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TPYTON {continued). 



&c. ; see also Demetr. Sic, ap. Ael. 1. c, Arist. H. A. ix. 49 B, 633 b, 

 &c. ; cf. also rpv\[(eiv, of a quail, Poll. 5. 89. 



Eeproduction, Nesting, &c. — Arist. H. A. vi. I, 558 b Stro/cet (i.e. lays 

 two eggs). Ibid. 4, 562 b rUrovai rpvycov Kai (pdrra ev rep eapi, ov n\eo- 

 vaKis rj dis. rUrei 8e ra devrepa, orav ra irporepov yevvr\6evra 8ia(p6apf}' 

 7roX\at yap diacpdeipovaiv avrd r£>v opvlOatv. riKrei pev ovv, cbcnrep elprjrai 

 /cat rpia nore' dXX' e ^dyerai ovbenore bvoiv liXeiu) veorrolv, evlore §' ev povov' 

 to 8' vnoXeiiropevov rav cocov del ovpiov i<TTiv (cf. Plin. x. 58 (79)), ras de 

 (pdrras /cat ras rpvyovas eviol (pacriv o^eueor#at Ka\ yevvav /cat rpiprjva ovra, 

 arjpe'iov noiovpevoi rrjv TvoKvir\r]6eiav avrav. eyKva de yiverai fie/ca Kai rerra- 

 pas rjpepas, Kai eVeoa^et aWas roaavras' ev erepais de deKa Kai rerrapo~i 

 nrepovvrai ovTcos coo-re pr) padLoos Kara\ap(3dveo-0ai. lb. ix. 7, 613 e^et 

 de rov appeva r) rpvyvv rov avrbv Kai (pdrra, /cat ak\ov ov rrpoa-ievrai. 

 (Concerning its chastity, see also Ael. iii. 44, x. 33, Dion. De Avib., 



Phile, De An. Pr. xxii, &C.) Kai eircod^ovcnv dpcporepoi Kai 6 apprjv Kai 

 r) 6r)\eia. diayvcovai 8' ov padiov rr)v 6rj\eiav ko.1 tov appeva, d\X rj rols evros. 

 veoTTevovai de Kai at (pdfies Kai al rpvyoves ev rols avrols tottois del. 



The Cuckoo builds in its nest, Arist. De Mirab. 3, 830 b. 



On White Turtle-doves, which are sacred not only to Aphrodite and 

 to Demeter, but also to the Fates and the Furies, Ael. x. 33. 



How Turtle-doves were brought as tribute to the Indian king, 

 Ael. xiii. 25. How the Turtle-dove is slain by xXcopeu?, Arist. H. A. ix. 

 I, 609, Phile, De An. Pr. 690 ; is hostile to TrvpaWls, Arist. 1. a, and to 

 irvppa, Ael. iv. 5, Phile, 1. c. 685 ; to Kopa% and to KipKos, Ael. vi. 45 ; is 

 friendly to Korrvcpos, Arist. H. A.ix. 1,610 (cf. Plin. x. (76) 96 ; to mpto-repd, 

 Ael. v. 48, and to the Parrot, Plin. x. (76) 96, cf. Ovid, Heroid. xv. 38 

 et niger a viridi turtur amatur ave ; id. Amor. ii. 6, 12 tu tamen ante 

 alias, turtur amice, dole. Plena fuit vobis omni concordia vita, &c. 

 These last references probably allude to the practice of keeping Turtle- 

 doves together with Parrots in aviaries. On Turtle-doves in captivity, 

 see Varro, iii. 8, Columella viii. 9, Geopon. xiv. 24, &c. Mentioned as 

 a delicacy, Juven. vi. 39, Martial, xiii. 53, &c. Is killed by pomegranate 

 seed, Ael. vi. 46, Phile, 1. c. 657, and uses the fruit of the Iris as a charm, 

 Ael. i. 35, Phile, I.e. 727. Possibly identical with the trigon or trygon 

 that is said to issue tail first from the egg, Hylas ap. Plin. x. (16) 18. 



They are captured by the aid of decoys, at their drinking-places, 

 Dion. De Avib. iii. 12; or with bird-lime, ibid. 2. An incredible story 

 of their being beguiled by dancing and music (sometimes referred 

 to rpvyoov — fiastinaca) Ael. i. 39, Phile, De An. Pr. 22 (21), 464. 



Proverbs. — rpvydvos XaXiarepos, vide supra, rpvyova S. Kara rpvyova 

 yjsaXXeiv : Suid. S. V. rpvyovos' Kai napoipia rpvyova ifrdWeiv enl tcov (pav\u>s 

 7rparr6vrwv : ibid. S. V. Trovqpd' novrjpd Kara, rpvyova xj/aXXets' enl rav 

 po)(6r}paiS koi e7n7r6v<os £d>vra)v, Kai yap fj rpvycav eneidav ireiva rore pdXicrra 

 yjrdXXei. Cf. also Hesych. 



