Rhodes, pi. I, Imhoof-Bl. and K., 

 pi. xxvi. 59. 



'EAE'A. MSS. have also iXala, (qy. = eXeia Sundev.), KXcia Callim. 

 s. iXeas Ar. Av. 302, s. eXe'as, Hesych. Cf. eXaios. 

 A small bird, probably the Reed- Warbler, Salicaria arundinacea. 

 Selby, and allied species. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 16, 616 b opvis evfiioTOS, Kadl£ei depovs pev iv irpoo-r]vepw Kai 

 (TKia, xeip&vos §' iv evrjXia, Kai iirio-KeTvel eVt tg>v bovaKcav nepi to, eXrj' 

 eort 8e to pev peyedos (Bpaxvs, (pcovfjv 8' e^ei dyadrjv. In Ar. Av. 302 eXeds 

 may or may not be the same bird. Callim. ap. Schol. Ar. Av. 302 eXeia 

 ptKpov, <pa>vjj dyaQbv. 



The Reed-Warbler is a permanent resident in Greece, and is very 

 common in all marshy places (Kriiper, &c). 



'EAEIO'X* ethos UpaKos, Hesych. 



Sch. conjectures eXeios palustris in Arist. H. A. ix. 36, I, and for 

 the common reading Xetot writes en 8' eXeioi 01 Kai (ppwoXoyoi. Cf. A . 

 and W. ii. p. 264. Vide s. v. ImXeiog. 



'EAEO'X. A kind of Owl. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b; mentioned with, and said to resemble, 

 alya>Xlos and o-Kcaxjr : peifav dXeKTpvovos, 6t]pevei ras KiTTas. ix. I, 609 b 

 Kpeg iXecS noXepios (alternative readings, KoXeS, yoXecS). 



The size accords with that of the Tawny Owl, Syrnium Aluco, L., 

 which is common in Greece and is not definitely ascribed to any 

 other classical name. Scaliger so identifies it, taking eXeos from the 

 owl's cry, cf. eXeXev, &c, also Lat. ulula. Sundevall reads eXeos 

 s. eXeios = ftalustris, supporting this view by the mention of Crex 

 in the context, and identifies the bird with Strix brachyotus, L., the 

 Short-eared or Marsh Owl. But both etymological suggestions are 

 more than doubtful, and neither Tawny nor Short-eared Owl Orjpevci 

 tus KiTTas. Artemidor. iii. 65, Zonar. c. 684. 



c EAfi'PIOI. A water-bird, similar to Kpeg {verb. dub.). 



Clearch. ap. Athen. viii. 332 E (Casaubon), where later editors read 

 epaybios l numbered among tovs opviOas tovs 7rapevdiao-Tas KaXovpevovs. 



