CYNEGETICA, IV. 385-401 



they stretch on the left hand a well-twined long rope " 

 of flax a httle above the ground in such wise that 

 the cord would reach to a man's waist. Therefrom 

 are hung many-coloured patterned ribbons, various 

 and bright, a scare to wild beasts, and suspended 

 tlierefrom are countless bright feathers, the beautiful 

 wings of the fowls of the air, Vultures ^ and white 

 Swans « and long Storks. ** On the right hand they set 

 mbushes in clefts of rock, or with green leaves they 

 uiftly roof huts a httle apart from one another, and 

 in each they hide four men, covering all their bodies 

 ^^^th branches. Now when all things are ready, 

 the trumpet sounds its tremendous note, and the 

 Bear leaps forth from the thicket with a sharp cry 

 and looks sharply as she cries. And the young men 

 rush on in a body and from either side come in 

 battahons against the beast and drive her before 



*" For the feathers used in the formido cf. Gratt. 77 ff. 

 1 mtum inter nivei iungantur vellera cygni, Et satis armorum 

 -t ; haec clara luce coruscant Terribiles species ; ab vulture 

 iiirus avaro Turbat odor silvas, raeliusque alterna valet res ; 

 Xemes. 312 fF. Dat tibi pinnanim terrentia raillia vulfur, 

 Dat Libye, magnaruna avium fecunda creatrix, Dantque 

 grues cygniqiie senes et candidus anser, Dant quae flu- 

 minibus traseisque paludibus errant PeUitosque pedes 

 stagnant! gurgite tingunt. Of Vultures two species are 

 distinguished : A. 592 b 6 tQiv ok yvwQt' duo ((ttIv dSt}, 6 

 fi^y fiiKpoi Kal iKXfVKOTfpos, 6 Se fifi^uiv /cat <nro5o€i5i<TTepoz. 

 The former is Neophron percnopterus L., which nests in 

 Greece, its arrival about 21st March being reckoned by 

 shepherds as the beginning of Spring (Moraras. p. 1) ; the 

 latter Vidlur fulvus Briss. and perh. V. cinereus. 



* Both Cygnus musicus, the Whistling Swan or Whooper, 

 and C. olor, the Mute Swan, are found in Greece, but only 

 the latter appears to nest there (Momras. pp. 286 f.). 



** Ciconla nigra and C. alha are both visitors in Greece, 

 the latter being resident in Macedonia (Morams. pp. 285 f.). 



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