KATPEYI— KEAEOI « J J 



KErXPHII (continued). 



Quercerellam vocant Franci, non corrupta voce, quasi Cenchrel- 

 lellam, ut ait Ruellius, sed quasi Querquerellam ; nam Quer- 

 querum, lamentabile, dixerunt veteres; semper enim stridet et 

 queri videtur. The derivation from Keyxpos is also old, cf. Camus 

 ii. p. 257 'parce qu'elle a le plumage couvert de petites taches 

 comme de petites graines/ 



Arist. H. A. ii. 1 7, 509 Tijs KoiXlas avrrjs ti e^ft opoiov 7rpoXd/3a>. (Cf. 

 Gesner, p. 284 Dieses Vogels Magen ist dem Kropf gleich und gar 

 nicht fleischigt). lb. vi. I, 55^b irXthfra rueret to>v yafxyjfoavvxcov. wnTai 

 pev ovv kol TiTTapa fjdr], tiktci de koi TrXet'o). lb. vi. 2, 559 V a *pv0pd icrriv 

 &cnrep p.ikTns. Aristoph. H. A. Epit. i. 28 povrj rt'/cret (pa (poiviica. De 

 Gen. iii. 75° pdXiara de f) Ktyxpis noXvyovop' povov yap ax^dov tovto /cat 

 nivet tg>v yap\^(ovi>xa>v, f) 8' vyporrjs kol fj o~vp(pvTos koi rj e'naicTos aneppart- 

 kov pera ttjs VTrapxovcrrjs avrfj depporrjTos. tIktcl §' ovd* avrrj noXXa Xiav 

 dXXa rerrapa to nXelo-Tov. Cf. H. A. viii. 3, 594 ; Plin. x. (37) 52. On 

 the other hand, according to Ael. ii. 43 ea-ri <pvXov iepaKcov 6 KaXelrai 

 KeyxprjU, Ka\ ttotov deerai ovdev. 



Mentioned also in Ar. Av. 304, 589, 1181 : Ael. xii. 4. One of the 

 daughters of Pieros was transformed by the Muses into the bird 

 neyxph, Nicand. ap. Anton. Lib. c. 9. 



In Ael. xiii. 25, Keyxpi-s seems to refer to a different bird, being 

 mentioned as a dainty with o-uKaXir, and icepxvfjs is mentioned in 

 a similar way by Eubul. ap. Athen. ii. 65 e. 



KErXPl'THI. Apparently a sort of wild duck or goose, Dion. De 

 Avib. iii. 23. 



KEfPlI' opveoV Upag, oi be oXkvom, Hesych. 



On the fabled metamorphosis of Ciris, Nisus, Pandion, &c, vide 

 supra, s. v. dXtderos ; cf. also icrjpuXos, Ktpis. 



KEI*IIA- Kio-o-a, AaKoives, Hesych. 



KEAEO'I (MSS. have KrjXios, koXlos, koXios). The Green Woodpecker, 

 Picus viridis, L. (a scarce bird in Greece, Lindermayer). Mod. 

 Gk. neXeicdpos, rtrticXiSapa, bevbpocpdyos, Heldr. 



Arist. H. A. ii. 4, 504 : has feet like tvyg. lb. viii. 3, 593 to peyeBos 

 c<rov Tpvyatv, to de ^pco/xa ^Xoopos oXos' eo~Ti be £vXok6ttos acpobpa, Ka\ 

 veperai eiii tcov ^vXatv to. 7roXXa, (fxovrjv Te peydXrjv e^ei* yiveTai de pdXiora 

 Trepi TleXonowTjaov. The preceding reference is as accurate as the 

 following is unmeaning or mystical : lb. ix. 1, 609, 610 cfuXoi Xaebos 

 Ka\ KeXeos' 6 pev yap KeXeos napa rroTapbv otKel Ka\ Xoxpas' TroXepioi Ke~\eos 

 Kcil Xifivos. Suid. opveov Taxvrarov. The identification of KeXeos with 



