2CO A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



SIT\1 {continued). 



last description is perhaps taken from the Little Bustard, O. tetrax^ 

 Mod. Gk. ^ajuori'Sa.) Paus. x. 34, I at be (brides KaXov/xevai. napa rbv 

 Krj(f)La6v (rbv iv QcoKtbi) iep.ovr:u fidXnra 6pvl6(Ov. 



Capture by Coursing, with horse and dog. Xen. Anab. i. 5, 3 ras be 

 airibas av tis ra^y aviary eari Xap,fidveiv' -nerovra'i re yap Ppaxb axrnep ol 

 Tvepbixes koX ra^u aimyopevovcri' ra be Kpea avra>v fjbea eanv (but cf. Plin. 

 1. c). Athen. ix. 393 d, quoting Xenophon, adds from Plutarch, dXrjdrj 

 Xeyeiv rbv Eevocpoovra' (frepeadai yap TrdpnoXXa ra £q>a ravra els rrjv 

 *AXet;dvbpeiav airb rrjs TrapaKeip,evr]s Ai(Svr)s, rrjs Brjpas avrav roiavrrjs yivo- 

 fievrjs. Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. 1. C. 7rpoo~ayopevea6ai avrbv Xayatbiav. 

 Synes. Ep. iv. p. 165 rjbrj be ris koX wriba eba>Kev, opveov eKTonaiS f)bv. 



Friendship for the horse. Ael. ii. 28 rfjv vriba rb £&ov dpvidcav elvai 

 (piXunrorarov aicovco . . . lttttov be orav 6eda-rjrai y fjbiara Tvpocnrererai. Alex. 

 Mynd. 1. C. <paa\ b' avrbv Ka\ rrjv rpo(pr}V dvapapvicaaOai fjbeadai re Innco, el 

 yovv ris bopav Imrcov TrepiOoiro, drjpevaei oaovs av BeXy' npoo-iaa-i yap. 

 Cf. Plut. Sol. Anim. xxxi. 7 (ii. 981 B) ; Opp. Cyn. ii. 406; Dion. De 

 Avib. iii. 8. 



Hostile to the dog, Ael. v. 24, and grossly deceived by the fox, 

 ib. vi. 24. 



Buffon and others have supposed from the name arts that the 

 Houbara (which is very rare in Greece) is chiefly meant : but the 

 etymology is doubtful ; the 'ears ' are not mentioned save by Oppian, 

 Cyneg. ii. 407 wrlbes, alert reBrjXev del Xaaioirarov ovas : and besides the 

 cheek-tufts of the Common Bustard might suggest ears as well as the 

 crest of the Houbara. It is however the Houbara, as the common 

 African species, which is alluded to in Plutarch ap. Athen. I.e. 



*flTOI, s. (utos. 



A Horned Owl, especially the Short-eared Owl, Strix brachyotus 

 or Asio accipitrinus. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 12, 587 b, mentioned along with 6prvyop.r)Tpa and 

 Kvxpajxos as a migratory bird, in connexion with the migration of the 

 quails. Further (loc. dub., A. and W.) 6 5' arbs o/jlolos ials yXav£\ m\ nepi 

 ra 3>ra nrepvyia exa>v' evioi S' avrbv vvtcriKopaxa KaXovaiv (cf. Hesych.). 

 eort de KoftaXos Ka\ ixi/jLrjrrjs, Ka\ dvropxpvp.evos aXta/cerai, nepieXdovros 

 Barepov ra>v Brjpevrobv, KaOdrrep rj yXavg. Cf. Arist. ap. Athen. ix. 390f 

 6 curdy io-n p.ev irapopLOios rfj yXavid, ovk ecrri be vvKrepivos . . . p,eye6os 

 nepLarepas, k.t.X. 



In Athen. ix. 390 d, a ridiculous story of its capture by mimicry : 

 ol be ardvres avrcov KaravriKpv viraXelcpovrai (papp,aKco rovs 6<p6aXpovs, 

 irapao-Kevdo~avres aXXa <pdpp.ana KoXXrjriKa 6cpdaXp.S)V Ka\ (3Xe(pdpa>v, anep 

 ov noppco eavrav ev XeKaviaitais fipax*i-ais riOeaatv' ol ovv a>roi 6ea>povp.evoi 

 rovs vnaXeMponevovs rb avrb Ka\ atrol ttoiovo-lv, €K r£>v XeKavibcov \a/i/3a- 



