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7rf)X (i9, 1°' yh I » 559 ov » °* BotcoTOi naXovaiv dcpona, eis ras onas ev rfj 

 yfj Karaftvopevos veorrevei p,6vos. 



On the filial piety of pepoty, SiKaioraTOs koi evcre^earaTos opviOav dirdv- 

 toov, see Ael. xi. 30, Plin. x. (33) 51 ; cf. Boch. Hieroz. ii. p. 302. 



Is destructive to bees, Arist. H. A. x. 40, 626, Ael. v. 11, vii. 6, Plut. 

 Mor. 976 c, Geopon. xv. 2, Phile 65o,Virg. Georg. iv. 14. 



Is said to fly backwards, Ael. i. 49. 



A fabled metamorphosis, Boios, 1. c. 'AnoXXav de opviOa enoirjo-e tov 

 iraiba rjepoirov, bs en vvv tiktci pev wo yrjs, del be peXeTa -neTecrdai. 



MHAIKOI' "OPNEII* MiJSoi dXtKTpvoves, Hesych. Vide S. V. dXeKTpuwi/. 

 Cf. also Plin. x. 21, Colum. viii. 2, Varr. R. R. iii. 9, and Festus. 

 In Latin a common reading is Melicae gallmae; cf. Colum. 1. c. 

 The term ■ Median bird ' is applied also to the Peacock. 



Suid. MrjbiKos opvis' 6 rad>s. Id. raw? ev7rr]Xr)£' 6 MrjbiKos /cat Xpvo~07rTepos 

 kcu dXa£oviic6s opvis . Cf. Schol. ad Ar. Ach. 63 rjicovTes diro Uepai.8os racov 

 eXOvres eXrjXvBaa-iv I also Ar. Av. 707 6 8e TlepaiKov opviv, ubi Schol. Tives 

 fte tov dXcKrpvova, oi de tov raa> : cf. also Clem. Alex. Paedag. ii. I opveis 

 iiii tovtois avvccvovvTai tovs cnro (f>acri8os, drrayds AlyvirTias, Mrjdov raSava : 

 ibid. iii. 4 opveis ^IvbiKOvs, Kal raauas MrjSiicovs eKrpecfiova-i. 



MONO'IIPOI. A breed of fowls in Egypt. 



opveis ev *AXei-av8peiq rfj npbs kXyvnrov elo~i, i£ hv oi ud^i/xot dXetcrpvoves 

 yevveovrai, Geopon. xiv. 7, 30. 



MO'P4>NOI. An Eagle or Vulture. In Plin., the Lammergeier. 

 Supposed to be connected with the idea of dark or black; cf. 

 opobvr}, Russ. mrachnoe, Eng. murky, (popcpvos = o-kotcivos, Suid., 

 but = gav66s, Hesych.). 



II. xxiv. 315 avrixa 8' alerov que, TeXeiorarov 7rcTer]va>v, \ popqbvov drjprjTrjp*, 

 bv koi nepicvov Kakeovaiv (cf. II. xx. 252 ; Porphyr. Schol. ; also Heyne's 

 note, in loc). Hes. Scut. 134 popcpvolo (pXeyvao KaXvnTopevoi -nrepvyeaai. 

 Lycophr. 838 tov xP vo ~^ aT P ov p<dp<pvov. According to Arist. H. A. 

 ix. 32, 618 b, identical with nXdyyos and vt]Tro<p6vos (here also written 

 fjLopcj)os, p,op<f>ds). Plin. x. 3 Phemonoe Apollinis dicta filia dentes ei 

 esse prodidit, mutae alias, carentique lingua : eandem aquilarum 

 nigerrimam, prominentiore cauda. Ingenium est ei testudines raptas 

 frangere e sublimi iaciendo, &c. Cf. Suid., who definitely applies the 

 name to a Vulture ; popqbvos, elbos deroO' p.6voi de ovtoi to>v deriov ov 

 KVvrjyeTovaiv, aXXa veicpols oa>pao~i Tpe<povrai. Vide S. v. jxeXavdeTOS. 



MY'TTHE- opvis noios, Hesych. 



NE'BPAE. vefipaices' oi appcves veorrol tg>v dXeKTpvovcov, Hesych. 

 NEBPO<t>0'NOI. Arist. H. A. ix. 32, 618 b = Truyapyos, q. v. 



