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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Found in Cyprus. Names in parts of Greece. 



13. Charadrius Spinosus 'luviT^ccpu xaXipdvi in Grecia. 



14. C. CEdicnemus TpoAoup/Ja rrjsyys. 

 T5. C. Himantopus 



16. C. Hiaticula 



17. Haematopus Ostra- 



legus 



18. Fulica Chloropus 



19. Rallus Crex 



Found in Greece. 



20. Ardea Ciconia 7rsAap'/0?, tca.'Kctfji.ouKotvoq. 7re\excx,vog. 



21. Ardea Cinerea fyotpoipotyog. Id. in Thessal. 



22. Scolopax Rusticola ^vXokotic. ^tXoxotcx, at Athos. 



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23. Tringa Gambetta 



24. Otis Tarda 777017. «t*?, in Lemnos. 



In Thessaly. 



25. Ardea Grus 



26. A. Garzetta 



27. Tringa Vanellus y.aXi[xavi. 



28. Charadrius Pluvialis veponovXt. 



Notes by the Editor. 



13. Charadrius Spinosus. This bird was shot by Wheler in Greece, and is seen, says 

 Sonnini, in Egypt. It is found on the banks of the Aleppo river, and is represented in a 

 plate in Russell's Aleppo, ii. 



M. Chara. CEdic. perhaps the ^apa8p«oj of Aristot. H. A. Lib. ix. c. 12. — Schn. 



21. Ardea Cinerea. The Romaic name of the heron signifies "Fish-eater." 



22. Scolopax Rust. The woodcock passes by Constantinople in September, in its flight 

 to Syria, and returns in February and March. Forskal. It arrives in Egypt about 

 November. — Sonnini. Belon gives the name £uAop»0«. 



24. Otis Tarda. The 'Oris of Aristotle, confounded by Pliny, and Alexander the 

 Myndian, with otus. See Buffbn, Ois. ii. 5. It was found in Syria and Greece (Paus. 

 Phoc.\ and in Thrace and Macedonia, according to Erotian, who says the word was 

 written otij and cut/c. Foes. GEcon. Hipp, in v. The bustard is now, we find from Dr. 

 Sibthorp, called 'Q.t); in the Morea and in Lemnos. 



