86 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



KIXAH {continued). 



enl toLs vtyriXoli tcop bivbpcov, i(pz£r)s Se ttoioxxtiv aWrjkais Kai e^ofievas, 

 &(tt etvm bia rrjv trvvix*ta» coanep 6ppa66v vcotticov. A similar account, 

 restricted to the variety IXXds, Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. ii. 65 a r)v pent 

 avvayeXcKrTiKtjv tlvai /cat veoTrevav cos /cat ras ^eXidovas. Note. — The Field- 

 fare, T. pilaris, L., which breeds only in Northern Europe, is the 

 only Thrush which nests in colonies. Sundevall takes the above 

 passage (Arist. H. A. vi. 1) to indicate that the Fieldfare formerly nested 

 in Greece or at least in Macedonia. In Anth. Pal. ix. 373, Mackail 

 (p. 358) takes Kixki) to be either the Thrush or the Fieldfare, which 

 latter however is a winter-migrant in Greece. (For other references 

 to the Anthology, vide s. v. k6ctctuc}>os.) The Missel-Thrush is, now at 

 least, the only species, except the Blackbird, which remains to breed in 

 Greece or Asia Minor. 



Migration. — Arist. H. A. viii. 16, 600 (pcoXel, i.e. hibernates. Cf. Plin. 

 x. 24 (35) Abeunt et merulae turdique. Sed plumam non amittunt 

 nee occultantur ; visi saepe ibi quo hibernum pabulum petunt : itaque 

 in Germania hyeme maxime turdi cernuntur. 



Varieties. — Arist. H. A. ix. 20, 617 kixXcop 5' eUrj Tpla' r) p.ev Igofidpos 

 [Itjocpdyos Athen.]' avTT) 8' ovk i<r6Ui dXX' rj l^bv /cat pijTiurjv, to be peytdos 

 oarov /arm forty, erepa rpi)(ds' avrr} 5* o|u cpdeyyerai, to be peyedos oo~nv 

 KOTTvcpos. aXXrj 8" r)v K.akovo-'i Tipes tXtada [IXXdba, s. TvXdba, Athen.], 

 eXaxicTTr) re tovtcov kcu tjttop noiKikrj, Cf. Athen. ii. 65 a. 



The Thrush as Food: frequent in Com. Poets, oirrcu Kt^Xai, Pher. 

 2, 300 (1, 23), Telecl. 2, 362 (1, 12); avdfipaoToi Ki'xXai, Pher. 2, 316 

 (1, 10) ; Kpea r opvideia Kix>]Xav, Ar. Nub. 339, and elsewhere frequent; 

 KixXat. peXiTi pepiypepai, Plat. Com. 2, 674 (2, 8) ; eXaiocpLXocpdyovs /ct^Xa?, 

 Epicharm. 281 L. ap. Athen. I.e., &c. &c. Cf. Athen. ii. pp. 64, 65, 

 Geopon. xiv. 24, Colum. De R. R. viii. 10, Varro, De R. R. iii. 5, Pallad. 

 i. 26, Martial, Ep. xiii. 51, 92, Hor. Epist. i. 15, 41, Plin. x. 23 (30), &c. 

 &c. Prescribed as a remedy for Pompey, and obtained from the 

 aviaries of Lucullus ; hence the saying Et pq AovkovXXos eWpvcpa, nopnrfios 

 ovk civ eCrjcre, Plut. i. 518 F, 620 B, ii. 204 B, 786 A. Capture by traps 

 and nets, nayibas /cat vccpeXas, Athen. ii. 64: cf. Dion. De Avib. iii. 13, 

 Pallad. xiii. 6, &c. 



A talking thrush, Plin. x. (42) 59. 



Proverb and Fable.— Kcocporepos KixXrjs, Eubul. iii. 220 (5). klxXt) iv 

 pvpaivcovt, Aes. Fab. 194. 



KAA'rTOI. An alternative reading for irXdyyos, q. v. Cf. KXayyd&ip, 

 Lat. clangunt aquilae, Carm. De Philom., &c. 



KAAAAPO'PYrxoi, i.e. clapper-bill. A name for TpoxtXos, Ael. xii. 15. 



KAOIfTN. elbos opvlov, Hesych. Perhaps for koXoi&v. 



