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riEPIITEPA (continued). 

 Nat., i. 5, 6 colla Cytheriacae splendent agitata columbae ; Plin. x. 

 (36) 52 nosse credas suos colores varietatemque dispositam ; id. xxxvii. 

 5 (18) ; Auson. Epist. iii. 15. The young birds are plainer and darker 

 in colour, Arist. De Gen. v. 6, 785 b. 



Nesting and Breeding Habits. — Arist. H. A. vi. 2, 560 b kvvovctiv 

 dXXrjXas, orav peXXrj dva^aiveiv 6 apprjv, r) ovk av oxevcreiev 6 ye npea^vrepos 

 to npcoTov' varepov pevToi avafiaivei Kai pr) Kvcras' 01 de vecorepoi del tovto 

 iroirjcravTes ox^vovcriv, Kai en ai OrjXeiai dXXrjXais dva&aivovaiv, orav apprjv 

 (if/ iraprjf Kvo-acrai coaivep ol appeves' Kai oi/8ev irpo'iepevai els dXXrjXas 

 tUtov(tiv coo. 7rXeia> r) ra yovco yivopeva' e'£- hv ov yiverai vcottos ovdeis, 

 dXX' vnrjvepia ndvra to. roiavrd elcriv. Cf. De Gen. iii. 6, J$6 b, Athen. 

 ix. 394 d, Ael. V. H. i. 15, Dion. De Avib. i. 25, Plin. x. 58 (79); Ovid, 

 Am. ii. 6, 56 oscula dat cupido blanda columba mari. 



Their prolific increase : n'xrei dnoveoTTevovcra ndXiv ev rpiaKovB' rjpepais, 

 H. A. vi. 4, 563. TtKTOvai §' ai TrepicnepaX ndarav copav Ka\ e'KTpecpovcriv, 

 eav tottov excoo~iv dXeeivov Kai ra emTrjdeia' el de prj, tov Bepovs povov. to. 

 6° eKyova tov eapos fieXTiara Kai rov (p6ivo7T(opov. ra de tov Oepovs Kai 

 ev toxs 6eppr)peplais x ei P l0 ~ Ta i H« A. V. 13, 544 b* iroXXa pev ov n'/CTei, 

 ttoXXukis be, De Gen. iii. I, 749 b. biTOKel' tIktci beKaKis rov eviavTov, 

 H. A. vi. I, 558 b. fjbrj be rives Kai evbeKiiKis, ai 6° ev AlyvnTCO Kai bcobeKaKis, 

 ibid. vi. 4, 562 b ; Athen. ix. 394 c. coa. XevKa' vivrjvepia, H. A. vi. 2, 559, 

 561, &C. cos enl to noXi) appev Kai BrjXv, Kai tovtcov cos eVl to noXv nporepov 



to appev TiKTei (Athen. ix. 394, &c. : cf. Flourens, C. R., Ixxiii. p. 740, 

 1864)* Kai TeKova-a piav rjpepav biaXeinei, eira ndXiv t'lktcl Odrepov' 

 eircpdgei be Kai 6 apprjv ev tco pepei ttjs rjpepas, Tr)v de vvKTa r) BrjXeia (cf. Ael. 

 iii. 45, Athen. ix. 394 b). eKireTTeTai re Kai e'fcXeVerai evTos e?Koaiv r)pepcov 

 to yevopevov npoTepov tcov cocov (cf. ibid. vi. 2)' nrpaxTKei de to cobv tt} 

 irporepala r) e'/cXeVet, &C. o^euei be Kai o^euerai evTos e'viavrov' Kai yap 

 eKprjvos, H. A. vi. 4, 562 b : cf. Arist. fr. 271, 1527. 



Care and Nurture of the Young. — Arist. H. A. ix. 7, 613 yevopevcov 

 be tcov veoTTcov ttjs dXpvpi^ovarjs p-dXicrra yr)s biapaarjadpevos elcrnTiiei to"ls 

 V€ottoIs bioiyvvs to oTopa, ■npoTvapaoKevd^cov irpcs Tr)v rpocprjv. See also 

 Ael. iii. 45, Athen. ix. 394 f, Plin. x (34) 52 ; hence the variant in Athen. 

 394 c, Ael. V. H. i. 15 6 apprjv epnTvet avTols, Iva prj (3acrKav6coo-i. 



For other particulars regarding nesting, incubation, care of the 

 young, &c, see Arist. H. A. vi. 1, 558, 2, 560, 8, 564, ix. 7, 612 : De 

 Gen. iii. 6, 756 b, iv. 6, 774 ; Athen. ix. 394 ; Geoponic. xiv. 1, 2, xvi. 1, 3 ; 

 Plin. x (53) 75, (58) 79, (60) 80 ; Varro, De R. R. iii. 7, 9, &c. ; Colum. 

 R. R. viii. 8, 5 ; Eustath. p. 1712, &c, &c. 



Conjugal Affection and Chastity. — Arist. H. A. ix. 7, 612 b ovtc yap 

 avvbvd£eo-6ai [Antig. H. M. 38 crvvevvd£eadai] OeXovai irXeioaLv, ovt€ 

 7rpoa7roXeiirovai TrjV Koivcovlav, nXfjv eav fflpOS rj xhP a ycvrjrai. ert be 

 nepl Tqv coblva deivr) rj tov appevos depaneia Kai crvvayavdKTr)o~is' eav t 



