XAPAAPIOI— XEAIAflN 1 87 



XEAIAHN {continued). 

 rapvo-lnTepos, ttoikiXo?, Ar. Av. 1411 (cf. Alcaeus, fr. 84, ap. Schol.). 

 (piXo-rrais, (piXoreKvos, Anth. &oi(36\r)7TTos, Lye. 1 460. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. vi. 5, 563, viii. 3, 592 b opuis o~apKo(pdyo?. 

 lb. iii. 12, 519 fiovoxpoos. lb. i. I, 487 b, ix. 30, 68 opoios tg> anodi' evnrepos 

 Kai KaKoirovs. lb. ix. 30, 6l8 tyjv Kvrjprjv ovk €\ei baaelav. lb. ii. 1 7, 509 ovre 

 top crTupnxov ovre top npuXoftov e^ei evpvv, dXXa. rf]u KoiXiav paKpdv. lb. ii. 1 5, 

 506 b rrpos toU evrepois e^ei T h v X°^ v - The Swallow is said, like the 

 Nightingale, to have no tongue, Aes. Fab. 416, &c. 



Nest and Keproduction. — Arist. H. A. ix. 7, 6l2 b (rvyKaTanXeKei yap 

 tois KapCpeai nrjXov' kclv dnoprjrai 7TT]\ov, (3pex ovo ~ a avrrjv KaXivbeirai to7s 

 nrepols rrpos rfjv koviv. cti be o-Ti^aboiroielTai KaBdirep oi dudpoonot, ra o-nXrjpa 

 7rp5)Ta inroTiQe'io-a Kai t<o peyedei avpperpov noiovaa npos avrrjv. rrepi re 

 ttjp rpocprjv tu>v tckvoop eKtvove'iTai dpcporepa' bibao-i 8' £ tare pen biaTrjpovad 

 Tift (rvvrjOeiq to 7TpoeiXt](p6s, oirobs prj bis Xdfir). Kai rr]v Konpov to pep 

 Tvpa>Tov axiTal eK^aXXovciv, orav 8" av^rjOoaai, peTaaTpeCpovras e£oo bibdo~Kovo~i 

 tovs veoTTovs npouvai. (This accurate account evidently refers in par- 

 ticular to the House Martin.) Cf. Ael. iii. 24, 25, Antig. Mirab. 37 (43), 

 Plut. De Soil. An. ii. 966 d. Arist. H. A. vi. 5, 563 povov t&v o-apKo<pdya>v 

 bis veoTT€v€t. The nests of the Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin 

 are adequately described by Plin. x. (33) 44. 



Phile, De An. Pr. (20) 454 evavTiav be (pacri Trj t<ov opvecov, | Tqv pi£iv 

 avTa>v evpedrjvai Kai i~evr\v. 



For poetic references see {int. at.) Ar. Av. 1151 (which quotation is, 

 however, by a recent emendation, no longer apt : cf. Rutherford, Class. 

 Rev. 1891, p. 90) ; Antip. Sid. lxiii, Gk. Anth. ii. 23 xeXtSo'j/, prjTepa 

 TeKi>a>v I apTi o~e daXnovaav nalbas vtto nTepvyi : Agath. Ivii, Gk. Anth. 

 iv. 23 emrpv^ei be ^cXiScoi/, | Kapfpeai koXXtjtov ixr\^apevr) 6dXap,ov \ Theaet. 

 Schol. ii, Gk. Anth. iii. 214 Kai (piXonais vtto yelaa bopovs Tev£ao~a 

 X^Xiboav I eKyova tttjXoxvtois £eivoboKel BaXapols : Marc. Argent, xxiv, Gk. 

 Anth. ii. 248 rjbt] Kai (piXoreKvos vtto TpavXolo~i ^eXificov, | ^eiXetri KapCp'iTrjv 

 7TT)Xobopel 6dXap.ov '. Anth. Pal. x. 2 fjbrj be nXdcro-ei p.ev vnaipocpa yvpa 

 XeXidwv, I o'iKia. Nonn. Dion. ii. 132 Kai pobov dyyeXXov&a Kai dvde- 

 poecrcrav eepo~r)v \ eaaopai elapivolo cpiXt] Ze(pvpoio ^eAto'cor, | (pOeyyopevt], 

 XdXos opvis, V7r(opo(pir]s peXos r)X°v s > I °PX r ]@l JL< ? "^TepoevTi nepiaKaipovaa 

 KaXitjv: cf. ibid, xlvii. 30. Opp. Hal. i. 729 rje Kai elapivrjai x e ^ l ^o-iv 

 eyyvs ewpcre | pvpopevais ea TeKva, tut€ o~(picri Xrpo'aavTO \ i£ evprjs f/ 



<pa>Tes dnrjvees rje bpaKovres : cf. ibid. v. 579. See also the Fable of the 

 Nightingale and the Swallow, Babr. xii (ed. Rutherford). 



Migration. — Arist. H. A. viii. 16, 600 <pcoXovo~i be iroXXol Kai tS>p opvi- 

 Ba>v, Kai oix a$ Tives olovTai, els dXeeivovs tottovs direpxovTai ndvTes' dXX* oi 

 p.ev itXr}o~iov ovTes toiovtwv Tonoov, ev ols del biapevovaiy Kai IktIvoi Kai 

 X^Xiboves dTrox<opovcriv evTavda, oi be iroppotTepco ovres tS>v toiovtchv ovk 

 eKToivi^ovcriv dXXa KpimTOvo-iv eavTOvs. fjbr) yap wppevai iroXXai ^eXiooi>€? 



