KIXAH— KOKKYH 87 



KNinOAO'rOI. (MSS. have also KviboXos, KviboXoyos, kvittoXoxos.) 

 The Tree Creeper, Certhia familiar 'is, L. Vide s. v. K^p0io$. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 T0 peyeOos piKpos oaov dicavdvXXis, Trjv 8e xpoav 

 <rno8oei8qs ml KardcrTiKTOs' (patvel 8e piKpov. eart 8e Ken tovto £vXok6ttov. 

 (Mentioned at the end of the list of Woodpeckers.) Gloger, Sundevall, 

 Aubert u. Wimmer, and others, agree in the above identification. 

 The word is used by Nicander, ap. Anton. Lib. c. 14, as an epithet 

 or synonym of iriirw, q. v. 



KOKKO'AE- Kopavrj, Hesych. 



KOKKOBA'PH. An Owl as yXaZg, Hesych. Cf. kikk(xj3y], also Mod. Gk. 

 and Calabr. KovKovfiayla, Neap, cucuveggia, Alban. kukuvalike, all 

 meaning the Little Owl, yXavg : also Mod. Gk. x ov X ov P lo " r y s > tne 

 Tawny Owl, Sp. chucha ; vide O. Keller, Lat. Etym. 1893, p. in. 

 Bikdlas cites, from Wagner's Carm. Gr. Med. Aevi, the form 

 KouKoupas. Coray would read for KOKKofidprj, kokko|36y], and for 



KlKKafir] (q. V.), KUCapOYJ. 



KOKKOBO'AI "OPNIX. 6 dXenrpvoov, irapa 2o(poKXe7. Eust. 1479, 44 

 (Soph. fr. 900). 



KOKKOGPAY'lTHr Spvis noios, Hesych. 



KO'KKYE. Cf. Sk. kokilas, Lith. kukuti, O. H. G. gauh, Scot, gowk, &c. 



The Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, L. Mod. Gk. kovkkos. 



Full Description and comparison with lepai;, Arist. H. A. vi. 7, 563, 564. 



Its Cry, freq. ; e. g. Hes. Op. et D. 484 r/pos kokkv% kokkv&i 8pv6s ev 



T€Ta\oi(Ti I TonpwTOV rip-net re (Sporovs en' dneipova yalav '. Ar. Av. 507, Ran. 



I379, 1384. Cf. Lye. 395 KOKKvya Kopird^ovra pa^avpas (TToftovs. 



Note. — KOKKv^eiv is still more frequently used of the Crowing Cock ; 

 vide S. V. dXejCTpuwy. On Ar. Ach. 598 exeiporovrjadu pe KOKKvyes ye 

 rpeis, cf. Dind. Thes. iv. c. 1737 B, also L. and S., s. v. kokku£. 



Nesting and Breeding. — Arist. 1. C. veorrovs 8e KOKKvyos Xeyovaiv cos 

 olbels ecopaicev' 6 he TiKrei pev, aXX' ov noirjadpevos veoTTidv. dXX* eviore 

 pev ev rfj tcov eXarTovcov opvidcov evriKTei Karacpayoov ret coa ra eiceivcov, 

 pdXi(TTa 5' ev rats tcov (paficov veoTTials . . . tiktci £' oXiydicis pev 8vo, ret 8e 

 7rXet(rra ev. evriKret 8e nai ifj rrjs vnoXatdos veoma' 17 8 enrcTTCi ko\ 

 e'lcrpecpei. Id. H. A. ix. 29, 618 a ritcrei pdXiara pev ev reus twv epafiebv 

 Kul ev vnoXatdos Koi Kopv8ov x -^^ * ni 8ev8pov 6° ev rfj rrjs ^Xwpi'So? koXov- 

 pevr]$ veoma. tlktci ev coov. orav av£dvr)TaL 6 tov KOKKvyos vcottos, 

 eK^dXXei rci avrrjs [17 Tpe<fiov<ra\ K.a\ diroXXwrai ovtcos. oi 8e Xeyovaiv cos 

 kcu dnoKTeivcura 17 rpecpowa 8L8coo~i Karacpayelv' 81a yap to koXov eivai tov 

 tov KOKKvyos vcottov dno8oKipd£eiv to. avTrjS. Id. De Mirab. 3. 830 b tovs 

 KOKKvyas tovs ev 177 EikiKjj (?), ev Tals veoTTiais to>v (pdrTcov fj tcov Tpvyovatv 



