KYKNOI— KYvl/EAOZ TO9 



KYMINAII {continued). 



The bird being, in Homer, that in whose shape "Ynvos appears, is an 

 additional point in favour of identifying it with a nocturnal species : and 

 this relation of vnvos to the bird ^aA^a's suggests a connexion with the 

 phrase x<& Keos vnvos. ^aX/a? belongs to the language of the gods, that 

 is to say, is probably a foreign word ; it is not likely to be a simple 

 derivative of ^aX/cd?. Is there a possible alternative that x"^ K€ os vnvos 

 is wrongly translated by ferreus somnusl 



For an account of various Scholia relating to this bird, cf. J. G. 

 Schneider, 1. c. In some, if not all, of the names of this bird, we are 

 undoubtedly confronted with foreign words. 



KYnAPl'lUA' eibos dXenTpvovoav, Hesych. Query KVTvapicro-ioi. 



KY'XPAMOZ. MSS. have nixpapos, Kexpapos, /ce^pa/io? : Hesych. Kvy- 

 Xpavos, Kiyxpapas : Schn. writes Keyxpap-os {xeyxpos) as Belon 

 translates miliarius. 



An unknown bird : probably (as Sundevall takes it) identical with 

 opTuyojx^Tpa, the Corncrake, Rallus crex, L. One or both 

 names doubtless apply also to the Water-rail, Rallus aquaiicus, 

 L., which is very abundant in Greece, and according to Von der 

 Miihle abandons its usual haunts in Autumn and frequently 

 associates with the quails (op. cit., p. 92). 



Arist. H. A. viii. 12, 597 b. A bird which accompanies the quails, 

 kcu avaKaXelrai avrovs vvKrcop' ml orav tovtov ttjv <fia>vr)v aKovcraxriVy 01 

 Srjpevovres 'laaaiv on ov Karap,evovaiv \ol oprvyes] '. which expression 

 Sundevall translates ' delay not their coming,' and A. and W. ' remain 

 no longer.' Cf. Plin. x. (23) 33. 



KY'M>EAOI, s. kuvJ/cXXos. A bird of the Swallow kind ; perhaps the 

 Sand-Martin, Hirundo riparia, L. Hesych. ntyekos' opvis 71-0169, 

 opotos ^eXtSow. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 30, 680, mentioned as synonymous with airoug, q. v., 

 op.0101 reus x € ^- l $°' ~ lv ' °v 7"P pa8tov bi.ayva>va.i 7Tp6s tijv xe\i86va, nXr/v tS 

 tt]v Kvrjprjv *x €lv oWelai/ : cf. Plin. x. (39) 55. In the description of the 

 nest (loc. cit.), though Kv-^eXis (a box, or beehive) would rather suggest 

 the nest of the House- Martin {H. urbica, L.), yet the epithet paKpos 

 would certainly not apply : moreover the House-Martin was certainly 

 included in ^eXtScoi/. Accordingly the evidence leans to identifying 

 Kv\jfe\os with the Sand-Martin, H. riparia, L. ; this identification is 

 followed by Sundevall, while A. and W., on the contrary, identify the 

 bird with the House-Martin. There was doubtless a confusion of 

 species. If the passage in Pliny suggests one more than another, it 

 would seem to be the Swift; yet in the Aristotelian reference the 



