KOPHNH— KOIIY4>OI 101 



KOIKIKOX {continued). 



These obscure words do not occur elsewhere, kottos is said to be 

 connected with kottU, for a crest or top-knot, cf. Hesych. s. v. irpoKorra : 

 Kai 01 aXeKTpvoves kottoI dia rbv enl rrj KecpaXfj Xocpov (cf. supra, S. v. 

 K<£XXwy). For KoaKiKos, kottvXos, cf. tcoaa-ixos, Koa-arvcpos, Korrvcpos : kotikos, 

 on the other hand, suggests a corruption of KarotKas. Cf. Lob. Proll. 

 327 ; Schmidt ad Hesych. 3758, 3790. 



K0'IIY«*>0I, a. Also Kovj/iKos, Ar. Av. 306, 806, 108 1 j Nicostr. ap. 

 Athen. ii. 65 D, &c. ; k6\|/ukos, Suid. 

 The Blackbird, Turdus merula, L. Mod. Gk. Koao-vqbos, k6t<tv(J)os, 



K0TO~V(pl, KOT&CpOf. 



Description. — Its size compared with the Woodpecker, Arist. H. A. 

 ix. 9, 614 b ; with Xa'ios, ib. 1 9, 617 ; with rpixds, ib. 20, 617 ; with Kvavos, 

 ib. 21,617 j with \frdpos, ib. 26, 617 b. cpoivucovv e^ei to pvyx os > ib. 29, 

 617. Dion. De Avib. i. 27 dvo 8' earl yivrj KoaaiKpcov' Kai 01 ph navrr] 

 peXaves, oi de KrjpcS ret ^eiX^ ^poareoiKores, Kai tg>v erepcov p,aXXop npbs ras 

 <pdas (iriTTjdeioi : this is plainly the sexual difference. 



Migration, Arist. H.A. viii. 16, 600, cpcoXel. Change of plumage, ib. 

 ix. 49 B, 632 b ra>v b opvecov TtoXXa peraffaXXovcri Kara ras a>pas Kai to xpmpft 

 Kai tt]V (pcovfjv, olov 6 Korrvcpos dvrl peXavos £av66s' Kai rfjv (pavrjv 8 't-°~X fl 

 dXXoiav' ev p.ev yap ra> Oepei qt)ei, rod 8e x fl H-^ v0S narayel Kai <p6eyy<rai 

 8opvpco8ts. Cf. Arist. fr. 273, 1527 b; Ael. xii. 28. Eustath. Hexaem. 

 p. 30 e£ o>8lkov KpaKTiKos : cf. also Clem. Alex. Paedag. x, Plin. x. 28 

 Merula ex nigra rufescit, canit aestate, hyeme balbutit, circa solstitium 

 mutat. Song referred to also, Ael. vi. 19 ; Theocr. Ep. iv. 10 elapivol 

 8e Xiyvqbdoyyoiaiv doidais \ Koo~o~v(poi dxevo~iv noiKiXorpavXa pJXrj. 



Nesting. — Arist. H. A. v. 13, 554 8ls riKrei 6 Koo-avcpos' ra p.h ovu npcora 

 tov Kocrcrvqbov vivo x €l P-®vos dnoXXvrai, Trpoa'iairara yap riKrei tcdv dpve^v 

 dndvrayv, rbv 8' varepov tokov els reXos eKrpecpei : cf. Dion. De Avib. i. 27. 

 Arist. H. A. ix. 13, 616, builds a nest lined with hair and wool like ^Xcopi'y. 

 White Blackbirds on Cyllene. — Arist. H. A. ix. 1 9, 617, De Mirab. 

 15, 831b, Pausan. viii. 17, 3, Sostrat. ap. Ael. v. 27, Plin. x. 30, Steph. 

 Byz. s. v. kvXXtjvt], &c. ; according to Lindermayer (p. 30) white or 

 albino blackbirds are still remarkably common on Cyllene, but in 

 Aristotle the fact is mixed with fable. 



Mode of capture. — Dion. De Avib. iii. 13. Frequently mentioned, 

 together with klxXtj, in the Anthology ; Rhian. vi (Gk. Anth. Jac. i. 231) 

 i£g) Ae^ioviKos vtto x^u'pf} nXaraviarco | Koacrvcpov dypevcras, eiXe Kara 

 nrepvyav' \ x& ^ v dva<rrevdxo>v eneKUKvev lepbs opvis : Archias xxiii (ib. ii. 

 85) dia-aais crvv KixXaioiv virep (ppaypolo dia^ei? | Koo-avcpos rjepirjs koXttov 

 e8v vecpeXrjs : Antip. Sid. lxii (ib. ii. 23) 8io~o-dp £k (3pox&G>v a p.h p.ia 

 mova KixXav \ d pla 8 s ' inireiq Koaavqbov etXe irdyq : Paul. Sil. Ixxii (ib. iv. 

 63) opOpios eunXeKroio Xivov ve<poei8ei k6Xtt<o \ epireae cri'V ki'^X^ Koaavc^os 



