138 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



riEPAIH {continued). 



Kal rptyixbv d<pirj(Ti Kal ciXXas (pcovds, H. A. ix. 8, 614 ; cf. Plut. ii. *]2"] D. 

 fxera^dXkei to XP^H-^ De Color. 6. 798 ; albino variety, De Gen. v. 785 b. 

 oo-<ppr)o-iv doicei exeiv enidrjXov, H. A. vi. 2, 560 b, cf. De. Gen. iii. I, 751. 

 Kox^ias iaOiei, H. A. ix. 37 ', 621, Athen. ix. 390 c (oi h 2kui0(o), and how 

 the snails (ol KaX. dpeloves) to elude them leave their shells behind, 

 Ael. x. 5. 6 rjyefioov tcov dypicov, ol xw°h Athen. 1. c., Arist. H. A. ix. 8, 614. 

 Nest and Breeding Habits. — Lays ten to sixteen eggs (Arist. H. A. 

 ix. 8, 613b, cf. Ael. x. 15) which are white (H. A. vi. 2, 559) ; vnrjvepia (lb. 

 560). Nest : H. A. ix. 8, 613 b ov -rroiovvrai veorriav. aXX' orav noirjcroovTai 

 iv too Xet'co Kovio-Tpav, inrjXvyao-dpevoi anavOdv Tiva Kal vXtjv rrjs irepl tovs 

 UpaKas eveKa Kal rovs derovs dXeoopas, ivravda TiKrovai Kal e7ra>d£ovo-tv I cf. 

 Ael. iii. 16, x. 1 5 ; Plin. x. (33) 5 1 ; Ovid, Met. viii. 258. Arist. H. A. vi. 8, 

 564 dvo TTOiovvrai tcov apwv cttjkovs, Kal ecp* op pev rj drjXua enl be darepcp 6 

 cippt]P enopd£ei, Kal e/cXex/z-a? farcfUTCI eKarepos eKarepa : cf. Athen. 1. C, 



Antig. H. Mirab. 101 (no). Hence, perhaps, the allusion in Ar. Av. 

 767 Tvepbif- yeveo-doo, tov narpbs veorriov : cf. also Phryn. ap. Athen. 

 ix. 389 a tov KXcop-fipoTuv re tov \ rrepbiKos vlov. Dion. De Avib. i. n 

 doXepbv to yevos e'o~Tiv, cos Kal tovs veorrovs yivooaKeiv ottcos av8pn XP'l 

 ivpoaiovTa e£airaTqv y (pvXXois r/ fiooXois KaXv^apevovs. Cf. Plut. De Solert. 

 An. p. 971. 



Its salacity. De Gen. ii. 746 b, iii. 749 b, Ael. iv. I, vii. 19, &c, &c. 

 816 Kal to. <od Ttjs dqXeias crvvTpifiei tva dnoXavr) tcov dcppobiaicov: Arist. ap. 

 Athen. 1. c, Ael. iii. 5. (With this and similar fables, cf. Jerem. xvii. 11). 

 pdxovrai 8e ol XOP 01 "vt&v npbs dXXrjXovs Kal 6 t]Trr]6els o^euerai vno tov 

 viKfjaaPTOS, Athen. 1. a, Plin. 1. C. 6x*vovcn 8e Kal ol Tidaaol tovs dypiovs' 

 yiverai 8e tovto Kara Tiva oopav tov ctovs, Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. 1. C. 

 tovs veoTTOvs oxcvovai, H. A. vi. 8, 564. av kotu avepov o-tcoo-iv al BqXeiat 

 to>v dppevcov, ey<voi ylvovrai' noXXaKis 8e Kal Trjs (pcovtjs (aKovcrao-ai) , edv 

 dpycoaai ti^cdcti, ko\ vnepneTopevcov eK tov KaTanvevaai tov appeva' x ( *°' K€L $* 

 Kal f) OqXeia Kal 6 apprjv, Kal Trjv yXcoTTav e£oo exovat irepl ttjv Ttjs 6x*ia$ 



rroLTjaiv, H. A. v. 5, 541; cf. De Gen. iii. i, 751, Ael. xvii. 15, Antig. 

 H. Mirab. 81 (87), Athen. I.e., Plin. 1. c, &c. 



Bastards, ck nep8iKos Kal dXcKrpvovos, De Gen. ii. 738 b. 



How the young chip the shell, coanrep OvpoKonovvres, and are inde- 

 pendent from the first : Ael. iv. 12. 



Capture and Domestication. — Decoy partridges, Arist. H. A. ix. 8, 

 614, vi. 2, 560 b, Ael. iv. 16, Xen. Mem. ii. 1. 4. Various modes of 

 capture, Dion. De Avib. iii. 7 ; cf. Simm. Rh. iv, Gk. Anthol. i. p. 137 

 dypora 7rep8i£ \ ovkctl 6rjpevo-eis ^aXiovs (rvvoprjXiKas. Epitaph on a tame 

 partridge, Agath. lxxxv, Gk. Anthol. iv. 35 rXrjpoov o-KoneXav peTavdarpia 

 itep8i£ (also others by Democharis, &c). 



The sport of partridge-fighting (still practised in the Greek Islands), 

 and how the females are kept at hand to stimulate the courage of the 



