KEAEOI— KH= 79 



KE'PGIOI. Perhaps the Tree Creeper, Certhia familiar is, L. Vide 

 S. v. KrnroXoyos. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 17, 616 b opvidiov piKpov' to pev rjOos Bpaavs, kcu otW nepl 

 8ev8pa, Kal eari dpnro<pdyos } rrjv 8e biavoiav evfiioros, Kal rqv (pcovfjv e%€i 

 \apnpdv. 



The passage contains several birds difficult to identify. The descrip- 

 tion of nepOios suggests the Tree Creeper, with which it is usually 

 identified (Belon, Sundevall, &c), but wnroXoyos is certainly the Creeper, 

 and the above description is not enough to reveal an indubitable 

 synonym. 



KE'PKAE- lepa£, Hesych. 



KEPKA'r *cpe£ to opvcov, Hesych. 



KEPKIGAAl'l, s. KepKiOaXXiV epcodtds, Hesych. 



KEPKl'r €1809 opvcov, Hesych. 



KEPKl'ftN. (For a discussion of possible Sk. roots, see Temple, 

 infra cit.). An Indian talking bird. 



Ael. xvi. 3 ; is the size of a starling, particoloured, docile, and learns 

 to speak ; it is impatient of captivity, and gets its name cTrti.br} 

 Kal civtos diao-eierat top oppov, as TtoiovvTai oi KiyK.\oi. In spite of these 

 two discrepant statements, it is possible that Aelian refers to the 

 Common Mynah, Acridotheres tristis, the Talking Mynah, Gracula 

 religiosa, or allied species, Hind. sarak or sharak', Temple, Ind. Antiq. 

 1882, p. 291 ; Val. Ball, ib. 1885, p. 305; cf. Lassen, Ind. Alterth. iii. 

 p. 321 (1858). 



KE'PKNOI' tipag, rj aXcKTpvdiv, Hesych. 



KEPKOPfTNOI. An Indian bird, probably identical with iccpiawi', 



Ael. xv. 14. 

 KE'PKOI- aXeKTpvav, Hesych. 

 KEPXNH'l. Vide s.v. Kcyxprji's. 



KH'AAI. Cf. Hind. Hargela. An Indian bird; the Adjutant, Lep- 

 toptilus argala, L. See Val. Ball, Ind. Antiq. xiv. p. 305, 1885. 



Ael. xvi. 4 to peycdos Tpnfkda-iuv coTidos, kcu to CTopa ycvvalov 8(tva>s, 

 Kal paKpa to. (tkcXtj. Qepei 8e tov irprjyopecova kcu ckcIvov piyio-Tov, irpocrcp- 

 (peprj KOipiiKCO, (pOeypa de e^€i Kal pd\a dnrj^es, Kal ttjv pev aWrjv TTTikaicriv 

 e'ort Tccppos, ray Se nrepvyas a<pas a>xpos eari. 



KH'=. An unknown sea-bird. Probably the same word as icaua§, 

 kt}u£. In Hesych. icaxa, probably for kciko, ktjkci. 

 Od. xv. 479 aVrXo) t? evdovnrjare ncaova ws elvaXlr) Kr)ij. Cf. Schol. opveov 



