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XAflPlI {continued}. 



the roots of a species of Symphytum (?), lined with black goats' hair. In 

 Ael. 1. c. the bird is confused with the Golden Oriole, xXcupiW, which 

 migrates in winter, while the Greenfinch does not. 



XAftPl'ilN, s. xXupetOK, Suid. 



Cf. Lat. galbula (galbus = gelb = yellow): oriolus qu. aureolus ; It. 



rigogolo, from auri-galbulus (Diez, p. 152). 

 The Golden Oriole, Oriolus galbula, L. Mod. Gk. avKocpdyos 



(Von der M.), KirpwoivovXi (Cyclades, Erh.), ao^kalos (Kriiper). 



Arist. H. A. ix. I, 609 b Kpe£ iroXepios ro> ^XcopiWi, op epioi pvdoXoyovai 

 yevecrOai eK nvpKa'ids. Ibid. 15,616b ^XoopiW be paOelv pep dya86s Kal fiiopr)- 

 X<ipos, KaKoneTTjs de, Kal XP^P e^ei po^pai/. Ibid. 22, 617 6 de ^XcopiW 

 XXcopbs SXos' ovtos top ^etpcoi/a ovx oparai, nepl de ras rponas ras Bepipas 

 (papepbs paXtOTa yiperai, a7raXXarrerai de orap 'Ap/CToOpo? fVireXA 77, to de 

 peyedos ecmv ocrop rpvycap. Cf. Ael. iv. 47, supra S. V. \K<»)piS '. Plin. x. 

 (29) 45- 



The Oriole arrives in Greece in April, and appears in great numbers 

 among the figs in August (Von der Muhle, &c). Of the above accounts 

 in Aristotle, the first is clearly mythical, and contains a suggestion of 

 the Phoenix myth : the second is equally obscure, though Aubert and 

 Wimmer see in ^iop^x avos an allusion to the Oriole's surpassing skill 

 in nest-building ; while the third, though undoubtedly referring to the 

 Golden Oriole, is far from accurate : cf. Buffon, M. des Ois. v. 351 * Je 

 me contenterai de dire ici que, selon toute apparence, Aristote n'a connu 

 le loriot que par oui-dire.' 



XPYIA'ETOI. The ' Golden Eagle,' a mystical name, already dis- 

 cussed S. V. &€TOS. 



A fabulous account in Ael. ii. 39 XPwacTOs' aXXoi be darepiap top atrip 

 KaXovaiP. oparai de ov noXXaKis. Xeyei de 'ApiGTOTeXrjs clvtop 6qpdv Kal 

 pefipovs Kal Xayws Kal yepdpovs Kal xwas if; avXfjs. peyio~TO$ de dercov 

 elpat 7renio~T€VTai i Kal Xeyoval ye Kal els rovs Kprjras Kal rols ravpois eiriTi- 

 6eadai avrbp Kara to Kaprepop, k.t.X. 



XPYIOMI-fTPIX. v. 11. pvo-oprjrpis, xP V(TO f l ^ T P r ) s ' Transl. Aurivittis, 

 Gaza. 

 The Goldfinch, Fringilla carduelis, L. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592b, mentioned with dmpdis, Bpavnis. ravra 

 yap ndpia enl tcov aKapSwp peperai, o~Ka>Xr)Ka £' ovdep old' epyj/vxop ovde'p' 

 ep Tavr<3 de Kadevdei Kal peperai ravra. It is remarkable that we have 

 so little definite record of the Goldfinch, which in Greece is now, 

 according to Lindermayer, next to the Sparrow the commonest of birds. 



XY'PPABOr oppis tis noios, Hesych. 



