173 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



TPOXIAOI {continued). 



Pliny confuses it with the foregoing : Parva avis quae trochilos ibi 

 vocatur, rex avium in Italia, H. N. viii. (25) 37. 



Cf. G. St. Hilaire, Descr. de l'Egypte, (2) xxiv. p. 440, Me"m. du Mus. 

 xv. p. 466 ; Curzon, Monast. of the Levant, c. xii ; Brehm, Thierleben, 

 Vogel, iii. p. 216 (2nd edit.) ; Newton, Diet, of Birds, pp. 442, 733, &c. 



TPY'lTAI. In some MSS. and editions (Aid. Schn. &c.) for nvyapyos, 

 Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b. 



TPYr&'N. Cf. Heb. Tin, L. tur-tur. On the derivation from rpvCetv, 

 cf. Eust. Horn. II. (xi. 311), p. 751, Od. pp. 229, 1951 ; Schol. ad 

 Theocr. Id. vii. 140, &c. ; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 17 turtur de voce 

 vocatur. I am inclined to think that rpvy&v cannot be directly 

 derived from rpv&iv, but that the verb was applied to the dove's 

 note from mere coincidence of sound : and further that the root 

 of rpvywv is probably foreign, like that of olvds. See also s. v. 

 rpripttty. 

 A Turtle-dove, Columba turtur, L. Mod. Gk. rpiyavi (Heldr.), rpiyovi 

 (Vonder M.), rpvyvvtov (Erh.), SeKOKrovpa, Bike'las (from the cry). 

 Mentioned Ar. Av. 302, 979, &c. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. V. 13, 544 b rav nepiaTepoeiScov eXa^ioTj; : 

 cf. Athen. ix. 394 A. Compared in size with KeXeos, H. A. viii. 3, 593, 

 and with gXopcur, ib. ix. 22, 617. Arist. fr. 271, 1527, ap. Athen. I.e., 

 to xpfy* reeppop, cf. Eust. Horn. Od. p. 171 2. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 

 Kapnoqbayei Kai 7ror)(payei' (fyaiverai rov depovs, ^ei/ico^o? acpavL^erai' (pcoXei 

 yap. Cf. ibid. 12, 597 b dycXd^ovrai 6° al re (pdrrai Kai al Tpvyoves, orav 

 re 7rapayiva}VTai Kai ndXiP orav &pa 77 npos rfjv duaKop,idrjv. See also 

 ibid. 16, 599^ <p<*>Xel yap . . . Kai rpvycov' Kai fj ye rpvyatp 6p.oXoyov- 

 fxevos paXiara irdvrav. ovOels yap ws elnelv Xeyerai rpvyova ISelv ovdap,ov 

 Xeipavos. apteral 8e ttjs (poAeias a(f)68pa nieipa ovaa, Kai nrepoppvet pev 

 iv rfj (pcoXeiq, 7ra^eTa pevroi StareXet ovcra. 



Cf. Plin. x. (24) 35 verius turtur occultatur, pennasque amittit. On 

 its migration, see also Varro, De R. R. iii. 5, 7, &c. Arist. H. A. ix. 7, 

 613 ovk dvaKVTTTov<n niPoiiaaL, eav p.rj Uavov 7ri<0o~iv (cf. Alex. Mynd. ap. 

 Athen. ix. 394 E, Plin. x. (34) 52) ; (£>cri Kai oktco %tx] (Plin. 1. c), at 

 rervcpXaypevai virb ra>p naXevrpias rpecpoprayv avrds I on their capture by 

 decoys, see also Dion. De Avib. iii. 4, 16. 



The voice of the Turtle. — Theocr. Id. xv. 88 & bvo-ravoi, avdvvra kcotlX- 

 Xovcrai I rpvyovfs : cf. Virg. Eel. i. 59. On the verb rpvfciv, vide supra ; 

 cf. also Pollux, v. 14 einois 8* av rpvyovas Tpv£etv, 7repio~Tepds yoyyv(ew I 

 Suid. daqpeos (pdeyyerai Kai yoyyvaTiKws I rpvyo^eiv, A. B. I452. Hence, 

 of a talker, rpvyouos XaXio-repos, Menand. IIXok. 13, ap. Ael. xii. 10, in 

 which passage a ' double entendre ' is expatiated on by Aelian, Suidas, 



