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(Twai/TJ/crtv Tov fSa(TL\^a)i, are ^mv <f)iXocr6(f)0}<s Koi 

 KaTa(fipov(i)v Ta rravra. All this seems to be pure 

 invention. The fish called ^uKts is mentioned fre- 

 quently. A. 567 b 18 TiKTovcri 8' ot fxev aXXot twv 

 (^ot6k(i)V Ix^dvcDV oLTra^ tov eviavTOv, TrXrjv rdv fJUKpwv 

 <ftvKi8(i)V, avTac 8e Sis, 8iacf>€pei 8' 6 app-qv (f)VK7]<i tiJs 

 OrfXetas tw fX(XdvT€po<s civaL Kal fxei^ovs eX*"' ''"^^ 

 XcTTiSas ; 591 b 10 ra 8' ws ctti to ttoXv vefiovrat, fikv 

 TOt" 7n]Xbv Kac to </)Vkos . . . ot'ov <f)VKls Kal Kw/:Jtos 

 Kal ot ireTpaloi' r] 81 (fiVKts aXXi]s fJ-^v crapKos ou^ 

 aTTTfTtti, Twv 8e KapiSwv ; 607 b 18 fxeTaf3dXXei Se Kal 

 rj (JivkIs Trjv \p6av tov fxlv yap aXXov )(p6vov XevK-q 



IcTTL, TOV 8 eapOS TTOlKlXr]' /XOVTr] 8 aVTrj TWV daXaTTiiov 



[•)(dv(av (builds a nest), ws <^a(ri, Kal tiktci €v Ty 

 (TTt^aSt ; Plut. M.or. 981 f I8ia. 8' at <{iVKi8€S eK twv 

 (f)VKLU)v olov V€OTTiav 8ia7rA.acra/x£vat TripiajxTrk'x^ova'L tov 

 •yovov Kal (rK6irov<Ti.v diro tov kAvSwvos ; Ovid, Hal. 122 

 Atque avium phycis (mss. dulcis, emend. Ulitzius) 

 nidos imitata sub undis ; Plin. ix. 81 mutat (colorem) 

 et phycis, reliquo tempore Candida, vere varia. 

 Eadem piscium sola nidificat ex alga atque in nido 

 parit ; xxxii. 1 50 phycis saxatilium ; Ael. xii. 28. 

 IxOvs 8e TT^u \p6av fJLeTajSXyjTiKol oiSe' Kt^Xai Te Kal 

 KotTfTv^oL Kal (fiVKiSis T€ Ktti yuaiviSts ; Athen. 305 b 

 AiokAvJs . . . " oi 8€ TTCTpatoi," (f>r](rLV, " KaXovfXivot 

 fiaXaKocrapKOL, K6(r<TV<fiOi, Ki)(^XaL, TrepKat, Kiofiioi, 



^VKt'SeS, uA<^1^0-Tt/C0S " ; 319 b STTd'o-lTTTTOS iV 8eVT(pUi 



'O/xotwi' TrapaTrXr](ria<; ea'at Xeyiav TTfpKTjv, X"-^^^^f 

 (f)VKi8a . , . Nov/zrptos S' iv 'AAievTt/cw " aAAoTC 8' 

 av irepKas, oTe 8\ (TTpo^aSas irapd TreTprjv | <fiVKi8a^ 

 dX(jii](TT7'}V Te Kal kv )^potycrLV ipvdphv | aKopiriov (^cf. 

 282 a, 320 e) " ; 319 c 'Apia-TOTeXrjs ev tw Trepl 

 tioiKiJjv dKavdo<TT€<f>r)-(f)rj(TLV elvat Kai TroiKiAo^poa (/)UKtSa; 

 Marc. S. 19 '^"' (TKapoi ai'^e/xoevTes epevOqio-a-d Te (fiVKi'i; 



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